November 26, 2011
Picture shows Milan’s stock exchange with a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan in front. The European Commission warned Italy’s high borrowing costs could hit growth after bond yields surged to new records and France and Germany warned a blow-out on Italian debt could kill the euro. “If the bond yields continue to be this [...]
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November 18, 2011
AÂ view of the Ha Long Bay, which stretches along 120 kilometers of coastline in northern Vietnam The joy at Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay entering the temporary list of the seven new wonders of nature has been tempered by concerns the high profile could see an unmanageable spurt in tourism, damaging the world heritage site. [...]
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November 5, 2011
Vietnam’s public debt will probably be higher than estimated, as the Ministry of Finance has missed including in its calculations several kinds of debt related to the government, lawmakers said at the National Assembly’s meeting on Friday. According to the National Assembly’s Finance and Budget Committee, their review showed that the country’s public debt will [...]
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October 11, 2011
Higher hospital fees could prevent the poor from getting treatment and many question if increased fees will improve services Patients wait to pay hospital fees at Ho Chi Minh City’s Nguyen Trai Hospital. The Health Ministry is evaluating increasing hospital fees as they said current fees are too low to maintain services. Holding a [...]
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September 3, 2011
Company sends goons to beat up protesters Nguyen Van Tuan was attacked by truck drivers on August 29 after he and others at Da Nang City’s Hoa Lien Commune blocked vehicles from entering a construction site. A survey by Nielsen found environmental concerns in Vietnam has shifted from climate change to environmental pollution. The [...]
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July 29, 2011
A Spanish flag flutters over the Bank of Spain in Madrid March 10, 2011. Rating agency Moody’s put Spain on review for a possible downgrade on Friday, adding to concerns that a Greek rescue package has done little to halt the spread of Europe’s debt crisis. Moody’s move to place the Aa2 government bond rating [...]
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June 10, 2011
Vietnam’s consumer confidence continued to fall, a survey found Vietnam’s online consumer confidence continued to fall in the first quarter due to concerns over the current state of the economy, according to a recent survey by Nielsen Vietnam. With its confidence index dipping five points to 98, below the Asia Pacific average of 106, the [...]
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May 22, 2011
State workers repairs electrical grids in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Many employees of state-owned firms are not interested in the minimum wage increase, saying it fail to match recent price hikes. The Vietnamese government’s recent decision to increase the minimum wage by 14 percent has failed to spark any enthusiasm among workers. Not only [...]
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May 4, 2011
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari looks on as U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters at the White House in Washington, in this May 6, 2009 file photo. Osama bin Laden was unarmed when he was shot dead by US special forces, the White House said, as Pakistan faced further pressure on Wednesday [...]
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April 24, 2011
Decision deferred on Xayaburi Dam, environmentalists say the project should be canceled People bathing in the Mekong River in Nong Khai Province in Thailand. Downstream riparian nations Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos have failed to reach an agreement on construction of the controversial Xayaburi dam unilaterally pursued by Laos. The Mekong River has gained [...]
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