January 25, 2012
Property projects under construction seen from a high-rise building in downtown Ho Chi Minh City Many companies in Vietnam were dealt a harsh blow by the real estate market slump last year. Singapore property developer Keppel Land, though not completely untouched, has weathered the downturn well. Linson Lim, President of Keppel Land Vietnam, is [...]
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January 25, 2012
Property projects under construction seen from a high-rise building in downtown Ho Chi Minh City Many companies in Vietnam were dealt a harsh blow by the real estate market slump last year. Singapore property developer Keppel Land, though not completely untouched, has weathered the downturn well. Linson Lim, President of Keppel Land Vietnam, is [...]
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January 19, 2012
Luong Thanh Nghi, spokesman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vietnam welcomes efforts to contribute to improving the peace and development of the Asia Pacific region, VnExpress quoted foreign ministry’s spokesman as saying Friday. Luong Thanh Nghi made the statement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ press briefing on Thursday when asked about Vietnam’s view [...]
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January 13, 2012
Chinese workers in southern Vietnam Lax regulations are allowing more than 31,330 foreigners to work illegally in Vietnam, labor officials said at a conference this week. Officials from the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs suggested the government quickly establish an Employment Law to better manage foreign workers, Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper said. The illegal number [...]
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January 9, 2012
Genocidal Khmer Rouge regime was backed by the US in ‘shameful foreign policy episode’ The skulls of Khmer Rouge victims are displayed in a memorial to the genocide at the Killing Fields Museum outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Vietnam had saved his country in the 1970s, not invaded [...]
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January 8, 2012
Experts say more should be done to eliminate scam taxis after inspections led to the suspension of eleven firms in HCMC and Hanoi An imitation taxi passes foreign tourists near HCMC’s Ben ThanhâMarket. Experts say Vietnam must do more to eliminate illegal taxis that tarnish the image of major cities. Nguyen Chi Hieu hailed [...]
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January 6, 2012
Pledged foreign direct investment into Vietnam fell 26 percent this year through December 15, the Foreign Investment Agency of the Ministry of Planning and Investment said in a e-mailed statement on December 30. Committed investment was $14.7 billion over the period, according to the statement. Disbursed foreign direct investment for the whole of 2011 [...]
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January 3, 2012
An Iranian ground-to-sea missile is launched on the last day of navy war games near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on January 2. Iran’s military has warned one of the US navy’s biggest aircraft carriers to keep away from the Gulf, in an escalating showdown over Tehran’s nuclear drive. Iran’s military on [...]
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January 3, 2012
A file photo of the Vinalines Queen Vietnamese search and rescue authorities said Saturday 13 foreign ships traveling in the vicinity of the Vinalines Queen freighter, which allegedly went missing off the Philippines on Dec. 25, have accepted a request to search for the ship. Nguyen Anh Vu, director of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination [...]
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January 2, 2012
Alternative exhibition spaces are striving to develop in Vietnam 20 years after they first came on the scene An artist performing his work at the ‘Shaping a Line’ exhibition, opening from July 28 to September 8, at San Art in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo courtesy of SanArt. Artists are famous, if not notorious, [...]
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