People’s Committee also sets 2010 income per capital target at US$2,083 . The Ha Noi People’s Council has decided to set a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 9-10 per cent for next year.

The National Assembly’s 12th legislature ended its month-long 6th session yesterday, with Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong describing it as a significant contribution to Viet Nam’s reform, development, and improving the NA’s law-building capacity.

The industry and trade sector has recovered with an average monthly increase of 10 per cent since July as a result of the Government’s economic stimulus packages, according to officials.

A grand meeting to mark the 55th anniversary of Ha Noi’s liberation from French colonialism on October 10, 1954, was held at the Culture Palace in Ha Noi yesterday.

Joint venture and $8b capital injection planned for Long Son project . The National Oil and Gas Group is negotiating with foreign partners about setting up a joint venture later this year to operate Long Son oil refinery in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.

Talks were held between President Nguyen Minh Triet and his Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet Jeria on the heels of a state welcome given to the Vietnamese guest on Wednesday at Moneda Palace in Santiago de Chile .

The performance of the Tanks and Armoured Vehicles Force had been proudly engraved in the country’s history, Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh said yesterday.

Trade and investment ties between Viet Nam and Hungary yesterday were promoted to a new level following Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s talks with his counterpart, Hungarian Prime Minister Bajnai Gordon.

Viet Nam and Denmark would target an increase in Danish direct investment to US$1 billion, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said yesterday at a Viet Nam-Denmark Business Forum.

President Nguyen Minh Triet said that Viet Nam was ready to co-operate, assist and exchange experiences with Timor-Leste (East Timor) in the fields of economy, culture, education, hunger eradication and poverty reduction.