February 28, 2011
LookAtVietnam – Thousands of Vietnamese women have become familiar clients of casinos along the Vietnam-Cambodia border. There are 14 casinos in Cambodia, which are located very near from the Vietnam-Cambodia border. Up to half of them (Winn, Le Macao, Chateau, Las Vegas Sun or Titan King) are built in Bavet in Svay Rieng province to [...]
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February 28, 2011
LookAtVietnam – Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, tells the Vietnam News Agency that policies are in place to meet social security targets. What measures will MoLISA adopt to ensure the country’s social security target? Government Resolution 2 issued on January 9, 2011 has listed some major measures to help [...]
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February 28, 2011
VietNamNet Bridge – 445 laborers from Libya arrived at Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi on the afternoon of February 27. The 445 workers were from the International Manpower Supply and Trade Company (SONA) under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA). Nguyen Van Tao, from MOLISA’s Department for Overseas Labor Management, said [...]
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February 28, 2011
LookAtVietnam – The State Bank of Vietnam on Friday’s evening asked financial institutions and banks to report on foreign currency deposits of state conglomerates by the end of next Friday. The report will have to cover all foreign currency deposits recorded until the end of this month of 21 state conglomerates and the affiliates. This [...]
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February 28, 2011
VietNamNet Bridge – March 1 will be the opening day for a new price increase wave in Vietnam as nearly all manufacturers and suppliers have announced price increases starting from that day. Manufacturers and suppliers all have announced that they will raise their sale prices from March 1 in a reaction to the 20 percent [...]
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February 28, 2011
Seafood processors will face a shortage of tra fish, this year Vietnam’s tra fish output may drop 40 percent this year as farmers continue to turn away from the business. Industry insiders say that farmers will only be able to produce 900,000 tons of tra fish, this year, which will translates roughly to 360,000-380,000 tons [...]
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February 28, 2011
A cyclo driver talks on a cell phone in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Local cell phone brands targetting the lower-end market segment are doing well in Vietnam. Business is blooming for local cell phone brands targeting the lower-end market segment. Handset retailers said cell phones priced at more than VND6 million (US$280) only account [...]
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February 28, 2011
Red tape and a lack of funding have reduced Vietnam’s first national heritage village to a decaying tourist trap while officials near Hue argue that stalled preservation plans should be abandoned in two villages Harvest day in Duong Lam Village Six years ago, the people of Duong Lam Village had the esteemed honor of [...]
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February 28, 2011
The caravan at the border crossing Xa Xia. Last July, four Vietnamese nationals made history, by piling into an all-terrain Mitsubishi and setting off for the Golden Triangle. They weren’t heroin traffickers, wildlife smugglers or flesh peddlers. These men were trafficking in adventure. And Vietnam ate it up. On December 5, audiences all over the [...]
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February 28, 2011
A tour bus advertising the movie “Sex and the City 2” is seen in New York in 2010. Martial arts fantasy flick “The Last Airbender” swept the board at the pre-Oscar Razzie awards for worst movies of 2010 Saturday, while “Sex and the City 2” also won one of the dubious honors. “Airbender,” a box [...]
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