darock0116
05-19-2007, 01:16 PM
Two executive officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and global corporation Microsoft will pay working visits to Vietnam next week.
IMF Deputy Managing Director Takatoshi Kato is scheduled to visit Vietnam on May 23 and 24, while Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will have a one-day visit on May 21.
The IMF executive’s visit, part of his tour to a number of Asian nations, aims to explore Vietnam’s development situation and promote the cooperation between the country and the IMF, the fund’s Vietnam office announced.
Kato is scheduled to meet Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Chairman of the National Assembly, the country’s highest legislative body, Nguyen Phu Trong.
He will also hold working sessions with the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam and officials from the ministries of Finance, Planning and Investment, and Trade.
Meanwhile, during his first visit to Vietnam, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will meet PM Nguyen Tan Dung, Minister of Post and Telematics Do Trung Ta, and Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thien Nhan.
He will also have meeting with Microsoft’s major clients and its partners in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese Government in March this year clinched a memorandum of understanding in Washington DC with Microsoft, focusing on software procurement and bilateral cooperation.
Under the memorandum, the Vietnam Ministry of Posts and Telematics is set to purchase software copyrights from Microsoft in May and adopt them in governmental agencies for three years.
Microsoft would also provide Vietnam with technical support to build the planned e-government, the US corporation said.
Earlier, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates visited Vietnam twice, in April this and last year.
On his second trip to Vietnam, Gates looked to further support the health sector and sought the government’s support for future health programs funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
http://www.thanhniennews.com/politics/?catid=1&newsid=28211
IMF Deputy Managing Director Takatoshi Kato is scheduled to visit Vietnam on May 23 and 24, while Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will have a one-day visit on May 21.
The IMF executive’s visit, part of his tour to a number of Asian nations, aims to explore Vietnam’s development situation and promote the cooperation between the country and the IMF, the fund’s Vietnam office announced.
Kato is scheduled to meet Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Chairman of the National Assembly, the country’s highest legislative body, Nguyen Phu Trong.
He will also hold working sessions with the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam and officials from the ministries of Finance, Planning and Investment, and Trade.
Meanwhile, during his first visit to Vietnam, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will meet PM Nguyen Tan Dung, Minister of Post and Telematics Do Trung Ta, and Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thien Nhan.
He will also have meeting with Microsoft’s major clients and its partners in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese Government in March this year clinched a memorandum of understanding in Washington DC with Microsoft, focusing on software procurement and bilateral cooperation.
Under the memorandum, the Vietnam Ministry of Posts and Telematics is set to purchase software copyrights from Microsoft in May and adopt them in governmental agencies for three years.
Microsoft would also provide Vietnam with technical support to build the planned e-government, the US corporation said.
Earlier, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates visited Vietnam twice, in April this and last year.
On his second trip to Vietnam, Gates looked to further support the health sector and sought the government’s support for future health programs funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
http://www.thanhniennews.com/politics/?catid=1&newsid=28211