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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April 4, 2011
Vietnamese workers in Libya prepare to fly home from an airport in Egypt. Around 10,000 Vietnamese workers have been evacuated due to the violence in Libya. A big challenge for a labor exporting country like Vietnam is protecting its workers’ rights, so that they are not cheated by recruitment agencies and/or overseas employers, Max Tunon, [...]
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February 19, 2011
From fund-raising to raising awareness – charity event shifts focus to become more inclusive A race gets underway at the Saigon Cyclo Challenge 2010. The event will become more inclusive this year, doing away with stiff entrance fees and setting much lower fund-raising targets, in order to focus on the charity message, organizers say. [...]
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January 30, 2010
It is necessary to set up an East Asian Forum on Climate Change to address this huge challenge of mankind, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung at the special session on East Asia today. LookAtVietnam – It is necessary to set up an East Asian Forum on Climate Change where regional countries can work closely to [...]
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January 23, 2010
The Vietnamese economy is heading to a higher growth in 2010, but a lot of challenges are waiting ahead. As public investments keep on expanding, efficiency continues to raise questionsAs public investments keep on expanding, efficiency continues to raise questions Since Vietnam’s economic growth bottomed out at 3.1 per cent in the first quarter of [...]
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December 19, 2009
Nick Freeman, Senior Advisor to the Vietnam Challenge Fund, tells Thanh Nien Weekly about the role a new US$3 million co-financing grant instrument will play in poverty alleviation. Challenge funds originated in the UK. Even though the model has been applied to other countries, how can we be sure it will work in Vietnamâs particular [...]
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June 3, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Vietnam, for the first time in four attempts, appeared in the Top Three at the 2009 Great Singapore Shopping Challenge, the organizers announced June 1. Binh Minh (L) posing with the award (Photo: Courtesy of Galaxy Media)LookAtVietnam – Vietnam, for the first time in four attempts, appeared in the Top Three at the 2009 [...]
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April 18, 2009
Fifty-two leading Vietnamese players and 169 others from 14 countries and territories will test their skills at the 2009 Ciputra Hanoi Vietnam Challenge from April 21-26. Nguyen Tien Minh.LookAtVietnam – Fifty-two leading Vietnamese players and 169 others from 14 countries and territories will test their skills at the 2009 Ciputra Hanoi Vietnam Challenge from April [...]
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March 7, 2009
Australian PM Kevin Rudd writes on how the current global economic crisis is a time to reflect on how we got to this point and how governments have a major role in getting the global economy back to health. Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia. LookAtVietnam – Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd writes for VIR [...]
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March 4, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The annual Saigon Cyclo Challenge will kick off its ninth competition on March 7 at the Taipei School, District 7. It aims to raise money for the Saigon Children’s Charity to educate economically disadvantaged children. LookAtVietnam – The annual Saigon Cyclo Challenge will kick off its ninth competition on March 7 at the [...]
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