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Ha Noi CPI up 0.96%

Purchasing power does not drastically increase in the month approaching Tet to reduce the pressure of inflation this January, often the month of highest inflation each year, Ha Noi Statistics Office has said.

Demand for small change rises ahead of Tet

With the Lunar New Year approaching, the scramble for low-denomination currency notes has begun

PM forms Delta economic zone

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to establish a Key Economic Zone in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta.

IIP hits record low in 11 months

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growth rate hit a record low since June with a year-on-year increase of only 6.9 per cent in the first 11 months of this year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

New law on accounting violations

The Government promulgated Decree No 39/2011/ND-CP last May, amending Decree No 185/2004/ND-CP on penalties for administrative violations in accountancy. Decree No 39 took effect on August 1.

Top 1,000 corporate tax payers published

Viet Nam Report, in collaboration with online newswire VietNamNet and the General Department of Taxation's Tax magazine, organised a ceremony yesterday to honour the country's top 1,000 corporate-tax contributors in Ha Noi.

School healthcare improves, still faces problems: forum

The number of medical workers in schools nationwide had doubled in the past five years, but students' healthcare remains an issue to both public health and education sectors, heard a conference yesterday in Ha Noi.

Lawmakers approve annual growth target of 6.5% to 7%

Nearly 90 per cent of lawmakers voted yesterday to adopt the Socio-economic Development Plan for the 2011-15 period, which targets GDP growth of between 6.5-7 per cent.

Foreign tourists soar by 80% in October

Foreign visitor numbers surged by 80.9 per cent in October compared with the previous month, totalling 518,477, the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism said.

Ministry to revise tariffs for next year

The Ministry of Finance is gathering recommendations on a draft for import and export tariffs for 2012.

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Major equipment agreement for thermoelectricity plant signed

HN -- An agreement for that design and offer of apparatus and technological services for that Thai Binh 2 Thermoelectricity Plant Project was signed in Ha Noi yesterday.Anything, more vital than US$826 million, was signed between your PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) and also the Sojitz-Daelim companies (SDC).Speaking in the signing ceremony, general director from the PVC Vu Duc Thuan stated anything incorporated equipment supply along with a detailed design for that turbine and

New plant makes energy converters

HCM CITY — A electronic energy ripper tools factory that includes alternative energy design features was inaugurated within the southern province of Binh Duong yesterday.Situated within the province's My Phuoc Industrial Park No 3, the 11,600 sq.m factory has manufacturing, putting together, engineering and testing facilities in addition to administrative offices from the XP Energy Viet Nam Co Ltd.It had been shipped on the turnkey basis by Singapore-based Boustead Projects Pte Ltd, a wholly possessed