February 6, 2009
Seven telecom companies in HCM City that supplied illegal cable TV and Internet services have been fined VND 35 million ($2,060) each. Their equipment was also seized. Cable TV and Internet services will be controlled more strictly.LookAtVietnam – Seven telecom companies in HCM City that supplied illegal cable TV and Internet services have been fined [...]
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February 5, 2009
Red roses, yellow daisies besides portraits of irresistibly beautiful women light up the painting exhibition “Beautiful Women and Flowers” at Y Ngoc – Sy Hoang Gallery, HCM City, which opened on Wednesday. VietNamNet/VNE
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February 5, 2009
An alleged drug dealer climbs on the motorbike of a suspected buyer on De Tham Street in Ho Chi Minh City A man stops his motorbike on De Tham Street in Ho Chi Minh City and gives a signal to another man on the sidewalk who nods and hops on the back of the bike. [...]
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February 4, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to buy an additional of 100,000 tonnes of rice and various types of animal vaccines and medicines for the national reserve. The Ministry of Finance will spend VND880 billion ($51.76 million) to buy 100,000 tonnes [...]
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February 4, 2009
Businesses are considering slashing prices of many products and services after the Government announced the 5% VAT cuts on 18 categories of products and services. Hoang Quoc Tuan, Deputy General Director of Dong Nai Tile Company, said that with the 5% tax cut, the price of a brick will decrease from VND1,100/brick to VND1,045, while [...]
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February 4, 2009
Leaving Song Lam Nghe An club, midfielder Nguyen Minh Duc, a member of the national squad, went to The Cong club. Recently, he was named on the list of players of Hai Phong club. The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has to arbitrate this case. Midfielder Minh Duc. After Minh Duc’s contract with Song Lam Nghe An [...]
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February 3, 2009
Lookatvietnam – The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) began construction of its five-star hotel complex in Me Tri commune, Tu Liem district, Hanoi on February 3. Lookatvietnam – The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) began construction of its five-star hotel complex in Me Tri commune, Tu Liem district, Hanoi on February [...]
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February 3, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – Sometimes adults worry about the young’s language because of its constant creativeness and simplification – this “new”, mixed language perplexes them. To see how Vietnamese language is changed in youngsters’ language, just visit chat rooms or blogs. There many new words are created, for example “khoan tac” (who advertises their concrete cutting and [...]
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February 3, 2009
An alley in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 4. Alleys in the city are often sites where traffic stories of loss meld with acts of communal compassion. Though drugs, drink and disease threaten their lives, intimacy and care keep a Ho Chi Minh City alley community together. There are certain sorrows that canât be avoided [...]
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February 2, 2009
Most investors will likely move forward on merger and acquisition deals more cautiously this year and much will depend on the pace of equitization of major corporations such as MobiFone, according to British accounting and consulting firm Pricewaterh PricewaterhouseCoopers said the interest in merging and acquisition activities (M&A) in Vietnam would remain high as foreign [...]
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