August 27, 2011
Official re-classifies the outbreak as death toll reaches 81 A child being treated for hand, foot and mouth disease in Ho Chi Minh City. The Vietnamese health ministry is considering declaring the disease a pandemic, as more than 32,000 cases of the illness have claimed 81 lives across the country so far this year. [...]
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July 30, 2011
Farmers harvest dragon fruit for export in the central province of Binh Thuan. The US decided to import more varieties of Vietnamese fruit, creating further opportunities for the nation’s fruit industry. The market often pays high prices for imported fruit, but maintains strict quality standards. At the moment, it requires imported fruit to meet VietGap [...]
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July 23, 2011
Two policemen are classifying the seized pirated CDs. At the same time, the recording officials said they are fed up with government-issued authenticity stamps which have done little more than proving a financial and logistical burden. Prominent members of Vietnam’s recording businesses are requesting permission to issue their own authenticity stamps. The recording officials say [...]
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July 5, 2011
Vietnam-China relations expert discusses East Sea disputes on Hong Kong based television. PhD Vu Cao Phan, a researcher on Vietnam-China relations and deputy chairman of Vietnam-China Friendship Society, last week had an interview with Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong-based Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese television broadcaster. Phan spoke on behalf of the Institute of Chinese Studies [...]
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May 14, 2011
Europe has few reasons for cheer at the moment, but tens of millions of people across the continent and beyond will Saturday let their hair down for the pop extravaganza that is the Eurovision Song Contest. Europe has few reasons for cheer at the moment, but tens of millions of people across the continent and [...]
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February 4, 2010
Mobile carriers have completed their network upgrades to reduce jamming incidents caused by overload during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday . . . Viettel now has around 48 million subscribers.Tran Minh Huy, deputy director of Viettel Telecom in HCMC, on Monday told the Daily that network jamming in the Lunar New Year, or Tet, [...]
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December 8, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The sharp dollar price increases have hurt a lot of businesses. Others are immune from ‘dollar fever’ because they can negotiate payments in dong. Smart deals Though it’s Government policy to prevent the ‘dollarisation’ of the national economy – requiring that all transactions in Vietnam be expressed and settled in dong, the national currency – [...]
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October 31, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The rollover of 2009 loan subsidy programme funds could be limited due to safety restrictions. Government bonds are being pointed to as a safe way for banks to lock up their excess fundsNguyen Thi Kim Thanh, head of the State Bank’s Banking Development Institute, said around VND10 trillion ($560 million) in short-term loans [...]
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October 8, 2009
The World Health Organization has agreed to support Vietnam with influenza A (H1N1) virus vaccines, Health Deputy Minister Trinh Quan Huan said on Wednesday. While it is not known how many doses the UN agency will provide, Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu asked WHO to sponsor the country with between 5-6 million doses of [...]
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September 28, 2009
A store chock full of baby formula is located next door to a maternity clinic. Relentless marketing is a surefire formula for success, but children might pay the price for missing out on breastfeeding. Children are at the receiving end as aggressive marketing of formula milk drowns out voices calling for mothers to exclusively breastfeed [...]
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