November 19, 2011
US President Barack Obama (R) listens as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during their meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia summits in Nusa Dua, on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, on November 19. Of all the people Barack Obama thought he would be running against next [...]
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October 23, 2011
A traffic jam in Hanoi. The capital city now has nearly 400,000 cars and some four million motorbikes. Cars with five to seven seats are the main instigators of traffic jams and accidents in Vietnam, according to Khuat Viet Hung, head of the Department of Transport Planning and Management at the University of Transport, who [...]
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July 5, 2011
Vietnam-China relations expert discusses East Sea disputes on Hong Kong based television. PhD Vu Cao Phan, a researcher on Vietnam-China relations and deputy chairman of Vietnam-China Friendship Society, last week had an interview with Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong-based Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese television broadcaster. Phan spoke on behalf of the Institute of Chinese Studies [...]
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June 21, 2011
File photo of the Beltrand lake in Aysen Region, Chile. A Chilean court ordered the suspension of a project to build a complex of giant hydroelectric dams in the Patagonian wilderness, bowing to appeals by lawmakers and environmental groups. The appeals court in the southern port city of Puerto Montt ordered a stay "which means [...]
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May 2, 2011
Gold is a popular means of savings in Vietnam. Experts say the government needs to attract and use billions of dollars worth of gold owned by the public. As the government plans to tighten the gold screws further by banning lending as well as acceptance of deposits, experts say private holdings of the precious metal [...]
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January 27, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Cement producers have accused the Vinacomin of charging overly high transport fees. According to the Vietnam Cement Association, He Duong Cement Company in Ninh Binh Province, Huu Nghi Company in Phu Tho and X18 Company in Hoa Binh have lodged complaints about the fact that Vinacomin sets transport fees which are three times [...]
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December 23, 2009
Vietnam’s logistics industry has many natural advantages and is well placed to help develop a regional hub, or free port, but it will lose the opportunity if it does not act in haste. Sai Gon Port in HCM City’s District 7. Revenues from Viet Nam’s logistics services account for 15 to 20 per cent of [...]
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October 20, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – While the Prime Minister has decided tuition is 240,000 dong per month, the real figure is much higher. The problem lies in the fact that the Prime Minister has only set a rate for tuition per school year, while universities are trying to collect tuition per credit. According to Professor Pham Phu from [...]
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October 7, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Decisions on tax policies by the Ministry of Finance are proving hard to follow for local businesses. The dispatch from My Tho Port’s Customs Sub-agency which required AP to pay the tax arrears for the imported equipmentIn November 2008, Nguyen Van Dao, director of AP Seafood Import-Export Company in Tien Giang province received [...]
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October 6, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Companies have been urged to move away from paying exclusively in dollars. However, it’s proving a hard habit to break. Economists have advised currency diversification in order to reduce the reliance on the dollar and minimise risks when prices fluctuate. It’s argued that, if businesses keep supplies of foreign currencies, they can swap them [...]
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