January 19, 2012
"Unit Asia", a young Japan-based Jazz band, will perform in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City early next month. The band will perform at the Youth Theatre in Hanoi (February 3) and Ben Thanh Theatre in Ho Chi Minh City (February 5), the Hanoi Moi newspaper reports. During their first visit to Vietnam, the [...]
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January 14, 2012
A disassembled Olympus camera and its parts are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Tokyo November 24, 2011. Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan’s Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG’s thinking [...]
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January 7, 2012
The number of Vietnamese tourists to Japan is recovering steadily from the low levels it plunged to in the aftermath of the severe earthquake and tsunami that hit the East Asian country in 2011. There are more family and individual tours than in the past when tours were mostly organized by companies or in [...]
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December 30, 2011
Earthquake damage to Christchurch Cathedral in the New Zealand South Island city is seen in September 2011. If Asians got together to name a person of the year, someone who brought surprise, intrigue and economic impact to the region, the choice would be obvious: Mother Nature. From earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand to floods [...]
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December 23, 2011
Earthquake damage to Christchurch Cathedral in the New Zealand South Island city is seen in September 2011. If Asians got together to name a person of the year, someone who brought surprise, intrigue and economic impact to the region, the choice would be obvious: Mother Nature. From earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand to floods [...]
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December 10, 2011
The Japanese baby formula contaminated by radiation is nearly unavailable in Vietnam, but local agencies are conducting close inspections on remaining products, an official has said. According to Nguyen Cong Khan, chief of the health ministry’s Food Safety Administration, the Japanese brand Meiji Step, designed for children under nine months, is primarily sold in Japan, Hong Kong and [...]
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December 9, 2011
Vietnam’s tests have found no genetically modified organisms (GMO) in materials used to produce pho (rice noodles) exported to Japan as previously claimed by the importer’s agencies. The conclusions on Japanese claims against Bich Chi Food Joint-Stock Co. in the southern province of Dong Thap were announced at a meeting on rice export held [...]
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December 9, 2011
Japan’s lower house on Tuesday approved bilateral civil nuclear accords with Vietnam, Jordan, Russia and South Korea, the Kyodo News reported. The House of Representatives passed the accords, which will be effective in January 2012 if they are approved by the House of Councilors during the ongoing parliamentary session. The session will end on [...]
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December 5, 2011
An artist's impression of Noi Bai International Airport's Terminal 2 Work started Sunday on a Japan-funded new passenger terminal at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi. The four-story passenger terminal T2 will cover an area of 139,216 square meters. It is expected to be finished in November 2014. Once complete, the terminal will be able to receive [...]
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November 25, 2011
Russia agreed to lend Vietnam as much as $9 billion to fund the construction of the Southeast Asian nation’s first nuclear power plant as the countries deepen their economic ties. “The total loan value will be between $8 billion and $9 billion, depending on prices of materials at the time we start construction,” Phan [...]
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TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus
A disassembled Olympus camera and its parts are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Tokyo November 24, 2011. Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan’s Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG’s thinking [...]
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