The Vietnamese Embassy, in coordination with the France-Vietnam Friendship Organisation, on Jan. 13 held a conference on tourism promotion in Paris to strengthen Vietnam-France cooperation in the sector.
Vietnam hopes to send 90,000 labourers abroad this year, nearly 2,000 more than last year's figure, according to the Overseas Labour Management Department.
The Noi Bai International Airport said more than 27,000 passengers entered and left Hanoi on 299 flights via the airport in the first three days of the New Year.
Despite drizzle and cold weather, 31,000 visitors, including 7,200 foreigners, visited relics in the former imperial city of Hue during the first three days of the Lunar New Year (Jan. 23-25).
Around 183,000 foreign tourists visited Hanoi during the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, a year-on-year increase of 16 percent.
Stocks advanced steadily yesterday, with benchmark indices posting gains on both national stock exchanges.
Managing tight monetary and financial policies to reign in inflation remained a key task for 2012, Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue has said.
The HCM Stock Exchange issued detailed guidelines late last week for a new benchmark index – the 30 VN – and a committee was formed to govern the index.
The government has required the State Bank of Vietnam to ensure its draft decree on gold trading with the State’s monopoly on gold bullion production as well as the export and import of gold material for production, according to a resolution issued at the government’s monthly meeting in December.
Ho Chi Minh City continue to lead the country in industrial production in 2011 with a value of nearly 740 trillion VND.
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