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Saturday, January 05, 2008

President welcomes visiting US lawmakers
Viet Nam is strengthening its friendship and co-operative relations with nations from around the world, including the Unites States, President Nguyen Minh Triet said yesterday to a visiting delegation of US lawmakers.

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Viet Nam begins role in UN Security Council
Viet Nam began to take part in the UN Security Council's activities on January 2 although it officially became a member of the body the day before.

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Mobile phone, internet boom

Viet Nam gained an impressive growth of 200 per cent in both the mobile phone and broadband internet market in 2007.

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Tourism set for big year

In the new year, Viet Nam tourism has planned various events and impressive activities to popularise Vietnamese culture. The following are some of the notable events listed by the National Administration of Tourism.

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Gold price likely to keep its glitter

The price of gold reached more than VND16 million per tael during the first days of the New Year and is expected to be driven higher by the volatile international market for the precious metal.

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Getting foreign investment to pay off
Viet Nam attracted a record level of foreign direct investment in 2007 at US$20.3 billion, a 70-per-cent increase over 2006 and 53 per cent higher than the target for the year.

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Nation applies new import-export tariffs

The import-export tariffs of 1,741 categories of goods have been readjusted as of January 1, 2008 to comply with the ASEAN harmonised tariff nomenclature (AHTN) and with the nation's WTO commitments.

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Scientists warn the Sai Gon River is dying

The Sai Gon River that provides water for HCM City's almost 10 million people is dying. Its killer is the waste water discharged from industrial zones and the pursuit of aquaculture, scientists at a seminar held to discuss the protection of the river agreed.

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Glittering sea horses are VN's first engineered animals
Under the blue light of a fluorescent lamp, 108 striped sea horses glitter like gold. These sea horses are worth their weight in gold - literally: they are the first genetically engineered animals to be created in Viet Nam.

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Festival celebrates parallel sentences

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has rolled out detailed plans in preparation for a colourful festival of beverages, flowers and parallel sentences to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet).

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Singer Khanh Linh headlines her first concert tomorrow
Singer Khanh Linh, who rose to prominence as the third-place finisher in the 2003 edition of the Sao Mai singing competition and went on to score a hit with the song Ban Mai Xanh (Blue Morning), gets her first-ever solo concert in Ha Noi this Saturday.

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VN-INDEX
January 4: 903.09(-0.57%)
RATES
AUD	14,159
CAD	16,474
CHF	14,167
EUR	23,589
GBP	32,207
HKD	2,070
JPY	142
SGD	11,158
THB	565
USD	16,025
Vietcombank - January 4

WEATHER
Ha Noi	11-23°C
HCM City	21-30°C
Nha Trang	18-26°C
Hai Phong	11-23°C
Da Nang	23-28°C
Vinh	13-23°C
Viet Tri	10-22°C
Son La	7-22°C
Pleiku	16-26°C

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