Communist-run Vietnam plans to privatitize state-owned oil/gas (Joins WTO)

[Dover]

Reuters
By Manny Mogato

CEBU, Philippines - Communist-run Vietnam plans to privatise more than 100 state-owned firms this year and next, including the oil and gas industries, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on Friday. Speaking on the sidelines of a regional summit in the Philippines, Dung also told Reuters that Vietnam, which became an official..

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Vietnam joins World Trade Organization


MADISON, WI (USAgNet) -- Vietnam has become the 150th member of the World Trade Organization. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab welcomed Vietnam into the WTO saying this is an historic day for Vietnam and the rules-based global trading system.

The 109th Congress approved permanent normal trade relations for Vietnam in December before adjourning, paving the way for the United States to benefit from Vietnam's entry into the WTO.

For the beef industry, the United States has negotiated a lucrative bilateral market access package with Vietnam. Under the terms of the agreement, approximately three-quarters of U.S. agricultural exports to Vietnam will have duties reduced to 15 percent or less, while Vietnam will gain no greater access to the U.S. market...cont'd


http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=1/13/2007&Cat=9&Num=9

[Joanne98]

1. They never stop.

[w4rma]

2. Does this mean 'we' have finally won the Vietnam War? (nt)

[AngryAmish]

3. Yes

Only cost 50,000 Americans, 3 million Vietnamese and 1-3 million Cambodians....

[Vidar]

4. Two bad moves IMHO.

[BayCityProgressive]

5. That was dumb

hope they like being slave workers. Ho Chi Minh would be rolling in his grave.