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Fisheries association aims to connect with fishermen

To establish a direct link between fishermen and associations of aquatic farmers and processors nationwide, is the main objective of the Vietnam Fisheries Association (VFA)'s development strategy for the 2006-2010 period.

VFA President Nguyen Huu Khanh said at the association's second conference in Hanoi on Jan. 6, that, to this end, the association will work to establish 35 chapters with 50,000 members nationwide by 2010. The VFA currently has 29 chapters with 27,000 members.

Deputy Fisheries Minister Nguyen Viet Thang said the association should strive to build a close cooperation among its chapters as well as with processing businesses in order to ensure materials supply for processing, thus boosting exports.

(CPV/VNA)

Pooling all resources to achieve economic growth rate of 8.5 percent

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasised the need to successfully implement the three major tasks of achieving an economic growth rate of 8.5 percent, reinforcing administrative reform and combating corruption and wastefulness in 2007.

A conference was held in Hanoi on January 8 to implement State budget plans for 2007 which drew the participation of Prime Minster Nguyen Tan Dung and deputy Prime Ministers Nguyen Sinh Hung and Truong Vinh Trong.

Opening the conference, PM Dung highlighted the remarkable achievements in socio-economic development recorded in 2006.

Delegates to conference heard a report from Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc on the implementation of the plan for socio-economic development and the State Budge for 2006 and implementation solutions for 2007. Trade Minister Truong Dinh Tuyen briefed them on a number of major guidelines and policies to help the national economy maintain its fast and sustainable development after Vietnam’s entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Minister of the Interior Do Quang Trung reviewed administrative reform programs and set tasks for 2007 while Chief Government Inspector Tran Van Truyen reported on the government’s action program on implementing the Anti-Corruption Law.

Minster of Planning and Investment Phuc said in 2007, the focus will be on seven key solutions for perfecting mechanisms of the market economy, improving the investment environment, raising the operation efficiency of the State apparatus, practicing thrift and combating wastefulness.

Minister of the Interior Do Quang Trung underscored the need to enhance administrative reform by effectively handling bureaucracy, ironing out snags in people and enterprises’ activities and removing unnecessary sub-licenses used by ministries and sectors at the central level.

Many delegates said it is essential to build a central anti-corruption agency and issue documents on implementing the Anti-Corruption Law and dealing with leaders of agencies involved in corruption. They also proposed some measures to coordinate with the Government in boosting production and business activities, reinforce administrative reform and combat corruption in the most effective way.

The conference will close on January 9.

(CPV/VOV)

US closer to building first nuclear warhead in 20 years

The US has been carrying out its plan to build its first nuclear warheads in nearly 20 years.

The New York Times reported that a hybrid design for the new weapon will be unveiled by the interagency Nuclear Weapons Council.

It will not add to but replace the nation’s existing arsenal of aging warheads.

If this plan is approved by US President George W. Bush and financed by the Congress, it will cost over 100 billion USD.

Exploratory research for the weapon was authorized three years ago, and has been financed since. Now the costs will begin to increase.

With a generation of more reliable arms, the military could abandon holding onto huge inventories of old weapons, and reduce the American arsenal from some 6,000 warheads to 2,000 or less.

However, the new weapon called the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) will combine elements of designs from two weapons laboratories in an approach that some experts argue is untested and risky, reported Xinhuanet.

Last week, a spokesman for the National Nuclear Security Administration said the government will not proceed with the RRW if it is determined that testing is needed.

Edited by T.H