December 20, 2011
Travel agencies already struggling in difficult economic conditions will be hit hard by the latest hike in domestic airfares, industry insiders say. The agencies face both losses on tours already booked and cancellations of bookings because of higher tour prices. In fact, the airfare hike makes foreign tours more attractive to local customers, they [...]
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December 19, 2011
File photo dated last year shows a man putting gold into a molding machine at the Sacombank gold bar factory in Ho Chi Minh City . All gold bar producers, except SJC, are expected to completely stop bullion production. Huge losses and unemployment for hundreds of workers loom as gold bullion producers prepare to [...]
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December 14, 2011
The Vietnamese Finance Ministry has approved a 20 percent price rise for domestic flights from December 15. After the ministry issued the decision on December 6, national carrier Vietnam Airlines announced it will start raising airfares by 15-20 percent next Thursday. Other airlines – Air Mekong, Jetstar Pacific and VietJet Air – have confirmed [...]
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December 5, 2011
Five private airlines have been licensed in Vietnam since 2007, but each of them is struggling to take off, with one having already crash-landed. Air Mekong operates flights while VietJet Air is expected to commence services late this December after many delays. But the others are finding it hard to launch or, in the [...]
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September 20, 2011
Overseas Vietnamese filmmakers take stereotypical symbols at face value in presenting Vietnam to the world A scene in Ao lua Ha Dong (the white silk dress), a Viet kieu’s box office hit in 2007 Overseas Vietnamese filmmakers tend to make two kinds of movies to show here. The first are commercial movies that target [...]
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September 11, 2011
Foreign debt accounted for 42.2 percent of Vietnam’s GDP in 2010, up from 39 percent in 2009. Vietnam should focus on decreasing the current account deficit and approaching foreign exchange rate fluctuation with caution, economist Tran Du Lich told Thanh Nien Weekly in an interview. Thanh Nien Weekly: Foreign debt accounted for 42.2 percent of [...]
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August 20, 2011
Vietnam is a big name in the rubber industry. It is the world’s fourth largest exporter despite being a late entrant into the international market. But Vietnamese firms producing tires and needing latex for other production purposes are facing a shortage of the material and having to import it at higher prices. The increased [...]
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July 19, 2011
The male gaur (Bos gaurus) grazes with a cow near a village of the Raglay ethnic people in Ninh Thuan Province’s Phuoc Binh National Park. A large gaur grazing near a residential area alongside domestic cows in Ninh Thuan Province offers a unique opportunity for extensive research and better conservation of the endangered species, [...]
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July 2, 2011
Vietnam’s economic growth accelerated in the second quarter as domestic demand grew. Gross domestic product climbed 5.67 percent from a year earlier, according to a preliminary estimate released by the General Statistics Office in Hanoi Wednesday. That compares with a previously reported 5.43 percent for the first three months. The economy grew 5.57 percent [...]
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June 27, 2011
Coal mining in the northern province of Quang Ninh. Vietnam, a major coal exporter, imported its first load of the fuel this month. Vietnam imported its first load of coal this month even as it continues exporting large quantities of the fuel. This is irrational and the country should have stopped exporting it years ago, [...]
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