The Viet Nam Gold Star Award 2006 was presented to 150 products capable of competing internationally by 149 Vietnamese businesses in Ha Noi on Sep.2.
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The Viet Nam Gold Star Award 2006 was presented to 150 products capable of competing internationally by 149 Vietnamese businesses in Ha Noi on Sep. 2.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung, Secretary and Head of the Committee for Organisation of the Party Central Committee Ho Duc Viet, and President of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee Pham The Duyet attended the award ceremony, held by the Viet Nam Youth Union and the Young Business Association.
Deputy PM Hung congratulated the awardees, saying that the award, an honour to Vietnamese young businesses, has helped develop a young business community which is growing both in width and depth. The award encourages and creates conditions for Vietnamese businesses to develop production and accelerate international integration, Hung said.
The Deputy PM said he hoped more businesses will be on the cutting edge of products and trademarks which are competitive internationally
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The same day, about 3,000 people took part in a walk and running race a round the Hoan Kiem lake in Ha Noi within a sport programme named "Viet Nam Gold Star - Vietnamese Trademark for the Vietnamese People" to raise fund for the poor.
The sport programme is part of the Viet Nam Gold Star Award 2006. The gold medals in the 1,700-m running race went to female athlete Pham Thanh Hoa from the Viet Nam Paper Corporation and male athlete Doan Kim Son from the Thai Nguyen Joint Stock Steel Company.
The programme raised more than 470 million VND which will be channelled to the Youth Union to enable free eye surgery for poor people.
(Source: VNA)
