Thai Press Reports articles from March 2010, page 4

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Vietnam: Regional events require increased co-ordination.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Relevant bodies and sectors were urged to co-ordinate to ensure the success of a series of regional events under Vietnam's chairmanship of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) this year. The 31st AIPA General...

Vietnam: Veterans, seniors to help Party.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - President Nguyen Minh Triet has asked war veterans and the retired who have made great contributions to the country's liberation and development for their honest and confidential opinions on the Party's documents. ...

Thailand/Vietnam: Vietnam, Thailand exchange ideas.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Vietnamese and Thai diplomatic leaders met on Sunday in Bangkok to exchange political consultation on a deputy-foreign-ministerial level to further boost the diplomatic ties between two sides. The meeting, which is...

Vietnam: Programme seeks end to child labour.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - About 5,000 child workers engaged in, or at risk of engaging in the worst forms of child labour will be directed towards new educational services in the next four years through a 2.5 million euro (US$3.4 million) project....

Vietnam: Da Nang nears industrialised status.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Da Nang is determined to be among the leading cities to make an all-out effort to become industrialised by 2020. Local officials also showed their determination to fulfil the goal which would help see the nation become...

Vietnam: Libraries urged to innovate.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Unless academic libraries become proactive, visionary and innovative in the way they deliver services, hardly any students will be interested in exploring the valuable resources that libraries have to offer in light of...

Vietnam: Minimum wage to increase by $4.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Minimum salaries for workers will increase by VND80,000 (US$4.2) per month to VND730,000 from the beginning of May, in a bid to help them cope with rising consumer prices. According to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's...

Vietnam: Fake medicines seized.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Nearly 140 imported and 1,000 domestically made medicines failed drugs tests last year, said Trinh Van Lau, head of the Central Institute of Medical Testing. The institute tested 32,000 medical samples last year and...

Vietnam: Housing co-ops benefit residents.
March 31, 2010... Section: Commentary - Kinh Te Hop Tac Vietnam (Vietnam Economic Co-operation) newspaper spoke to Nguyen Duy Nhat, deputy head of policy and housing development of the Vietnam Co-operative Alliance, about housing co-operatives What is your...

Vietnam: Gold traders get reprieve.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - The Prime Minister has extended the deadline for shutting foreign gold trading accounts to the end of June instead of tomorrow, in a move to give dealers more time to close accounts and balance their books in line with...

Vietnam: Fine art, handicraft exports rise.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - An increase in exports this year has made handicraft enterprises and co-operatives feel more optimistic about the industry's potential for growth. Le Phuc Thinh, deputy director of Sai Gon Palm Ltd Company in Ho Chi...

Vietnam: Export revenues in foreign-invested sector rise 32.2%.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - Export revenues from the foreign-invested sector in Ho Chi Minh City in the first quarter of the year reached US$1.13 billion, an increase of 32.2 per cent from the same period last year, according to the city's...

Vietnam: City hosts livestock, seafood expo.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - An international exhibition on livestock, dairy, meat processing and aquaculture (ILDEX Vietnam 2010) was held last week at the Sai Gon Exhibition and Convention Centre in District 7. The third ILDEX Vietnam...

Vietnam: Construction of power plants fails.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Cumbersome planning procedures, a lack of legal know-how and poor-quality coal mean the country is unlikely to meet its five-year power plan, according to a recent conference in the capital. Participants heard that...

Vietnam: Foreign arrivals up in March.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The number of foreign tourists to arrive in Vietnam in March reached 473,000, lifting the total arrivals in the first quarter to 1.35 million, up 36.2 per cent over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of...

Vietnam/France: French loan backs investment reform.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - A loan of 100 million euros (US$134.7 million) to support public investment reform was signed yesterday between the Ministry of Finance and the French Development Agency. The package, together with World Bank's...

Vietnam: Awards to recognise strong brand names.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - As many as 120 enterprises nationwide have won strong brand awards 2009, announced organisers yesterday in Hanoi. The winners were selected based on different criteria such as leadership capability, quality,...

Vietnam: Vinacomin and JBIC sign loan agreement.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - The Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) and the Vietnam National Coal Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) signed yesterday a US$150 million loan agreement with the aim of helping Vinacomin ensure an...

Vietnam: Work begins on Incomex Hill Village.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - Incomex Sai Gon Group started construction on its Incomex Sai Gon-Ocean Hill Village project last Sunday with a total investment capital of VND600 billion (US$31.5 million). The project will occupy an area of 16ha...

Vietnam: Trung Son real estate transaction floor opens.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - The Dai Viet real estate company officially inaugurated its in-house Trung Son Real Estate Transaction Floor in the Binh Chanh District of Ho Chi Minh City last Saturday. Dai Viet signed an investment co-operation...

Vietnam: Maritime Bank, VDB ink deal.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - The Maritime Bank signed a co-operative agreement with the Vietnam Development Bank (VDB) at the VDB' s head office yesterday to promote relations and step up capital source transactions, issue bonds, provide credit, and...

Vietnam: Guocera, Licogi buy tile making firm.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - Guocera Holdings in co-operation with the Infrastructure Development and Construction Corporation (Licogi) has bought the tile production company in the southern province of Dong Nai at US$5.45 million. Guocera Tile...

Vietnam: Employers demand 'rights' in strikes.
March 31, 2010... Section: Commentary - Sai Gon Tiep Thi (Sai Gon Marketing) newspaper spoke to Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Minh Huan about a draft law to allow employers to shut out striking workers Can you tell more about this...

Vietnam: Local authorities encourage students to come back to school.
March 31, 2010... Section: Commentary - Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Nghia spoke with Nguoi Lao Dong (The Labourer) newspaper about methods to keep children at school in some of the nation's poorest areas. Why are students from poorer...

Vietnam: Highland education organisation honoured.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The Highland Education Development Organisation (HEDO) and its Director were presented high distinctions at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 28 to mark the organisation's 20th anniversary. HEDO, a domestic non-governmental...

Vietnam: MoH starts inspecting drug prices, milk quality.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The Drug Administration Department, under the Ministry of Health, will start an investigation and inspection of drug prices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on March 29. The inspection, which is scheduled to last until...

Vietnam/Laos: Vietnamese in Laos celebrate national festivals.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - A variety of activities have been held by the Vietnamese Community in Laos to celebrate major national festivals like the 35th anniversary of Liberation Day and the millennium anniversary of Thang Long- Hanoi. On March...

Vietnam: Int'l seminar discusses development of compressed natural gas.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The second international seminar on the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 29. More than 120 investors as well as CNG suppliers and producers from Japan, the Republic of Korea,...

Vietnam: Over 1.3 million foreigners visit Vietnam in Q1.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Vietnam receives nearly 473,000 foreign visitors in March, raising the total number of international arrivals to the country in the past three months to 1.35 million, a year-on-year increase of 36.2 percent. According...

Vietnam: EU supports storm victims in Thua Thien-Hue.
March 31, 2010... TSection: General News - The Thua Thien-Hue provincial People's Committee on March 29 received a project to assist its rural people to overcome the consequences of storm Ketsana, sponsored by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office and...

Vietnam: Opportunity to bring light to the blind.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO) held a ceremony to announce the launching of an Eye Bank in Hanoi on March 30. This is the first eye and tissue bank in the Vietnam since the Law on the Donation...

Vietnam: Coffee prices in the Central Highland region increase again.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - Coffee prices in the Central Highland region on March 26 rose by VND600-800 per kilogram compared to one week ago. In Dak Lak and Dak Nong provinces, the price of coffee only reached VND24,300 per kilogram, up...

Vietnam: Training high-quality human resources requires coordinated efforts.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - There are still limitations on Hanoi's human resource training such as an insufficient pool of candidates, a lack of competitiveness and weaknesses in sharing and integration of knowledge and skills. In 2010, there is...

Vietnam: Vietbuild 2010 international exhibition to kick off.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Vietbuild 2010 international exhibition under the theme of construction-building materials-real estate and interior decoration will be held in Hanoi from April 1-5. The large-scale event aims to celebrate the 52nd...

Vietnam: Vietnam to host ADB annual meeting 2011.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The Prime Minister has given the nod to Vietnam's hosting of the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2011. According to the Government Office, the Prime Minister authorized the State Bank Governor to...

Japan/Vietnam: Tokyo hosts workshop on investment in Vietnam.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - Over 200 representatives of Japanese organizations and enterprises attended a workshop on Vietnam's business climate held in Tokyo on March 26. The Head of Aikawa-Asia business research institute, Seiji Aikawa, said...

Vietnam: Int'l seminar on tourism cooperation in ASEAN.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - On March 27 Danang city hosted a seminar to discuss the development of tourism in ASEAN. Among the participants were those from the ASEAN Secretariat and tourism industries. The seminar served as a forum for ASEAN...

Vietnam: 2010 Mekong Delta Economic Cooperation Forum to be held.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The Prime Minister has agreed to the organisation of the annual Mekong Delta Economic Cooperation (MDEC) Forum. The MDEC Forum aims to promote economic cooperation among provinces and centrally run cities and create a...

Vietnam: Vietnam boosts trade cooperation with China's city.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - A trade fair and an investment promotion forum are being held in Zhongshan from March 28-30 to boost economic ties between Vietnamese businesses and Zhongshan city, Guangdong province of China. Over 100 Vietnamese...

Vietnam: Private economic groups seek official recognition.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - The private business sector accounts for up to 60 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However, private economic groups still need further recognition from the state and society to achieve stronger growth. ...

Vietnam: 100 million Euros for public investment reform.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - A 100 million euro credit agreement was signed in Hanoi on March 29 by the Ministry of Finance and the French Development Agency (AFD) as part of the public investment reform programme, co-sponsored by the World Bank...

Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City secures 11 percent GDP in first quarter.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - Ho Chi Minh City's economy has developed well in the first quarter of this year, earning more than VND74.1 trillion in GDP, a rise of 11 percent over the same period last year. Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City...

Vietnam: Vietnam to join COMESA investment forum.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Vietnam will attend the third investment forum of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), scheduled for mid April in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. This will be a good opportunity for Vietnam along with...

Vietnam: Food association stockpiles one million tonnes of rice.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - Vietnam Food Association (VFA) businesses have purchased one million tonnes of rice to be kept in reserve, said Pham Van Bay, VFA Vice Chairman. The association is planning to buy another half a million tonnes of rice...

Vietnam: Party leader receives Tanzania PM.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The Vietnamese State and People will continue to develop ties of friendship and co-operation with Tanzania for mutual benefit, and for peace, co-operation and development in the world. This was stated by Party General...

Vietnam: Vietnam offers assistance to Tanzania.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Vietnam is ready to help Tanzania develop agriculture based on a tripartite cooperation model with support from Japan or bilateral cooperation, says State President Nguyen Minh Triet. ReceivingTanzanian PM Mizengo...

Vietnam: US, Vietnam cooperate in nuclear energy.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The US will assist Vietnam to develop its civil nuclear industry under a deal signed in Hanoi on March 30 by US Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Michalak and Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Dinh Tien....

Vietnam: Binh Duong Buddhism Centre inaugurated.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Thousands of Buddhist dignitaries and followers gathered for a ceremony at the Hoi Khanh Pagoda in Binh Duong province on March 30 to inaugurate a Buddhism cultural centre. At the ceremony, the centre received a...

Vietnam: Maritime cooperation essential for sustainable development.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - International maritime cooperation will help Vietnam to ensure sustainable development and strengthen national security in the context of global integration. The view was agreed upon by participants at a seminar in...

Vietnam: US$1.4 billion EPC contract signed for power plant.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) on March 30 signed an engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) contract with China's Dong Fang Electric Corporation for the construction of the Duyen Hai thermo power plant, with a...

Vietnam: UK bank optimistic about Vietnam's trade balance.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - The world's banking circles on March 29 provided various assessments of Vietnam's trade deficit in the first quarter of 2010, saying the deficit has not yet reached a dangerous level. The General Statistics Office...

Vietnam: Australia, Vietnam intensify fight against trans-national crime.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The Vietnam-Australia Joint Transnational Crime Centre (JTCC) made its debut in Ho Chi Minh City on March 30. Sen. Lieut. Gen. Le The Tiem, Deputy Minister of Public Security, said the centre is the result of...

Vietnam: Specialists review Japan's assistance to Development Triangle.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The fourth specialists meeting between Japan and the development triangle of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (CVL) took place in Hanoi on March 30 to review the implementation of Japan's 20 million-dollar aid package to the...

ASEAN: ASEAN leaders to meet in Hanoi on April 6-9.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet in Hanoi on April 6-9 for their 16th summit to set out a development path for the regional bloc in the post-crisis period. Deputy Minister of...

Vietnam: Hanoi irons out snags for businesses.
March 31, 2010... Section: Business News - The city of Hanoi will establish a hotline to help businesses remove obstacles to their operations, municipal authorities announced at a meeting with local businesses on March 30. At the meeting, numerous businesses...

Vietnam: Vietnam signs tripartite cooperation agreement with FAO and Chad.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - On March 26, the Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy, Dang Khanh, on behalf of the Vietnamese Government, signed a tripartite cooperation agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Republic of Chad. ...

Vietnam: Spain, Vietnam exempt visas for diplomatic passport holders.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Vietnamese and Spanish diplomatic passport holders no longer need visas to visit the other's country. An agreement to waive the visas was signed last year and approved last week. The two countries established...

Vietnam/Cambodia: State President affirms close ties with Cambodia.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Vietnam wants to strengthen the traditional friendship, fine neighbourliness and cooperation with Cambodia, State President Nguyen Minh Triet told co-prosecutor Chea Leang at a reception in Hanoi on March 30. Mr Triet...

Vietnam/France: Signing ceremony on financing agreement between the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance and the French Development Agency.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Financing agreement of 100 millions EUR between the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance and the French Development Agency (AFD) as part of a reform program of public investment in partnership with the World Bank (WB). This...

Philippines: DOJ to appeal junking of rebellion raps vs. Ampatuans.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Acting Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary and concurrent Solicitor General Alberto Agra on Tuesday said that the DOJ will file a motion for reconsideration before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) in...

Philippines: 36 more NPAs avail of SIP.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - A total of P760,000 of cash assistance was awarded to 38 New People's Army (NPA) rebel returnees across the country for this month alone through the Social Integration Program (SIP) of the Office of the Presidential...

Philippines: SC: Junking of rebellion raps has no bearing on the pending Martial law raps.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday said that the dismissal of the rebellion charges against the Ampatuans has no bearing on the pending Martial Law case filed before it. SC Spokesman and Court Administrator Atty. Jose...

Philippines: Asian ministers agree on use of ICT for expanded inter-ASEAN+3 cultural exchange.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Ministers of member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) responsible for Culture and Arts (AMCA) have agreed to enhance ASEAN cooperation in the areas of culture and arts focusing on human...

Philippines: Tollways officials ask motorists to observe road safety during Holy Week.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Tollways officials on Tuesday urged motorists to observe basic road courtesy and obey traffic rules at all times to ward off accidents, especially at the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and South Luzon Expressway (SLEX). ...

Philippines/Somalia: Filipino seafarers among newly-abducted crew of "M/V Iceberg" in Somalia.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Filipino seafarers cruising the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia are at risk again as Somalian pirates have resumed their seasonal hijacking - this time the M/V Iceberg with a 24-man crew that include Filipinos. ...

United States: Only nine gun ban violators nabbed on Monday.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Only nine violators of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) imposed nationwide total gun ban were apprehended on Monday, yielding 13 firearms during actual conduct of inspection in various checkpoints nationwide. ...

Philippines: 2 killed, 4 hurt in QC-San Mateo boundary road accident.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Two persons died in a three-vehicle collision on a hilly road near the boundary of Quezon City and San Mateo, Rizal late Monday night, the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said Tuesday. One of the fatalities was...

Philippines: Lim holds political sorties via 'calesas'.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim will be doing most of his political sorties via the traditional horse-drawn carriage or 'calesa'. On Tuesday, Lim's 'calesa' went around the second district of Manila to the delight of...

Philippines: DENR enforces rules on exploration permits.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Tuesday said it has issued enforcing mining rules, while cutting the processing time for new exploration permits by five more weeks to 10 weeks, in line with...

Philippines: Two women charged for duping female neighbor of P100,000 over "paluwagan".
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed criminal charges against two women for allegedly duping their female neighbor of P100,000 after enticing her to invest in paluwagan (investment scheme). A charge of...

Philippines: SC half-day on Holy Wednesday.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - In observance of the Lenten Season, the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday announced that the Judiciary and all lower courts nationwide will have a half-day work on Holy Wednesday. The offices of the Judiciary will be open...

Philippines: QC gov't sends more traffic enforcers to bus terminals.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The Quezon City government on Tuesday said it is sending additional traffic enforcers to bus terminals and major routes of the city in anticipation of the exodus of travelers to the provinces during the observance of the...

Philippines: Victorino appointment hailed.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Popularly known as Zero-Backlog Justice of the Sandiganbayan, Justice Raoul V. Victorino was recently appointed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as Chief Presidential Legal Counsel. His appointment was hailed by...

Philippines: Manila City Hall opens half day tomorrow.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Manila City Hall operations will only be half day on Wednesday. Ric de Guzman, Mayor Alfredo Lim's chief of staff, who said that the declaration of half day was being made to give the employes ample time to prepare for...

Philippines: DOH advises penitents to be wary of tetanus.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday strongly advised penitents who practice flagellation during Holy Week to use sanitize whips to avoid tetanus and other infections. Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral said...

Philippines: Smartmatic to buy 76,000 portable uv readers.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The consortium Smartmatic-Total Information Management (TIM) will be buying 76,000 portable ultraviolet (UV) readers after the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines rejected 20 percent of the printed ballots for the...

Philippines: Another ASG falls in QC.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Philippine Air Force intelligence operatives continued its successful operation against terrorists after it captured another suspected Abu Sayaff terrorist anonymously hiding in the densely populated Muslim community of...

Philippines: Ombudsman junks criminal raps vs. Mayor Tinga, 28 city officials.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) on Tuesday dismissed the criminal charges filed against Taguig City Mayor Sigfrido Tinga and 28 other officials for the demolition of the squatters' residences at the Libingan ng...

Philippines: Stations of the Cross, Holy Week rites held in QC offices.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Thousands of private and state workers attended Stations of the Cross in many offices in Quezon City on Tuesday as part of the observance of the Holy Week. Altars depicting the sufferings of Jesus Christ were set up in...

Philippines: DOH-run hospitals to assist PGH patients following mass leave of doctors.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral said on Tuesday that the Department of Health (DOH) is prepared to assist patients of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) that will be affected by the mass leave of 80 doctors who are...

Philippines: Gov't vows to pursue justice for Maguindanao victims.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Malacanang on Tuesday said it respects the court's decision dismissing the rebellion charges against some members of the Ampatuan clan in Maguindanao, but assured that the temporary setback will not affect the tack it was...

Philippines: PAO chief's father passes away at 82.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Florencio Rueda, Sr., the father of Public Attorney's Office (PAO) Chief Persida Rueda-Acosta, passed away Monday evening. He was 82. His body lies at the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) Chapel, in alas-Asin,...

Philippines: Ebarle Sr., lawyers boycott hearing on Ivler's murder case.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - Presidential Management Staff (PMS) Undersecretary Renato Ebarle Sr., on Tuesday accused Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 74 Judge Alexander Balut as favoring road rage suspect Jason Ivler. Ivler is accused of...

Philippines: Comelec to erase multiple registrants from voters' list.
March 31, 2010... Section: General News - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that it is coming out with a resolution that will direct the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) to strike out the names of multiple registrants from the certified voters list...