December 31, 2011
(R) Nguyen Van Trung, 32, and his girlfriend, 28-year-old Le Thi Hong Linh receive jail terms at a trial in Ho Chi Minh City for robbing a Japanese tourist. A couple was sentenced to a total of four years in jail on Wednesday for robbing a Japanese tourist in Ho Chi Minh City, as travel [...]
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September 18, 2011
Deputy health minister Cao Minh Quang Vietnam’s deputy health minister Wednesday denied accusations that he abused power to force a pharmaceutical company to lend him VND1 billion (US$48,000). Cao Minh Quang, deputy minister of the Ministry of Health, made the denial in an interview with the Tuoi Tre newspaper after several news sources reported that [...]
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July 16, 2011
Activists in the ongoing fight against Mekong dams worry that recent US opposition has come too little, too late. Cambodian fishermen cast their net into the Mekong River outside Phnom Penh in April. US senators have called for greater environmental safeguards for the Mekong River, but analysts remain doubtful that US influence is capable [...]
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January 23, 2010
New luxury tax for alcohol; Metro Cash & Carry to open 12th center in Vietnam; Local textile, garment firms cooperate to boost expansion Beer and other alcoholic drinks will face a special consumption tax of 45 percent until the end of 2012, the General Department of Taxation has said. According to a note sent by [...]
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December 2, 2009
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had a change of leadership Tuesday, with seasoned Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano officially taking the director general’s post. New International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano (C) gestures during his first staff meetingt in his office at Vienna’s U.N. headquarters December 1, 2009. Japanese diplomat Amano took [...]
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December 2, 2009
The World Trade Organization (WTO) opened its first ministerial conference in four years on Monday. World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy addresses the opening ceremony at the opening session of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference on November 30, 2009 in Geneva. The WTO opened its first ministerial conference in four years on [...]
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November 28, 2009
A Vietnam Airlines passenger said she would sue the state-run carrier for humiliating her in public following a dispute with flight attendants last week, if it doesn’t apologize to her family publicly. Passenger Do Thi Kim Lien.VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnam Airlines passenger said Tuesday she would sue the state-run carrier for humiliating her in [...]
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November 28, 2009
The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, admitted on Thursday that consultations with Iran on its nuclear issue reached a deadlock. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (L) speaks at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 26, 2009. The meeting focusing on Iranian nuclear issue was [...]
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November 27, 2009
A Vietnam Airlines passenger said Tuesday she would sue the state-run carrier for humiliating her in public following a dispute with flight attendants last week, if it doesnât apologize to her family publicly. Do Thi Kim Lien, director general of Vietnamese-owned AAA Assurance Corporation, said her child was seated separately from the rest of her [...]
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November 21, 2009
Four pharmaceutical multinationals have offered to sell swine flu vaccines to Vietnam at US$6.5-10 per dose. LookAtVietnam – Four pharmaceutical multinationals have offered to sell swine flu vaccines to Vietnam at US$6.5-10 per dose. Truong Quoc Cuong, Vietnam Drug Administration Director General, said on Wednesday that his office is assessing the applications submitted by Baxter, [...]
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