China raised the drought emergency class Thursday from level two to level one, the highest alert, in response to the worst drought to hit northern China in half a century, according to a State Council meeting. People irrigate the wheat field at Xiaolu Village in Yuzhou, a city in central China’s Henan Province, on Feb. [...]
Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Tran Nam, when talking about the programme on houses for low-income earners, estimated that a 50 sq m apartment would be priced at some VND300mil. Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Tran NamFund depositors will get some interest. The housing savings fund is a model applied in many countries. 3-5% is [...]
To mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, or Truong Son Road as it is called now, veterans held a meeting at the HCMC Spring Flower Festival on January 21. The restored Ho Chi Minh trail nowaday.Lookatvietnam – To mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Ho [...]
Bao Viet Securities Company BVSC has estimated the loss of VND400bil for last year. 80% of securities companies lost money in 2008, while they have been warned about another difficult year in 2009. Meanwhile, Dang The Duc, Managing Partner of Indochine Counsel law firm, has predicted that 50% of operational securities companies will continue to [...]
Lookatvietnam – Ho Chi Minh City flower markets are full of flowers and ornamental trees but their prices are up by 20-50 percent from last year. Daisy prices have increased since Jan. 17.Orchids are selling at twice last year’s prices. Nguyen Van Thang, a flower stall owner at the Sept. 23 Park market in District [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Fifty passengers have escaped death by a hair’s breadth after their bus caught fire on An Lo bridge in Phong Dien district of Thua Thien-Hue province. The wreakage of the bus after the fire.VietNamNet Bridge – Fifty passengers have escaped death by a hair’s breadth after their bus caught fire on An [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s maritime economy is forecast to contribute 53 percent to GDP by 2020, affirmed the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Pham Khoi Nguyen, at a conference on deploying the mission of the Vietnam Sea and Island General Department on December 26. To carry out this task, the General Department should build [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The British government has pledged to give non-refundable aid of 50 million British pounds (roughly 74.5 million USD) to Vietnam next year in spite of global financial crisis. Head of the UK’s Department for International Development in Vietnam Fiona Louise Lappin said on December 2 that the sum is part of a [...]
Chevrolet Uplanders minivans are seen at a dealership in Silver Spring, Maryland, July 1, 2008. Chief executives of distressed U.S. auto companies sought a $50 billion federal bailout on Thursday to survive a financial crisis blamed on a worsening economy and the “near collapse” in demand for cars. Rick Wagoner of General Motors Corp, Alan [...]
