VietNamNet Bridge – A surprising thing is occurring on the foreign currency market: dollars keep flowing into commercial banks. Meanwhile, in the past, banks never successfully persuaded people to sell dollars to them. The dollar price has been decreasing. The downward trend in the dollar price began earlier this week and lasted all week. The [...]
LookAtVietnam – Tanks ran at lightning speed to the gateway of Saigon, liberation troops surrounded the Tan Son Nhat Airport⦠are among historical photos displayed at the exhibition to celebrate the 36th anniversary of the liberation of south Vietnam (30/4/1975). In late March 1975, Mr. Le Duc Tho went from the north to the south [...]
LookAtVietnam – Foreign investors in HCM City said though the local business climate was good, there were some concerns for US businesses. Speaking at a 200-strong seminar held in HCM City yesterday, Christopher C Twomey, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that in 2010 exporters had their products held-up by customs [...]
LookAtVietnam – HCM City will need as much as US$40 billion for transport infrastructure development between now and 2020 to meet public demand and address chronic traffic jams, and most of it remained to be sought, an official said on Wednesday. HCM City’s Vice Chairman Nguyen Trung Tin (R) answers queries about the city’s business [...]
Apple Inc. on Wednesday denied the alleged location-tracking practice of its mobile operating system, saying it will release software updates to make iPhone store less location information to quell public concerns over privacy. CLARIFICATION “Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone. Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do [...]
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday posted quarterly revenue and earnings that both beat analysts’ expectations. In its fiscal 2011 third quarter ended on March 31, the software giant reported revenue of 16.43 billion U.S. dollars, up 13 percent from the same period a year earlier. Net income and earnings per share were 5.23 billion dollars and [...]
Chrysler Group LLC on Thursday announced that it plans to repay its 7.4 billion U.S. dollars of loans to the U.S. and Canadian governments by the end of June. A Chrysler Sebring sits in front of the Chrysler logo at the New York International Auto Show in New York April 1, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo) [...]
The death toll from the disastrous storms and tornados that swept through the southern United States has risen to nearly 300, with 194 confirmed fatalities in the state of Alabama alone, the latest tally showed Thursday. The aftermath of overnight tornadoes show destroyed homes and vehicles in Pratt City, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, April [...]
LookAtVietnam – Cyclist Do Tuan Anh won the seventh stage of the nation’s most prestigious cycling tournament, the HCM City Television (HTV) Cup yesterday, April 28. Into the lead: Cyclist Do Tuan Anh after winning the seventh stage of the nation’s most prestigious cycling tournament, the HCM City Television Cup, yesterday. (Photo: VNS) Anh from [...]
Vietnamese storm to semi-finals at world boxing event Vietnamese boxers are through to the semi-finals of the ongoing AIBA Youth and Junior World Championships in Antalya, Turkey. Photo: Internet In the 54kg youth division, Liu Thi Duyen, who defeated Kazakhstan’s Ilona Felonenkova 36-8 in the quarter-final, will face India’s Basumatary Pwilao in the semi-final. In [...]
