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Viet Nam’s small businesses confident about growth: survey

February 5, 2010  . Filed under Business, News

Viet Nam’s small businesses confident about growth: survey

Business confidence among Viet Nam’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) climbed 10 points in the fourth quarter last year, . . . Sandy Flockhart, HSBC’s chairman of personal and commercial banking, said: “Our small business confidence index is telling us that confidence levels are back to pre-financial crisis levels. Not only are SMEs... Read more

Illegal firecracker problem explodes as Tet approaches

February 3, 2010  . Filed under News, Social

Illegal firecracker problem explodes as Tet approaches

As Tet (Lunar New Year) nears, Illegal firecracker trading has become an increasingly difficult problem to manage, according to the customs office of Tan Thanh, northern province of Lang Son. Officials inspect illegal firecrackers which were seized last Saturday in Quang Ninh Province’s Border Guard Station No 11. The station seized nearly 700kg of firecrackers.... Read more

Public worried about unsafe food as Tet nears

February 1, 2010  . Filed under Uncategorized

Public worried about unsafe food as Tet nears

Markets in major cities nationwide are flooded with foodstuff consumed traditionally during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, but this has also brought out concerns over their safety and quality.   LookAtVietnam - Markets in major cities nationwide are flooded with foodstuff consumed traditionally during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, but this... Read more

Farm produce languishes at China border

February 1, 2010  . Filed under Business, News

Farm produce languishes at China border

LookAtVietnam – Hundreds of trucks carrying farm produce to China have been halted at the Tan Thanh border gate over the last several days. Tuoi Tre reporters witnessed a long three kilometer queue of vehicles transporting fruit to China on the afternoon of January 29. It was a suffocating line because of vehicles’ smoke and noise from the cold storage... Read more

Smuggled goods overflowing the southwest border line

January 27, 2010  . Filed under Business, News

Smuggled goods overflowing the southwest border line

LookAtVietnam – Smuggled goods carried by Vietnamese people, day and night, are penetrating Vietnam’s market. A motorbike that carried smuggle goods in Chau Doc TownSmuggled goods from Cambodia  Tien Phong reporters, made a recent fact-finding trip to learn how smuggled goods are carried to Vietnam. They departed from Vinh Nguon Commune... Read more

Delta delights in Chau Doc

January 25, 2010  . Filed under News, Travel

Delta delights in Chau Doc

A boat full of pineapples is unloaded onto a house in a floating village near Chau Doc, An Giang Province. An Giang Province’s bustling border town showcases the diversity of the Mekong Delta: Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer and Cham cultures all in one. From the top of Sam Mountain, you can see the whole of Chau... Read more

Delta delights in Chau Doc

January 25, 2010  . Filed under News, Travel

Delta delights in Chau Doc

LookAtVietnam - An Giang Province’s bustling border town showcases the diversity of the Mekong Delta: Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer and Cham cultures all in one. From the top of Sam Mountain, you can see the whole of Chau Doc Town and Tinh Bien District, and even all the way to the That Son (Seven Mountains) range in the distance.At the summit, marked... Read more

German films on screen in Vietnam

January 20, 2010  . Filed under Uncategorized

German films on screen in Vietnam

The film ‘Sky without Stars’ will be introduced to Vietnamese audiences.LookAtVietnam - Seven typical German films which were produced in between 1940-1950 will be on screen in Hanoi from January 25 to 31 to mark the 60 years of German cinema.This is part of the programme titled ‘German Year in Vietnam’, which will introduce every two... Read more

Vietnam spends $55.5mil fighting A/H1N1 flu

January 18, 2010  . Filed under Uncategorized

Vietnam spends $55.5mil fighting A/H1N1 flu

The first case of swine flu was reported in Vietnam on May 31 2009 -  since then, the country has spent nearly 1 trillion dong (around $55.5 million) combating the epidemic. A health check-point at the Tan Son Nhat Airport, HCM City. By the end of October 2009, the Finance Ministry allocated more than 790 billion dong to 52 provinces and eight ministries... Read more

Into the jungle

January 16, 2010  . Filed under News, Travel

Into the jungle

Duc Hanh boats along the Giang river into the heart of Pu Mat National Park in search of one of Vietnam’s most reclusive hill tribes. The Dan Lai hill tribe located in a remote part of Nghe An province is of unknown origin – is this Vietnam’s 55th ethnic group?  Who are the Dan Lai? With a population of around 1,000 located in Pu Mat National... Read more

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