January 9, 2012
 Street vendors ply their goods in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The Asian Development Bank has lowered Vietnam’s economic growth forecast in 2012 to 6.3 percent from 6.5 percent forecast last September. With the world economy remaining mired in difficulty, the Asian Development Bank forecasts a difficult year ahead for Vietnam. However, it [...]
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December 6, 2011
Gymnast Pham Phuoc Hung is expected to win 2012 Olympic berths for Vietnam Vietnam has halved its target for Olympic berths in London next year to 10 after reconsidering its athletes’ qualifying chances. According to Hoang Vinh Giang, vice chairman and general secretary of the Vietnamese Olympic Committee, Vietnam has won five berths through badminton [...]
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November 23, 2011
Poster of Hanoi Dreams Exhibition in Toronto, Canada. Five well-established Hanoian artists will introduce their "Hanoi Dreams," a debut group exhibition, to Canadian art-lovers from Nov 22 to Dec 5. The exhibition marks the Canadian debut for all five emerging and established artists: Trinh Quoc Chien, Vu Huong Quynh, Nguyen Minh Thanh, Ngo Van Sac, [...]
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November 21, 2011
Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) directs Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (C) and his wife Tran Thanh Kiem (L) to the opening ceremony of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, November 17. Just days before US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrive [...]
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November 19, 2011
US President Barack Obama (R) listens as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during their meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia summits in Nusa Dua, on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, on November 19. US President Barack Obama held previously unannounced talks with China’s Premier Wen Jiabao [...]
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November 19, 2011
An undated file photo taken at the Toyota Vietnam plant. Toyota President Akio Toyoda said last week the company isn’t considering reducing investment in Thailand. Japanese companies, Thailand’s biggest foreign investors, may spend more to build factories in neighbors including Indonesia and Vietnam after the worst flooding in 70 years disrupted global production. “Executives recognize [...]
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November 12, 2011
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the National Women’s Law Center’s Annual Awards dinner in Washington November 9, 2011. With Europe mired in crisis, President Barack Obama is launching a charm offensive this week to hitch the US economy to opportunities in Asia he hopes can help power the recovery he needs for re-election. Obama, [...]
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November 9, 2011
Vietnamese lawmakers backed a plan that aims for annual economic growth of as much as 7 percent through 2015 and seeks to quell Asia’s highest inflation. The National Assembly approved an objective of 6.5 percent to 7 percent annual economic expansion from 2011 to 2015 and a goal of reducing inflation to 5 percent [...]
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November 6, 2011
Nguyen Hoang Lam (L), Photo by VnExpress. Vietnamese players took two gold medals in the men’s and women’s contests at the 15th Asian Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Individual Championships that ended in Macau on Friday. In the men’s event, Vietnam’s number one Nguyen Thanh Bao stayed at home to prepare for the World Chinese Chess Championships [...]
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October 8, 2011
Vietnam’s central bank increased its refinancing rate for the first time since May, as the nation tries to steady its currency and tame Asia’s fastest inflation. The State Bank of Vietnam raised the refinancing rate to 15 percent from 14 percent, effective Oct. 10, it said in a statement on its website Thursday. The [...]
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