Posts Tagged ‘ 60 Percent ’

Russia wants to develop free trade with Vietnam 

December 31, 2011
Russia wants to develop free trade with Vietnam 

Ambassador Andrey G. Kovtun (central) at a Hanoi press conference on December 28   The Russian ambassador to Vietnam said at a press briefing in Hanoi Wednesday that developing relations with Vietnam will be a priority in Russia’s diplomatic policies in Asia in the years to come. Ambassador Andrey G. Kovtun said 2011 was an [...]

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Vietnam needs to make fuel market more competitive: official 

November 29, 2011
Vietnam needs to make fuel market more competitive: official 

Petrolimex is the largest fuel trader in Vietnam with a market share of around 60 percent Vietnam’s fuel market needs to be restructured to ease the dominance of Petrolimex, the top oil products distributor, says Finance Minister Vuong Dinh Hue. “In the long term we need to think about reorganizing the market by giving opportunities [...]

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Build only what you need 

August 5, 2011
Build only what you need 

A man walks past a factory at the Thang Long Industrial Park outside of Hanoi. Vietnam should only build industrial parks when and where they’re needed, Le Quoc Dung, vice chairman of the National Assembly’s Economic Committee, tells Thanh Nien Weekly in an interview. Thanh Nien Weekly: Why are so many industrial parks not full? [...]

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War of words 

July 2, 2011
War of words 

  A scene in the play Sam hoi (Penance), a box office top hit at Phu Nhuan Theater in 2009. The play’s scriptwriter, Dieu Nhu Trang (below) is accused of plagiarism by a university student who claimed to have written 60 percent of the play but was not paid for it. A director has a [...]

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Vietnam’s top five automobile performers of 2009

January 14, 2010
Vietnam’s top five automobile performers of 2009

LookAtVietnam – The total turnover of all the 16 members of VAMA in 2009 showed a shared growth rate of seven percent in comparison with 2008.   Statistics provided by VAMA showed that there were two distinct groups. While the first showed sharp falls in 2009, the other saw an equally sharp increase ifor the [...]

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Sugar prices a bitter pill for sweetmeat makers

January 11, 2010
Sugar prices a bitter pill for sweetmeat makers

Many enterprises are very worried about rising sugar prices as they prepare for the peak production period of the year with the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival just weeks away.  LookAtVietnam – Many enterprises are very worried about rising sugar prices as they prepare for the peak production period of the year with the Tet [...]

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Sugar prices a bitter pill for sweetmeat makers

January 9, 2010
Sugar prices a bitter pill for sweetmeat makers

Despite the recent hike, sugar prices in the country are not that high compared to the regional market. Many enterprises are very worried about rising sugar prices as they prepare for the peak production period of the year with the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival just weeks away. On December 30, sugar was priced at [...]

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Vietnam auto industry could splutter and die

November 27, 2009
Vietnam auto industry could splutter and die

Visitors at the fifth Vietnam Motorshow in Ho Chi Minh City last week. Vietnam’s regional and global tax-cut commitments could mean the death of local car makers within the next ten years if there are be no improvements to the industry’s development strategy, a trade official said. That scenario would also include an ballooning trade [...]

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Schools, classrooms provide poor eye care: conference

November 13, 2009
Schools, classrooms provide poor eye care: conference

Around 2.8 million students in Vietnam have refraction problems and improper lighting at schools is a major cause, experts said at a Hanoi conference Wednesday. Surveys by the National Institute of Ophthalmology showed that around 38.8 percent of students at 260 schools in Ho Chi Minh City have refraction problems – short-sightedness, far-sightedness and astigmatism. [...]

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WHO to aid Vietnam with A/H1N1 vaccines

October 8, 2009
WHO to aid Vietnam with A/H1N1 vaccines

Deputy Minister of Health Trinh Quan Huan announced on October 7 that the World Health Organisation has added Vietnam to the list of countries receiving free swine flu vaccines.  At a conference in September in Hong Kong, Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu asked the WHO to donate to Vietnam around 6 million doses of swine [...]

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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...