September 3, 2011
A Vietnamese student talks with a staff member of a US college during an education fair in Hanoi. Vietnam’s university system is deeply flawed, but studying abroad does not necessarily mean a great education, former Deputy Minister of Education and Training Tran Xuan Nhi tells Thanh Nien Weekly in an interview. He now chairs the [...]
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December 19, 2009
Nick Freeman, Senior Advisor to the Vietnam Challenge Fund, tells Thanh Nien Weekly about the role a new US$3 million co-financing grant instrument will play in poverty alleviation. Challenge funds originated in the UK. Even though the model has been applied to other countries, how can we be sure it will work in Vietnamâs particular [...]
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December 10, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Educators appear to share the same viewpoint – students aren’t inherently bad – it’s the bad system that’s to blame. Nguyen Bac Dung, president of the Tran Dai Nghia Gifted High School in HCM City, says the biggest pressure on students and teachers nowadays is to perform well in exams. However as students [...]
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December 10, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Finance Ministry inspectors have found that the localization strategy on which Vietnam has put high hopes has fallen far short of its goals. Most major dailies carried stories December 10 reporting the findings of a Finance Ministry inspection of six foreign-controlled plants that assemble automobiles for the Vietnamese market. The data in this [...]
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November 22, 2009
Vietnam ranks very low in logistics development among ASEAN members, speakers said at a meeting held last week in HCM City by the Southeast Asian Federation of Forwarders’ Associations. LookAtVietnam – Vietnam ranks very low in logistics development among ASEAN members, speakers said at an annual general meeting held last week in HCM City by [...]
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November 22, 2009
In low gear: The logistics industry is in need of a further 12,000 workers to meet demand Vietnam ranks very low in logistics development among ASEAN members, speakers said at an annual general meeting held last week in Ho Chi Minh City by the Southeast Asian Federation of Forwardersâ Associations. It needs support from more [...]
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November 3, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The number of foreign tourists to Viet Nam has risen slightly in the last two months, compared to the same period last year. Viet Nam received about 294,000 foreign visitors in September, an increase of 2.7 per cent compared to the same period last year.Viet Nam received about 294,000 foreign visitors in September, [...]
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October 23, 2009
Ho Tram resort in the southern coastal Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province plans to open a casino. Tourism and real estate developers at a conference Thursday called on the government to license more casinos and allow Vietnamese people to gamble. The businesses told the international meeting in Ho Chi Minh City that the legalization of casinos [...]
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September 28, 2009
VietNamNet’s readers write in to the Administrative Reform Forum with more ideas on improving government. From Russia, reader Hong Son sends a story about his close friend who returned to Vietnam to get married. An official “suggested” that a gratuity of seven million dong could ensure completion of all necessary formalities. It’s obvious, Son said, [...]
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September 6, 2009
HCM City’s industrial production twinkles; Labor export firms to face more stringent inspections; Vietnam ranks third globally in outsourcing, software services; Vietnam possesses huge potential in consumer credit market HCM City’s industrial production twinkles In spite of economic difficulties, industrial production in Ho Chi Minh City in August saw a good growth rate, the city’s [...]
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