Posts Tagged ‘ measures ’

Iran sends rare letter to US over killed scientist 

January 15, 2012
Iran sends rare letter to US over killed scientist 

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks with journalists at Tehran's Mehrabad airport after his visit to Latin American countries January 14, 2012. Iran said on Saturday it had evidence Washington was behind the latest killing of one of its nuclear scientists, state television reported, at a time when tensions over the country’s nuclear program have escalated [...]

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Couple jailed for robbing foreign tourists in Vietnam metro 

December 31, 2011
Couple jailed for robbing foreign tourists in Vietnam metro 

(R) Nguyen Van Trung, 32, and his girlfriend, 28-year-old Le Thi Hong Linh receive jail terms at a trial in Ho Chi Minh City for robbing a Japanese tourist. A couple was sentenced to a total of four years in jail on Wednesday for robbing a Japanese tourist in Ho Chi Minh City, as travel [...]

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Christmas belt-tightening in crisis-hit Europe 

December 18, 2011
Christmas belt-tightening in crisis-hit Europe 

  A Salvation Army band performs for shoppers in London on the final Saturday before Christmas on what is traditionally one of the busiest retail days. Europeans are tightening their belts and spending less on Christmas gifts this year as they struggle with incomes hit by austerity measures or fear the economy could worsen in [...]

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Vietnam's ties with other nations never directed against third country: deputy defence minister 

November 4, 2011
Vietnam's ties with other nations never directed against third country: deputy defence minister 

Vietnam's deputy defense minister Nguyen Chi Vinh It is a basic principle of Vietnamese policy to not let its relationship with any country affect the interests of a third country, deputy defense minister Nguyen Chi Vinh said in an interview published in the Tuoi Tre newspaper Friday. Vinh made the statement in response to a question [...]

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Smoking guns 

October 16, 2011
Smoking guns 

  Tobacco industry poised to deploy ‘dirty tricks’ to increase business in third-world nations despite evidence aplenty of the substance’s harmful effects Natalka Proszak uses a cigarette box to block the wind as she lights a cigarette in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Now that smoking has declined in high-income nations, experts warn that the tobacco industry [...]

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Vietnam gets tough on errant cops 

October 7, 2011
Vietnam gets tough on errant cops 

Vo Van Ut Deo (R), a former senior police official in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, was sentenced to two years in jail after his subordinates had  beat up a detainee to death. The Ministry of Public Security has called for surveillance, preventive measures and strict measures against wrongdoings by police officials in [...]

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World central banks help lenders as EU growth stalls 

September 15, 2011
World central banks help lenders as EU growth stalls 

EU commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn has said eurozone economy was set to come to a “virtual standstill” in the second half of the year, but he assured that Europe would avoid another recession. The eurozone’s runaway debt crisis is dragging down growth, the EU warned on Thursday as finance ministers headed [...]

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Vietnam, China agree to strengthen defense cooperation 

September 1, 2011
Vietnam, China agree to strengthen defense cooperation 

Vietnam and China's deputy defense ministers discussed defense cooperation in Beijing last Sunday. Vietnam and China agreed on various measures to strengthen their defense cooperation at a dialogue between the countries’ deputy defense ministers in Beijing, Vietnam News Agency reported Tuesday. At the meeting on Sunday, Vietnam’s deputy defense minister Nguyen Chi Vinh and his [...]

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Forex hike not unexpected 

August 13, 2011
Forex hike not unexpected 

After holding steady for months against the dollar, the Vietnamese dong began to show signs of weakening this week The Vietnamese dong has weakened after holding steady for months against the dollar, following a gold hoarding panic over the weekend. Commercial banks lowered the dong against the dollar on Thursday, increasing the exchange rate to [...]

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No energy source to replace nuclear power in Vietnam: deputy PM 

August 9, 2011
No energy source to replace nuclear power in Vietnam: deputy PM 

The model of Vietnam's first nuclear power plant to be built in the central province of Ninh Thuan. Studies so far have showed that primary energy sources aren’t sufficient to replace nuclear power in meeting Vietnam’s electricity needs, the country’s deputy prime minister told the press on Friday.   With Vietnam’s current plans to develop [...]

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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...