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8168 newsVietnamese business forums will be held in Paris and Milan as from September 26, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Nine Vietnamese candidates have made the lists for Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Security Officer (CSO) at the 9th ASEAN CIO/CSO Summit and Awards 2013 in HCM City.
The Vietnam Assets Management Company (VAMC) plans to issue VND35 trillion (US$1.67 billion) worth of bonds to buy bad debts from credit institutions this year, said the company's vice chairman Le Quoc Hung.
Fourteen books were honoured at the Good Books Awards 2013 ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on September 22.
The volume of registered foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam has exceeded the year’s target, but the country’s FDI mobilisation still faces problems ahead.
The Government will spend at least VND1.5 trillion (US$71.43 million) from the State budget annually to support investment in the Central Highlands, where investors are to receive special incentives, according to a government draft document.
Indonesia defeated Vietnam 7- in a penalty shootout to claim the ASEAN U19 Youth Football Championships on their home turf on September 22.
Artists from the HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) and others will perform at a chamber music concert on September 19.
Rescuers have found the bodies of two fishermen in the waters off Vung Tau following a September 16 accident between a Singapore-flagged vessel and Vietnamese fishing boat.
Switzerland announced on September 18 that it will increase development aid to Vietnam in the next four-year period to 123 million Swiss francs (US$132.8 million).