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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

President Nguyen Minh Triet's New Year Greetings


Yearly extravaganza: nearly VND 5 trillion raised for the poor

The eighth television programme Noi vong tay lon (Joining the Great Fold) to raise funds for the poor was broadcast live on Vietnam Television’s VTV3 and VTV4 channels and Ho Chi Minh City Television’s HTV9 channel.  (Full story)
 

 NEWS
PM Dung vows success on eve of ASEAN presidency

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is confident of a successful term ahead as Vietnam assumes the role President of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) beginning January 1, 2010.

 LIFE

PM urges whole nation to strive for higher achievements
* Key targets achieved in 2009 compared with 2008’s figures

The year of 2009 is over. It witnessed many complicated issues in the world and domestic economies, causing huge difficulties for business and production and people's lives. However, under the leadership of the Party and Government's management, the country still maintained its economic growth, stabilised the macro-economy and ensured social security.
 

 BUSINESS

WB and SBV sign US$500 million credit agreement

Nhan Dan - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the World Bank (WB) yesterday signed the credit agreement for the WB’s biggest ever loan to Vietnam, also the first from its International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).

 TRAVEL
Hanoi welcomes first 300 foreign tourists in 2010

As of 6am on January 1, 2010, Hanoi received its first 300 European tourists from Paris, France on flight of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.

 CULTURE
People nationwide greet 2010 with cultural activities
Many festivals together with entertainment activities were held in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and other localities nationwide to greet New Year 2010.
 SPORT

Top ten Vietnam’s sport events in 2009

Nhan Dan Newspaper ’s Culture, Literature and Arts Department has selected Top ten Vietnam's sport events in 2009.

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President Ho Chi Minh's 119th birthday
(1890 - 2009)

 

2009 under review



Cultural heritage with Integration and Development



Sign for Vietnamese AO victims

Justice for Vietnamese AO Victims


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