Ha Nam vows good business climate The northern province of Ha Nam will offer incentives and create a favourable business climate to attract investors, a provincial leader told a forum in HCM City yesterday.

Unemployment hangs over HCM City High lending rates and surging prices for production input materials had led to a rising unemployment rate in HCM City this month, according to the City's Association of Enterprises.

Vietnam Airlines offers promotions Vietnam Airlines recently announced a programme of cut-price tickets, from July 25 to August 4, with departures from August 13 to December 31. From August 13, the national flag carrier will also re-open the HCM City-Nagoya (Japan) route with two flights on Monday and Friday every week.

Nghe An hosts investment conference The central province of Nghe An will discuss its economic policies and current investment climate at a promotional conference to be organised in the province tomorrow.

Economic zones attract $8.6 billion About US$8.6 million worth of capital has been poured into the nation's economic zones to date, according to a report from the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Capital confab spotlights foreign investment Ha Noi pledged to streamline administrative procedures under a 'one-door' policy to encourage further foreign direct investment (FDI) in the city, said Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat at a conference on investment, trade and tourism co-operation yesterday.

In Brief (20-09-2005)