VN joins R-PATA Project
VGP – The Vietnamese Government has agreed to join the Regional–Policy and Advisory Technical Assistance (R-PATA) Project “Trade Facilitation Support for ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint Implementation (Greater Mekong Subregion/Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand.”
Culture minister’s new deputies named
VGP – PM Nguyen Tan Dung has appointed two new Deputy Ministers of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MOCST).
Electricity group has new Chairman
VGP – PM Nguyen Tan Dung has ratified the appointment of Mr. Hoang Quoc Vuong as Chairman of the Electricity Group of Vietnam (EVN).
Trang An site dossier submitted to UNESCO
VGP – The PM has allowed the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) to submit a dossier on Trang An complex in northern Ninh Binh Province to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to seek its world heritage site recognition.
VN to attend IMF/WB Annual Meeting 2012
VGP – PM Nguyen Tan Dung has assigned Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam Nguyen Van Binh to attend the Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.
VN, ADB to talk credit agreement for food hygiene management
VGP – Viet Nam and the Asian Development Bank will start negotiations on a credit agreement for a project on improving the capacity of food hygiene management in Sub-Mekong region trade, according to the Government Office’s new Official Dispatch.
PVN centers on five business fields
VGP – The PM has requested the Viet Nam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) to reshuffle its II, III and IV-grade enterprises and focus on its five key business fields.
SMEs development plan released
VGP – The PM has approved a development plan for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the 2011-2015 period which aims to increase the number of newly-established SMEs to 350,000.
PM okays VN-RoK fund lending agreement
VGP – PM Nguyen Tan Dung on September 10 signed a resolution ratifying a framework agreement on accessing loans sourced from the Viet Nam-RoK Economic Development Cooperation Fund in the 2012-2015 period.
Cat Bi Int’l Airport to be upgraded
VGP – The PM has ratified adjustments to the Cat Bi International Airport project in Hai Phong City by 2015 and visions to 2025.
