A view shows the AT&T store sign in Broomfield, Colorado April 20, 2011. Telecommunications giant AT&T Inc, whose proposed buy of T-Mobile USA is under scrutiny by US regulators, promised to bring 5,000 wireless call-center jobs back to the United States if the deal wins approval. The company has not decided where in the United [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Phnom Penh held a ceremony to mark the 66 th anniversary of Vietnam’s August Revolution and National Day (Sept. 2) on August 30. Vietnamese charge d’affaire Lai Xuan Chien praised the overseas Vietnamese in Cambodia for their great contributions to Vietnam ’s revolution through many periods. He [...]
Vietnam’s central bank said it will raise compulsory reserve ratios for foreign currency deposits from next month, the third increase this year as it strives to shore up the local currency and discourage the use of dollars. The move will effectively make it more expensive for banks to deal in dollars, which make up [...]
LookAtVietnam – “There is a fact that China commits to not take Vietnam’s land and sea, and Vietnam will never be unprincipled making concessions in sovereignty. Vietnam will never lean on any country against China,” Deputy Minister of Defense-Lieutenant General, Nguyen Chi Vinh told his Chinese counterpart. The second Sino-Vietnam defense-security strategic dialogue took place [...]
East Asia can be divided into two general areas: Northeast Asia, dominated by the Korean Peninsula, and Southeast Asia, dominated by the East Sea. Northeast Asia pivots on the destiny of North Korea, an isolated, totalitarian state with dim prospects in a world governed by capitalism and electronic communication. Were North Korea to implode, Chinese, [...]
LookAtVietnam – Around 550 items and pictures on Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) islands are displayed at the “Quang Ngai –Sea and Island Culture Heritage” exhibition in Quang Ngai province. The exhibition opened on August 29 and will last until September 2. A retired official is reading quotations from [...]
LookAtVietnam – The Sports House of the Hanoi University of Technology exploded on the evening of August 28, by the cheers of hundreds of students who participated in the finale of “Buoc Nhay Xi tin”, a dancing contest for youth, of the northern region. 20 dancing groups from northern provinces devoted to the audience a [...]
LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged the Ministry of Finance to finish the compilation of the draft decree regulating the business of lottery electronic games for foreigners in September 2011. The decree has been awaited by foreign investors, who have joined the quiet race for building casinos to attract more visitors and [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The treatment and disposal of medical waste has become a serious problem in the southern city of Can Tho. Can Tho General Hospital incinerates medical waste. Only eight out of 22 hospitals in the city have solid medical waste treatment furnaces on their premises. (Photo: VNS) The healthcare system suffers from a [...]
LookAtVietnam – Experts have rung the alarm bell over the “health” of the river system in Vietnam, saying that a lot of rivers are perceptibly degrading. The Bo River Vietnam has 2360 rivers and 26 river branches, more than 7000 kilometers of river and sea dykes, a lot of dams and water reservoirs. River protection [...]
