Vietnam is among the five countries in the world that will be most seriously affected by climate change especially rising sea levels. To respond to this situation, action needs to be taken right now.  

Danish Queen Margrethe II will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 1-9 at the invitation of State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

The President of the Republic of Korea (RoK), Lee Myung-bak, will pay an official visit to Vietnam from October 20-22 at the invitation of State President Nguyen Minh Triet. The visit is Mr Lee’s first visit to Vietnam aimed at bringing bilateral ties to new heights.

“The storm of integration cannot dampen the will of Vietnamese entrepreneurs,” said Vu Tien Loc, director of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) at the 2009 Thanh Giong Cup Awards ceremony for 100 prominent businesses in 2009.

When natural disasters occur, a huge effort is made to deal with their aftermath. However, what is most needed is a long-term, systematic way of dealing with climate change. If we do not treat the planet well from now on, more unpredictable calamities are likely to affect the future generations.

Vietnam’s trade deficit may reach 11 percent of the country’s GDP (equivalent to 20 percent of the export turnover) in 2009, and this would be a disaster for Vietnam’s exports, said Dr. Vu Dinh Anh, deputy director of the Market and Price Research Institute under the Ministry of Finance.

The Vietnamese economy is showing signs of recovery as it recorded an economic growth of 3.11 percent in the first quarter, 4.46 percent in the second quarter and 5.6 percent in the third quarter of this year.

There will be a wealth of opportunities for Vietnamese businesses to boost exports of agro-forestry-aquatic products in the remaining months of the year, but to take advantage of them, snags in exports must be ironed out.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet will pay official visits to Cuba from September 26 –29 and Chile from September 29 to October 1 at the invitation of Cuban President Raul Castro and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet.

Despite the real estate market seeing signs of recovery, investors still enjoy high profits as a result of the market lacking available properties and transparency, according to economic experts.