January 15, 2012
The Vietnam Football Federation has only itself to blame for the current controversy raging over TV telecast rights for Super League games. VFF early last year signed a 20-year contract with the telecommunications and media company called the An Vien Group for VND6 billion (US$285,000) per year. The contract has been rejected by the [...]
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January 6, 2012
Warns the lack of rectitude among Party members threatens political system Pedestrians and traffic pass down a street which is decorated with national flags and banners celebrating the Party Congress in Hanoi last January. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has admitted that morality is eroding among Party members. Vietnam’s top leader has admitted [...]
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January 3, 2012
A street vendor walks past a Chanel SA store inside the Rex Hotel in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. Vietnam’s growth held near 6 percent this quarter, reducing the pressure for further monetary tightening after higher interest rates limited the boost to the economy from exports and domestic consumption. [...]
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January 2, 2012
Outpouring of frustration and disappointment among youth indicates a need to strengthen pride and confidence in the nation, experts say Young people at an enlistment ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City last September. A national enlistment program this year saw thousands of youth voluntarily join the army. Experts say the sense of national pride [...]
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January 2, 2012
Hotels in Vietnam trade on the past to further their 21st century ambitions Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, which hosted well-known novelists such as Graham Greene and Somerset Maugham, is famous with classic French architecture After the sun sinks among the limestone karsts of Ha Long Bay, the stars come out, to pepper the [...]
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December 30, 2011
Strong small banks should be allowed greater lending growth A local commercial bank’s employee counts money next to piles of dong notes in Hanoi on Monday The application of different credit caps on different banks based on their operational capacity is expected to correct a situation where banks with customers cannot offer loans while [...]
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December 30, 2011
Tran Quoc Tuan (L) has resigned from his post as Vietnam Football Federation General Secretary, leaving a vacancy that is difficult to fill. Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) general secretary’s resignation has left a huge vacancy that is difficult to fill, and the federation’s Steering Committee may convene an extraordinary meeting to discuss it. General Secretary [...]
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December 29, 2011
Tran Quoc Tuan (L) has resigned from his post as Vietnam Football Federation General Secretary, leaving a vacancy that is difficult to fill. Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) general secretary’s resignation has left a huge vacancy that is difficult to fill, and the federation’s Steering Committee may convene an extraordinary meeting to discuss it. General Secretary [...]
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December 23, 2011
The Saigon Post Office in the early-20th century ⦠and the Ho Chi Minh City’s General Post Office at present In Ho Chi Minh City, two iconic buildings that are tourist attractions as much for their architecture as their history are the Notre Dame Cathedral and General Post Office situated next to each other [...]
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December 21, 2011
The financial crisis in Europe and resultant weaker consumption is posing a great danger to Vietnamese exporters, many of whom have been heavily dependent on the market. Truong Thi Le Khanh, general director of Vinh Hoan Corp., a seafood processor and trader, said shipments to the EU are now on a decline. As the [...]
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Disaffected youth?
Outpouring of frustration and disappointment among youth indicates a need to strengthen pride and confidence in the nation, experts say Young people at an enlistment ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City last September. A national enlistment program this year saw thousands of youth voluntarily join the army. Experts say the sense of national pride [...]
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