January 19, 2012
Vietnam on Thursday reported its first human death from bird flu in nearly two years, as the virus also claimed the life of a toddler in Cambodia. Â Concerns about avian influenza have risen in the region after China in late December reported its first fatality from the H5N1 virus in 18 months, but [...]
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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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October 26, 2011
Passengers board a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by All Nippon Airways at Narita Airport, Japan prior to its flight to Hong Kong. Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner made its first commercial flight on Wednesday, giving a handful of deep-pocketed passengers the chance to fly into history on what is touted as an aviation breakthrough. Carrying 252 [...]
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October 20, 2011
A corporate logo is displayed at the Nokia flagship store in Helsinki in this picture taken September 29, 2010. The world’s largest cellphone maker Nokia reported a smaller than expected fall in third quarter profits as price cuts and new models lifted sales of its basic cellphones in key markets like India. Shares in Nokia [...]
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August 4, 2011
PetroVietnam has launched the 2011 licensing round for nine oil and gas blocks offshore Vietnam, the first since 2007 and the most in recent years, while Vietsovpetro will boost investments, as the country works on reversing declining output and exports. Vietnam, a net oil exporter and Southeast Asia’s third-largest producer, has been facing falling [...]
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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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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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November 3, 2009
Eximbank is the fourth-biggest company by market value on the Ho Chi Minh City stock exchange The listing of Vietnam Export-Import Commercial Joint-Stock Bank (Eximbank) will give a boost to other bank stocks, which have gone sideways recently, and help attract more listings in the market, experts said. The lender, partly owned by Sumitomo Mitsui [...]
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October 23, 2009
Dung Quat oil refinery exported its first batch of propylene to Japanese Marubeni Corporation on Thursday, local newswire VnExpress said Friday. Vietnamâs first refinery, based in the central province of Quang Ngai, shipped 1,500 tons of propylene to the company, the newswire said, adding that the facility would release its first batch of A95 unleaded [...]
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September 22, 2009
NA leader meets with Cambodia’s Deputy Attorney General; VN President affirms ties with Kuwait; Deputy PM visits Cambodia; Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam exchange legislative experiences; New friendship association to boost Vietnam, Iran ties NA leader meets with Cambodia’s Deputy Attorney General The Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA), Uong Chu Luu, on September 21 received [...]
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