Microsoft plans to release six different flavors of Windows 7 left many in the tech world stupefied and wondering why, media reported Wednesday. (Photo: microsoft.com)Microsoft confirmed the multi-version release of Windows 7 to various sources including Gizomodo and Paul Thurrott of Windows Supersite. However, Microsoft has not released any official statement to the public regarding [...]
Doan Nguyen Duc, the boss of the Hoang Anh Gia Lai football club and the Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group, made the purchase of the first private aircraft in Vietnam the most outstanding event of 2008. Mr. Doan Nguyen Duc. Duc’s twelve-seat used aircraft is a Beechcraft Air 350, manufactured by the American Raytheon Aircraft, using [...]
Vietnamâs central bank cut the benchmark interest rate to 7 percent as the government struggles to buoy an economy which expanded at the slowest pace in almost a decade last year amid the global financial crisis. The State Bank of Vietnam reduced the key rate from 8.5 percent, effective Feb. 1, according to an e-mailed [...]
Lookatvietnam – Over 7,000 workers at HCMC’s industrial parks and export processing zones became jobless in the last six months as enterprises were hard hit by the economic slowdown locally and the much-feared crisis globally. Over 7,000 workers at HCMC’s industrial parks and export processing zones became jobless in the last six months.Vu Van Hoa, [...]
Lookatvietnam – The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) lowered its benchmark interest rate by one and a half per cent to 7 per cent yesterday in the first reduction this year but the sixth since last October. Lookatvietnam – The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) lowered its benchmark interest rate by one and [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – With their recent outstanding performance, the national football team of Vietnam climbed up 17 steps up in the world rankings, announced the Federation of International Football Associations or FIFA on Wednesday. The national squad and the AFF Cup.Vietnam was placed 138th among 201 teams in the world rankings. Meanwhile, in the Asian [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – An estimated VND124 trillion (US$7.4 billion) is needed to eliminate industrial pollution, a new Industrial Policy and Strategy Institute (IPSI) study shows. The research lists 18 economic sectors with the potential to cause serious pollution.But IPSI director Phan Dang Tuat says such a massive investment could create a beneficial environmental-protection industry.The research [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova will pay a visit to Vietnam on January 7, 2009, together with Miss World 2007 Zhang Zi Lin. Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova. A representative of the US-based RAAS Company, the organiser of this visit, said the two Miss World beauty queens will meet with correspondents on [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The Q4 Business Confidence Index sees a 7-point slide from the Q3 original index. The survey on business confidence was conducted jointly by the two companies over two weeks, from November 13 to November 27. The survey involved the participation of 256 businesses in 11 main production and business fields in Vietnam. They [...]
Tan Tao Investment Industry Corp. Wednesday opened up the bidding for construction engineers for a US$7.7 billion power plant and seaport in the southern province of Kien Giang. The Ho Chi Minh City-based industrial park builder and operator, also known as ITA Group, said the complex will be located in Kien Luong Town and comprise [...]
