December 11, 2009
U.S. billionaire investor George Soros proposed Thursday that rich nations provide 100 billion U.S. dollars in additional funding for developing nations’ projects to combat climate change Financier George Soros speaks at a news conference on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, capital of Denmark, Dec. 10, 2009. Soros on Thursday [...]
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December 8, 2009
LookAtVietnam showcases the analysis highlighted in 2009’s VNR 500 – the ranking of top 500 Vietnamese enterprises made by VNR Research Division. The labour force of enterprises in VNR 500 (Source: The VNR Biz Database)The final months of 2008 and 2009 were a very difficult time for Vietnamese businesses, many of which had to cut [...]
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November 10, 2009
It is still too early to remove stimulus, and climate change financing remains the key to success of the Copenhagen conference, the G20 finance ministers and bank governors said Saturday. Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) talks to the Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke (back to camera), U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner [...]
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October 31, 2009
In this interview with VietNamNet, the Chairman of the NA’s Defense and Security Committee confirmed that the East Sea conflict has heightened deputies’ attention to defense issues. Mr. Le Quang Binh (standing). VietNamNet: In the autumn National Assembly (NA) session, many deputies are very keen to strengthen protection of our sovereignty and territorial integrity. Some deputies [...]
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September 5, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Experts and government officials reviewed the situation and discussed solutions for the cultural industry in Vietnam at a seminar in Hanoi last weekend. The concept of “cultural industry” is still unclear in Vietnam (Photo: Models on the catwalk of the Dep Fashion Show – the most prestigious fashion event in Vietnam). Dr. Nguyen Danh [...]
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May 27, 2009
Traffic moves past a PetroChina Co. gas station in Hong Kong, China PetroChina Co. agreed to pay as much as $2.2 billion to buy Singapore Petroleum to gain a foothold in Asiaâs largest oil trading center in an acquisition that may extend Chinaâs influence over global resources pricing. PetroChina, Chinaâs biggest oil producer, will buy [...]
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May 6, 2009
A container ship leaves the Kwai Chung shipping terminal in Hong Kong, China last month. About 50 percent of Hong Kongâs trade with China may be settled in yuan as exporters reduce their exposure to a weakening dollar, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd. said. The first settlements of international trade using Chinaâs [...]
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April 3, 2009
The second Group of 20 (G20) Summit concluded in London on Thursday with consensus on how to get the world out of the financial crisis, including pledge of 1.1 trillion U.S. dollars to revive the world economy, a joint call to fight protectionism, and concrete actions to tighten banking regulations. Chinese President Hu Jintao (4th [...]
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February 7, 2009
Freddie Mac may exhaust its US$100 billion lifeline from the US Treasury as regulators lean on the government-controlled company to help pull the housing market out of its slump, its chairman John Koskinen said. The company, which has received $13.8 billion in emergency funds and plans to ask for as much as $35 billion more, [...]
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