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Despite the world’s economic crisis over the past years, Vietnam has still attained positive economic growth and prevented the breakdown due to the negative impacts of the global economy. This substantial accomplishment has proved the Government’s role in governance and development of the economy to weather the global economic crisis.

San Francisco – Ho Chi Minh City Sister City Committee is aware of your outstanding support for the prevention and vaccination against hepatitis B of 18,000 children in Long An Province. We would like to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Committee has voted unanimously to award Madame Dang Hoang Yen a Humanitarian Award for 2011.

According to the 13th National Assembly election committee, Mdm. Dang Thi Hoang Yen, Chairwoman of the Board of Management of Tan Tao Group has been elected National Assembly Delegate at the constituency No. 1 in Long An Province with 62.36% of votes cast. She expects that her and other delegates’ voices will represent citizens and laborers in all parts of the country and will protect their interests and encourage laborers and their children to be innovative in their work and study.

MdmYen Dang, Chairwoman of Tan Tao Group attended the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia 2011 in Vienna, Austria from 8 – 9 June, 2011. Within the framework of this Forum, she together with more than 500 delegates who are leaders of nations, businesses and international economical and financial organizations exchanged and discussed the issues concerning promotion of innovation application into the economic development through the effectiveness intensification of Research and Development, establishing the Knowledge Triangle of education, research and innovation to drive competitiveness and growth…

The ASEAN – India Free Trade Agreement signed in 2009 will open a prospective future for the relationship between us. However it is only the first step. I very much expect that India can become the 22nd member of APEC in this year 2010 and our relationship can advance further via the signature and launching of other cooperation agreements on investment, financial market, Industry, services, human resource. As a ABAC representative of Vietnam and ASEAN region, my country and ASEAN fully endorse India’s membership into APEC grouping.

If the State Bank doesn’t lift the current exchange rate limitations, Vietnam’s businesses will continue to experience many difficulties. In macro view, foreign investments will be constrained in the time to come ". Mr. Dang Thanh Tam, Chairman of Saigon Invest Group and Member of the APEC Business Advisory Council – observed in an interview with the Labor Newspaper’s reporter right after he came back to Vietnam from the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum held in Japan.

The Prime Minister has just issued the Decision No. 2154/QD-TTg establishing Tan Tao University. This is a private higher education institution having the legal person status and its own seal and bank account. The admitted students will spend their first three years at Tan Tao University and their final year in the renowned universities in the United States.

On November 17 2010, Agrita-Quang Nam Energy Corporation (Agritam) and lenders (Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam - BIDV, Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade – VietinBank, Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam - Agribank) held a credit agreement signing ceremony for Dakmi 2 Hydro Power Plant Project in Phuoc Son District, Quang Nam Province.

While national leaders are still debating and experimenting with building the first truly international quality university in Vietnam, accomplished business person and Chairwoman of Tan Tao Group, Ms. Dang Thi Hoang Yen, is pushing hard to create the first such university in Long An – named Tan Tao University (TTU). On the occasion of Teacher’s Day, People’s Military News has had a chance to visit TTU and learn of many unique, promising qualities that position TTU to be an agent of change for higher education in Vietnam.

In the evening of October 29, Mdm. Dang Thi Hoang Yen, Chairwoman & CEO of Tan Tao Group and Co-Chair of ASEAN-BIS 2010, attended the banquet hosted by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his wife to welcome the 18 heads of the state and government to the ASEAN Leaders Summit 2010 and the associated high-ranking conferences in Hanoi.