VIETNAM: REGIONAL UPU MEET FOCUSES ON PAYMENT SYSTEMS, SERVICES.(Universal Postal Union)(Brief Article)

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: June 17, 2004 | Copyright information

According to "VoV", seventy domestic and international delegates gathered in Hanoi for a regional meeting of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) on June 15-17. The three-day meeting is expected to iron out resolutions governing charges for postal services, a...

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