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.
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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.
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.
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).
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.