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City lays special emphasis on furniture fair

City lays special emphasis on furniture fair

HCMC – Senior trade officials on Tuesday touted HCMC’s upcoming International Furniture and Handicraft Fair and Exhibition, or Expo 2010, as the special trade event of the country, expecting it to be a convergence point for local suppliers and overseas buyers.

Soldiers' remains found in Quang Tri

Tran Vinh, a resident of the central province of Quang Tri, unearthed the remains of soldiers yesterday while farming. He immediately reported the findings to the authorities of Cam Thanh town in Cam Lo District. The town's veteran and civil defence team then found many remains, including shin and arm bones and skulls. The remains and relics found were believed to belong to 158 commandos who died in an encounter against the Americans in 1968 and were buried in a mass grave. The district and authorised

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Firms advised to focus on TPP

HN — Domestic businesses should positively build plans and methods to grow marketplaces in nations joining the Trans-Off-shore Partnership (TPP) Agreement.Ngo Chung Khanh, deputy director from the Secretary of state for Industry and Trade's Multilateral Trade Policy Department, made the suggestion in a conference in Ha Noi yesterday.The TPP pact, also called the Trans-Off-shore Proper Economic Partnership Agreement, is really a multilateral free trade deal that aims to help liberalise the financial systems

Cashew processors import nuts

Cashew processors import nuts

Processing cashew nuts at Binh Duong-based Nhat Huy Company. Strong domestic demand saw Vietnamese cashew processors import 80,000 tonnes of raw nuts to date this season. — VNA/VNS Photo Dinh Hue HN — Cashew processors have imported 80,000 tonnes of raw nuts – mostly from ASEAN, South america and India – forever of the year, the Viet Nam Cashew Association (Vinacas) stated.Earlier, Vinacas believed that domestic firms required to import 300,000