January 21, 2012
Hanoi on Tuesday adjusted the working hours of educational institutions in the capital city, before the new hours that aim to reduce traffic congestion becomes operative citywide in February. Even as the date closes in, many people are skeptical about how effective the new policy is going to be, although it will affect the daily lives [...]
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January 18, 2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: part 2 will finally be released in Vietnam this February, six months after opening in theaters worldwide. A high school netizen who goes by Bella Binh says she shed tears in class last week upon hearing that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: part 2 will finally be released [...]
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September 9, 2011
The dong’s chronic weakness has repelled foreign investors and hampered attempts by Vietnam’s policymakers to reverse the faltering fortunes of an economy that only five years ago was one of Asia’s most promising. Until Vietnam rebuilds trust by decisively taming the region’s worst inflation and narrowing sizable trade and budget deficits, the risks of [...]
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August 13, 2011
The currency has been broadly stable since February against the US dollar. Fitch Ratings says the outlook for Vietnam’s economy is stable but warns unresolved problems in the relatively large and weak banking system are a source of risk. Vietnam has been rated B+ by the agency, the same as a year ago. The ratings are supported by [...]
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August 1, 2011
Tran Van Tiep (R), 97, has been allowed to explore a mountain in central Vietnam for treasure. Authorities in the central province of Binh Thuan have allowed a man to continue exploring a local mountain for treasure believed to be worth some US$100 billion after terminating the project in February.  Tran Van Tiep, a 97-year-old citizen from Ho [...]
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July 25, 2011
Food, transport and construction-material prices have stoked consumer-price growth in Vietnam. Vietnamese inflation accelerated for an 11th month in July after the central bank cut a key interest rate even as the nation faces the fastest price gains in Asia. Consumer prices rose 22.16 percent from a year earlier, compared with June’s 20.82 percent pace, [...]
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June 2, 2011
Vietnam’s central bank ordered lenders to set aside more dollars as reserves for the second time in less than two months, escalating the nation’s fight to steady the dong and quell the highest inflation in Asia. The reserve-requirement ratio on US dollar deposits will rise by 1 percentage point to a range from 4 [...]
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April 22, 2011
Cambodia's Prime Minister's son Hun Manet (L), talks with Cambodia's Defense Ministry spokesman Chhum Socheat after a news conference at the Council of Ministers in Phnom Penh April 22, 2011. Thai and Cambodian soldiers fought with rocket-propelled grenades and guns on their disputed border on Friday in a morning clash that killed three Thai soldiers [...]
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April 21, 2011
Le Van Qui's driving license seized after the accidents A traffic inspector in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has been demoted after hitting four people in a hit and run last February. Le Van Qui has been dismissed from his position as deputy chief of a traffic inspection team in Can Tho, Tuoi Tre [...]
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April 16, 2011
Nguyen Quang, a Vietnamese-Swedish entrepreneur, with the Male Shooting Star certificate awarded by international auditing firm Ernst and Young in Sweden in November last year In early February this year, a leading Swedish daily, Göteborgs-Posten, used up a huge portion of its cover page for a photograph of Nguyen Quang, a Vietnamese-Swedish businessman. Inside were [...]
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