October 16, 2011
Tobacco industry poised to deploy ‘dirty tricks’ to increase business in third-world nations despite evidence aplenty of the substance’s harmful effects Natalka Proszak uses a cigarette box to block the wind as she lights a cigarette in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Now that smoking has declined in high-income nations, experts warn that the tobacco industry [...]
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September 9, 2011
Vietnam has to get very tough or the flood of illegal Chinese workers will continue Chinese workers at a construction site in the south-central province of Phu Yen. Thousands of illegal workers will continue taking jobs from Vietnamese workers if the Vietnamese government does not take action now, analysts say. There will be no [...]
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May 27, 2011
Drowning deaths persist amid a lack of swimming courses  A mother taking her child to school on a homemade raft in the south-central province of Phu Yen Last February, Nguyen Van Ro stepped into the hold of his boat as it floated down the So Thuong River in the south-central province of Phu Yen. [...]
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December 20, 2010
South Korean marines patrol on Yeonpyeong Island December 19, 2010. South Korea held live firing drills in a disputed area on Monday despite threats of war from Pyongyang after an emergency UN Security Council meeting failed to agree on how to defuse the crisis. The drill, delayed from the weekend by bad weather, lasted almost [...]
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December 4, 2010
Commuters wait for flights at Madrid’s Bajaras airport. Wildcat air traffic control strikers halted take-offs across Spain on Saturday despite the military taking command of national air space and threats of jail sentences. Wildcat air traffic control strikers halted take-offs across Spain on Saturday despite the military taking command of national air space and threats [...]
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November 13, 2010
US President Barack Obama speaks during the APEC CEO Summit 2010 in Yokohama, on November 13 US President Barack Obama Saturday firmly defended his economic recovery policies and said America’s role in conjuring the “Asian Miracle” proved it was in the region to stay. Ahead of a Pacific Rim summit in Japan, Obama said he [...]
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December 21, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The 2009 VNR 500 affirms the leading role of SOEs as well as the strong development of private businesses and FIEs. On November 25, 2009, VietNamNet newspaper, in cooperation with Vietnam Report Company, released the 2009 VNR 500 report, ranking the top Vietnamese 500 enterprises. SOEs still have low efficiency level Vietnam had 5,600 SOEs [...]
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December 20, 2009
Thien and his students made paper lanterns, while celebrating the Mid Autumn Festival.VietNamNet Bridge – No table, no chair, no blackboard, no chalk. It is hard to imagine how it could be a class. But it was – a class of a blind teacher. Students sit down in the yard, and put books on their [...]
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October 6, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Vocational training in the fields of high-tech welding, electric mechanics and programming provide just as attractive job opportunities as a university degree, Trained high-tech welders at Dung Quat industrial zone. Skilled welders and mechanics are being hunted by foreign-invested companies and export processing zones.This comes as something of a surprise in Viet Nam [...]
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September 13, 2009
People waiting to have their paperwork processed at the Ho Chi Minh Cityâs Department of Planning and Investment. Vietnamâs business environment has shown little sign of improvement despite serious reform efforts, said economist Pham Chi Lan, citing a new World Bank report. The World Bankâs 2010 Doing Business report released on Wednesday ranked Vietnam 93rd [...]
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