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PM reiterates single-digit inflation target for 2012 

December 30, 2011
PM reiterates single-digit inflation target for 2012 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung speaks at a meeting in Hanoi Thursday Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Thursday the government would aim to reduce inflation to 9 percent and target a GDP growth of 6 percent for next year. Vietnam’s consumer price index rose 18.13 percent in 2011, according to data released by the [...]

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Vietnam federation chairman suggests hiring local coaches 

December 27, 2011
Vietnam federation chairman suggests hiring local coaches 

Vietnam Football Federation's Chairman Nguyen Trong Hy (L) at a meeting in Hanoi on December 22. Vietnam Football Federation (VFF)’s chairman Nguyen Trong Hy has suggested employing local coaches for the country’s national football team and the national under-23 team. Hy made the statement on Saturday after VFF’s Standing Committee voted at a meeting on [...]

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PM reiterates single-digit inflation target for 2012 

December 26, 2011
PM reiterates single-digit inflation target for 2012 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung speaks at a meeting in Hanoi Thursday Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Thursday the government would aim to reduce inflation to 9 percent and target a GDP growth of 6 percent for next year. Vietnam’s consumer price index rose 18.13 percent in 2011, according to data released by the [...]

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Vietnam, China agree to boost ties 

December 25, 2011
Vietnam, China agree to boost ties 

China’s Vice President Xi Jinping (L) is greeted by Vietnam’s Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan (R) and Party’s Senior Politburo member Le Hong Anh (C) upon his arrival at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi December 21. Vietnam and China agreed to comprehensively boost strategic cooperation during Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Hanoi [...]

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Vietnamese football turns over a new leaf 

December 19, 2011
Vietnamese football turns over a new leaf 

VPF chairman Vo Quoc Thang (L) talks to his deputy Nguyen Duc Kien at the first general meeting of the company in Hanoi on Wednesday. The first meeting of Vietnam Professional Football JS Company (VPF) was held in Hanoi on Wednesday to choose its managing staff. Vo Quoc Thang, owner of the top-tier club Dong [...]

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PM says loss-making Vinashin is punishing people responsible 

December 19, 2011
PM says loss-making Vinashin is punishing people responsible 

  Vietnam’s shipbuilding giant Vinashin is weighing penalties for those responsible for its losses, the Prime Minister said, answering questions at a recent National Assembly session over the giant’s debts. Nguyen Tan Dung said the state-owned group has finished identifying people responsible for driving it to the edge of bankruptcy last year and is working [...]

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Monsanto: a shameful legacy 

December 12, 2011

  As you prepare to study the various resolutions for the coming annual general meeting of your company, being held in St. Louis 24th January, 2012, I ask you to take into consideration the history of your company and the policies you have supported at various annual general meetings. It is a record that very [...]

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Mekong nations put brakes on controversial Laos dam 

December 10, 2011
Mekong nations put brakes on controversial Laos dam 

  A file photo taken last July shows trucks and heavy machinery taking part in road work at the Xayaburi dam construction site in Xayaburi Province, Laos. Construction of the US$3.8-billion Xayaburi dam will be suspended pending further impact studies to be done by Japan, the four countries that share the lower reaches of the [...]

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Vietnam Football Federation agrees new management entity will be a joint stock company 

November 7, 2011
Vietnam Football Federation agrees new management entity will be a joint stock company 

ACB Club owner Nguyen Duc Kien (L) speaks at VFF's annual general meeting in Hanoi on Friday. The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) approved the establishment of the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) as a joint stock company (JSC) at the federation’s annual general meeting in Hanoi on Friday. The approval gives in to the demand [...]

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Lawmakers worried about Vietnam’s public debt 

November 5, 2011
Lawmakers worried about Vietnam’s public debt 

  Vietnam’s public debt will probably be higher than estimated, as the Ministry of Finance has missed including in its calculations several kinds of debt related to the government, lawmakers said at the National Assembly’s meeting on Friday. According to the National Assembly’s Finance and Budget Committee, their review showed that the country’s public debt will [...]

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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...