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Vietnam a promising market for Germany: Merkel 

October 15, 2011
Vietnam a promising market for Germany: Merkel 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at the Vietnam-Germany Economic Forum in Ho Chi Minh City on October 12 German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Vietnam’s growing economy offers many opportunities for German investors, especially in infrastructure, hi-tech and education sectors. She made the statement at the Vietnam-Germany Economic Forum in Ho Chi Minh City on October [...]

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China's suicide rate 'among highest in world' 

September 9, 2011
China's suicide rate 'among highest in world' 

The sun rises over highrise buildings in downtown Beijing in 2010. A person tries to kill themselves in China every two minutes, the government and state media said Thursday, giving the country one of the highest suicide rates in the world. China’s suicide rate is 22.23 people out of every 100,000, the Centre for Disease [...]

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Nearly $100,000 donated to pediatric cardiac patients 

July 7, 2011
Nearly $100,000 donated to pediatric cardiac patients 

Vietnamese Pop icon Dam Vinh Hung (L) presents his painting called "Throne and Ephemera," which donates US$50,000 to the charity fund of actress Ngo Thanh Van (in red) The "Scar of Life’"s first charity benefit concert took in nearly US$100,000 in donations on June 29.   All proceeds from the concert will be used to [...]

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Vietnam records about 100,000 dengue cases annually 

June 22, 2011
Vietnam records about 100,000 dengue cases annually 

  Vietnam is one of the six countries worst affected by dengue fever in Asia Western Pacific with some 100,000 cases reported every year, according to a conference held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho Wednesday.   Statistics showed that it cost US$41 to treat a mild case, and $127 for critical one [...]

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New approach brings US homeless in from the cold 

February 6, 2011
New approach brings US homeless in from the cold 

A homeless man sits besides his belongings on a street in Washington, DC. In the dead of winter last year, after 13 years of wandering the streets and homeless shelters of the US capital, Maureen Brosnahan was given a tiny apartment with no strings attached. She would no longer have to endure icy nights lying [...]

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iPhones available for burning on Kitchen God’s Day

February 5, 2010
iPhones available for burning on Kitchen God’s Day

Hanoians are flocking to buy worship items for the Kitchen God’s day, which will fall on Saturday, February 6.  Hang Ma is the street where sacred papers are sold and it entered its busy period around one month ago. The street is decorated in red and yellow, the colors of traditional sacred paper products. Hang Ma’s salesmen [...]

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2010 will be a prosperous year for rubber producers

February 4, 2010
2010 will be a prosperous year for rubber producers

LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese rubber producers have put high hopes in 2010 which they believe will bring prosperity with price expected to increase by 30 percent. The Vietnam Rubber Association, said that it expects to export 750,000 tonnes of rubber in 2010 and reap $1.5 billion in export revenue thanks to a 30 percent price increase. International [...]

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World gold price plunges, domestic price follows

January 22, 2010
World gold price plunges, domestic price follows

LookAtVietnam – The world gold price has decreased by 2.3 percent, forcing a domestic price drop to 26.65 million dong per tael. Bar gold prices at 9.45 am of January 21, 2010 stood at 26.55-26.65 million dong per tael (purchase and sale). This represents a sharp fall of 300,000 dong per tael, or 1.1 percent [...]

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Vietnam’s 2010 pepper exports to drop 26 pct, group says

January 11, 2010
Vietnam’s 2010 pepper exports to drop 26 pct, group says

Pepper exports from Vietnam, the world’s largest producer, will fall 26 percent to about 100,000 metric tons this year as stockpiles are exhausted, according to Do Ha Nam, chairman of the Vietnam Pepper Association. “We don’t have any stockpiles left, so what we produce this year will be for export,” Nam said Monday. “Prices will [...]

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National port plan gets green light

December 29, 2009
National port plan gets green light

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the Viet Nam Seaport Development Master Plan, which calls for total investment of between VND360trill and VND440tril to 2020. Seaports building decisions will be based on local natural conditions, the need for economic development and interaction with nearby ports.The plan, which was submitted to the Government in June, aims [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...