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Vietnam’s coffee output forecast to drop 20% next year
The 2014-15 coffee crop will see output fall by 20% due to drought and a large proportion of old trees with low yields, according to Chairman of the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (Vicofa) Luong Van Tu.
Citi finalises US$245m financing deal for power transmission corporation
Citi Vietnam on December 5 announced the completion of an Export Credit Agency-supported financing package for the National Power Transmission Corporation ("NPT") for the construction of power transmission projects in the south of Vietnam.
President visits successful rural commune in Long An
President Truong Tan Sang on December 6 visited Tan Lan commune, Can Duoc district, the Mekong Delta province of Long An, where he stated that the promotion of the central role of the people is key to the success of the new-style area building programme.
Vietnam Volunteer Festival 2014 launched in Hanoi
As many as 10,000 volunteers from nearly 100 Vietnamese and foreign organisations joined the Vietnam Volunteer Festival 2014, which was launched in Hanoi on December 6 as part of activities to mark 15 years of the Vietnam youth volunteer campaign and the International Volunteer Day (December 5).
Party leader meets with Hanoi voters
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with voters in Hanoi on December 6 to inform them of the outcomes of the National Assembly’s eighth session and listen to their opinions.
Laos appreciates support of Vietnamese mission in Geneva
The Lao Government has presented the Friendship Medal and a certificate of merit to Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva, in recognition of the Vietnamese mission’s support for Laos’ bid to join the WTO.
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Vietnam-Japan technological park operational in HCM City
The first phase of the Vie-Pan Techno Park (Vietnam-Japan technological park) was officially inaugurated in Ho Chi Minh City on December 5.
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RoK foundation offer free cleft lip surgeries in Binh Duong
As many as 453 patients born with cleft lip and palates in the southern provinces of Binh Duong and Binh Phuoc have benefited from a free surgery project, with the support of the Republic of Korea’s Il Woong Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation since 1994.
Hoa Binh police seize 45 heroin cakes
Police in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh caught two men in the act of transporting 45 bars of heroin (a bar is equivalent to 350 grammes) using motorbike on December 5.
Localities, ministries gear up for coming super typhoon
Localities from northern Quang Ninh to southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces and the ministries of Defence, Transport, Agriculture and Rural Development, and Foreign Affairs have been asked to promptly take actions in anticipation of super typhoon Hagupit, which is likely to hit the East Sea in the next several days.