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Asia behind Latin America on boosting consumption, ADB says 

May 7, 2011
Asia behind Latin America on boosting consumption, ADB says 

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda speaks at the opening ceremony of the 44th annual meeting of ADB in Hanoi May 5, 2011. Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda said developing Asia is behind Latin America in boosting consumption and urged policy makers to take steps to reduce precautionary household savings. “The region needs [...]

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Viet Nam’s small businesses confident about growth: survey

February 5, 2010
Viet Nam’s small businesses confident about growth: survey

Business confidence among Viet Nam’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) climbed 10 points in the fourth quarter last year, . . . Sandy Flockhart, HSBC’s chairman of personal and commercial banking, said: “Our small business confidence index is telling us that confidence levels are back to pre-financial crisis levels. Not only are SMEs confident that [...]

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Mexico City approves gay marriage

December 23, 2009
Mexico City approves gay marriage

Lawmakers in Mexico City have legalised gay marriage, the first such instance in Latin America. Gay rights activist cheer after a session at the city’s assembly in Mexico City December 21, 2009. Mexico City’s assembly voted to extend gay couples full marriage rights on Monday in a landmark law that is the first of its [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 26/11

November 26, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 26/11

Gov’t leaders meet with Indonesian FM; Chief ASEAN, Chinese prosecutors vow to increase cooperation; Argentina-Vietnam friendship parliamentarians group visits Hanoi Gov’t leaders meet with Indonesian FMPrime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on November 25 received the visiting Foreign Minister of Indonesia, Marty Natalegawa, at his government office.During the talks, PM Dung proposed that Vietnam and Indonesia [...]

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Viet Nam, Chile talk on development processes

October 2, 2009
Viet Nam, Chile talk on development processes

LookAtVietnam – Talks were held between President Nguyen Minh Triet and his Chilean counterpart Michelle Baehelet Jeria on the heels of a state welcome President Nguyen Minh Triet and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Jeria review the guard of honour.The two leaders exchanged information about the development processes of their respective countries.They spent most of their [...]

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Small-business sector optimistic

July 17, 2009
Small-business sector optimistic

LookAtVietnam – Business confidence in Viet Nam’s SME sector has climbed since the fourth quarter of 2008, a recent survey found. The survey, which included the Middle East and Latin America for the first time, found that as in Asia, the more domestic-oriented economies showed more optimism than those more dependent on exports.According to the [...]

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Honduras interim gov’t says open to early election

July 3, 2009
Honduras interim gov’t says open to early election

Soldiers are seen behind shields at the National Congress in Tegucigalpa July 1, 2009. A caretaker government in Honduras said Thursday it was open to holding early elections to resolve the impasse over ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The announcement was made as the Organization of American States readied a mission to Honduras to push for his [...]

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Protests erupt, shots fired after Honduras coup

June 29, 2009
Protests erupt, shots fired after Honduras coup

Honduras’ President Manuel Zelaya speaks on national television at the Presidential house in Tegucigalpa June 27, 2009. Shots were fired near the presidential palace in Honduras where protests erupted after the army ousted and exiled leftist President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday in Central America’s first military coup since the Cold War. Hundreds of pro-Zelaya protesters, [...]

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E&M’s migration path

June 26, 2009
E&M’s migration path

Vietnam is the world’s fastest-growing entertainment and media market from 2009 to 2013, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2009-2013. Ian Lydall, general director, PricewaterhouseCoopers Vietnam looks into the trend.  VNPT is leading the charge to develop the local E&M sector. Over the next five years, digital technologies will become increasingly widespread across [...]

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Commentary: What makes Uncle Sam "modest"?

April 20, 2009
Commentary: What makes Uncle Sam "modest"?

One of the most impressive things at the just-concluded fifth Summit of the Americas is perhaps the unprecedented “modest” gesture by the United States at the regional gathering. Presidents of Chile Michelle Bachelet, Argentina Cristina Fernandez, the U.S. Barack Obama and Brazil Inacio Lula da Silva (L-R) talk before the opening ceremony of the 5th [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...