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Maintaining trade deficit cut a tough ask 

January 2, 2012
Maintaining trade deficit cut a tough ask 

  Vietnam will find it difficult to sustain into the new year the trade deficit reduction that it managed in 2011, given that it plans to reduce import tariffs on many products and that the ongoing global recession could hurt its exports, experts say. Vietnam’s trade deficit narrowed to US$9.5 billion from $12.4 billion in [...]

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Postnatal treats 

September 24, 2011
Postnatal treats 

Enjoying green papaya simmered with pig’s trotters for seven consecutive days can help a woman after giving birth increase the quality of her breast milk, according to local herbalists. After giving birth, a woman’s body is weak and it loses vitality as it heals. The loss of blood and strength, and often doses of antibiotics, [...]

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Lawmakers deadlocked over debt deal as default looms 

July 26, 2011
Lawmakers deadlocked over debt deal as default looms 

President Barack Obama speaks in a prime-time address to the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington. The United States edged closer on Tuesday to a devastating default as Republicans and Democrats deadlocked over competing plans to raise the debt ceiling, one week before a deadline to act. President Barack Obama, [...]

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Warming seas could push some fish species to limit: study 

April 19, 2011
Warming seas could push some fish species to limit: study 

Corals are seen at the Great Barrier Reef in this January 2002 handout photo. Rapidly warming ocean temperatures in some parts of the world could be pushing some fish species to the limit, stunting their growth, increasing stress and raising the risk of death, a study shows. An Australian study, published on Monday in the [...]

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Japan mulls reactor covers in nuclear crisis 

March 31, 2011
Japan mulls reactor covers in nuclear crisis 

In a file picture taken on March 23, 2011 Norio Tsuzumi (C-standing), vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Company,  and employees bow their heads to apologize to evacuees at a shelter in Fukushima prefecture Japan was Wednesday considering plans to drape shattered nuclear reactor buildings with special covers to limit radiation, and pump contaminated water [...]

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Hanoi exchange to limit share price moves on debut by May 

March 25, 2011

  The Hanoi Stock Exchange, Vietnam’s second biggest, said it will require companies to set an initial share price on debut and limit moves to a maximum 30 percent from that level after “unreasonable” disparities between prices and value. Companies seeking to list on the bourse will have to submit their proposed initial price for [...]

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Experts pore over contaminants in Japan's radioactive spill 

March 23, 2011
Experts pore over contaminants in Japan's radioactive spill 

A boy receives a radiation scan at a screening center in Koriyama in Fukushima prefecture on March 22, 2011 Authorities across Asia stepped up checks this week on Japanese imports after radioactive contaminants showed up in food and water in quake-stricken Japan following blasts at a nuclear plant last week. Experts are most worried about [...]

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Home ownership: for life or forever? 

February 25, 2011
Home ownership: for life or forever? 

A worker sweeps a street near an apartment building in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 2. A proposal by the Ministry of Construction to limit apartment ownership to fixed terms has divided officials and experts. Some say term ownership will help bring down home prices in Vietnam and help spur housing upgrades and the building [...]

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Mobile phones for children: good or bad?

January 23, 2010
Mobile phones for children: good or bad?

What would you do if your children asked “Will you buy me a mobile phone?” LookAtVietnam – What would you do if your children asked “Will you buy me a mobile phone?”If you say yes, will you have peace of mind when your children have a phone with them at all times?There are currently about [...]

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VAMA claims tax fraud, importers angry

October 5, 2009
VAMA claims tax fraud, importers angry

LookAtVietnam – Car importers have denied the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association’s (VAMA) accusations of tax fraud. VAMA has contacted the Ministries of Finance (MOF), Industry and Trade (MOIT), denouncing car importers and accusing them of lowering taxable imports’ prices in order to evade taxes. The association has promised to provide proof of the tax fraud [...]

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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...