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New terminal opens in Central Highlands airport

December 28, 2009
New terminal opens in Central Highlands airport

The Southern Airports Corporation (SAC) inaugurated a new terminal at the Lien Khuong airport in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on December 26.  LookAtVietnam – The Southern Airports Corporation (SAC) inaugurated a new terminal at the Lien Khuong airport in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on December 26.  The two-floor terminal, [...]

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Tropical Storm Mirinae claims at least 31 lives in central region

November 4, 2009
Tropical Storm Mirinae claims at least 31 lives in central region

Despite downgrading into a tropical low, Typhoon Mirinae hit the central region of Viet Nam yesterday, November 3, leaving at least 31 dead, 21 missing and 45 injured. Rescuers and flood victims in Dong Da Commune in the central city of Quy Nhon.According to the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control, the [...]

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Official says tourism promotions in Japan will pay off

September 24, 2009
Official says tourism promotions in Japan will pay off

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s tourism industry is expected to see a strong recovery in arrivals from Japan in the rest of the years “Vietnam Airlines will open new flights from the central region to Japan. It’s also a good change to develop the market”.Nguyen Manh Cuong, deputy head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, told [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/9

September 11, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/9

WB increases financing for critical infrastructure; Lien Viet Bank sets ambitious plans for next decade; Vietnam attends WEF’s Dalian meeting  The World Bank will provide an additional 160 million USD in no-interest credit for an urban upgrade project in Vietnam through 2014. Under an agreement signed between the State Bank Governor Nguyen Van Giau and [...]

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Public concern growing over influenza A

August 3, 2009
Public concern growing over influenza A

Employees in Hanoi wear medical masks at the office. Medical masks in Ho Chi Minh City have been selling like hotcakes as some medical suppliers run out of stock. The influenza A (H1N1) has driven many people to protect themselves with medical masks and the demand for H1N1 tests has risen, despite doctors protests not [...]

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Businesses less interested in preferential loans

May 11, 2009
Businesses less interested in preferential loans

VietNamNet Bridge – From April 29 to May 7, commercial banks disbursed VND3,167bil worth of short-term loans under the interest rate subsidy programme, a modest increase of 1.17% over the previous week. The Government has launched two demand stimulus packages to support businessesBy May 7, the whole banking system had disbursed VND272tril worth of short-term [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 2/5

May 2, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 2/5

Art and Buddhism meet at city exhibition; Trade in hazardous waste for gifts; Bus overturns in Quang Binh, four dead; Work starts on bridges in anti-flood project; Japanese woman robbed at ATM; Jail terms handed out in Seaprodex tax fraud case Art and Buddhism meet at city exhibition Buddhist and other art works will be on [...]

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PM approves standards for new countryside

April 23, 2009
PM approves standards for new countryside

LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the national standards on new rural areas, with 19 items. Growing pepper in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong. The set of standards is divided into five groups: planning, economic-social infrastructure, economics and production organisation, culture-society-environment and political system. At the same time, the government issued [...]

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S’pore economy may contract by record 9 pct as exports collapse

April 15, 2009
S’pore economy may contract by record 9 pct as exports collapse

Singapore said its economy may shrink as much as 9 percent this year, the most since independence in 1965, as a deepening global recession drives down exports and manufacturing. The economy may contract 6 percent to 9 percent, the trade ministry said in a statement Tuesday, reducing its forecast for the third time this year. [...]

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Credit union calls for interest rate subsidy

February 27, 2009
Credit union calls for interest rate subsidy

LookAtVietnam – People’s credit funds at the grassroots level are proposing the Government to add them to the list of companies and banks that are part of the new interest rate subsidy programme. Customers make transactions at the Central People’s Credit Fund.These organisations are worried clientele will be lost to commercial banks providing interest rate [...]

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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...