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Greek gloom rocks markets, troubles lenders 

October 3, 2011
Greek gloom rocks markets, troubles lenders 

The DAX Index board is pictured at Frankfurt’s stock exchange August 5, 2011. Greece’s admission that it will miss its deficit targets this year and next despite harsh new austerity measures sent stock markets reeling on Monday and raised new doubts over a planned second international bailout. The gloomy news from Athens brought the specter [...]

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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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More National Assembly seats proposed for non-party members 

March 8, 2011
More National Assembly seats proposed for non-party members 

A meeting held by the Vietnamese Father Front before the National Assembly elections on May 22 More non-party members should become National Assembly delegates while the number of parliamentarians from executive and judicial agencies should be reduced, the Vietnam Fatherland Front said at a meeting held to discuss elections to be held in May.   [...]

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Vietnam has a glut of deputy ministers 

December 10, 2010

  Many ministries in Vietnam employ more deputy ministers than the law allows, local news website Vietnamnet quoted the report of the Ministry of Home Affairs as saying.   All of the ministries employ between five and ten deputy ministers. Under regulations, they’re each supposed to have a maximum of four.   The Ministry of Industry and Trade, [...]

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NATO allies rally to Obama request with 7,000 more troops for Afghanistan

December 5, 2009
NATO allies rally to Obama request with 7,000 more troops for Afghanistan

NATO allies and partner nations rallied Friday to U.S. President Barrack Obama’s call for an international military surge in Afghanistan, by adding at least 7,000 troops . . . A meeting of foreign ministers of the NATO-Russia Council is held at the NATO headquarters in Brussels Dec. 4, 2009. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)“Despite all the challenges, all [...]

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WTO opens first ministerial conference in four years

December 2, 2009
WTO opens first ministerial conference in four years

The World Trade Organization (WTO) opened its first ministerial conference in four years on Monday. World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy addresses the opening ceremony at the opening session of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference on November 30, 2009 in Geneva. The WTO opened its first ministerial conference in four years on [...]

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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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ASEAN unity is a bulwark of sovereignty, says Defence Minister

November 19, 2009
ASEAN unity is a bulwark of sovereignty, says Defence Minister

Minister of Defense Phung Quang Thanh talked with the media about the results of the recent ASEAN Defense Minister’s Meeting in Thailand and looked ahead to Vietnam’s pending chairmanship. Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh. Q: What do the ASEAN countries think regional security? [ASEAN is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a ten nation grouping that [...]

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Geithner pushes APEC to adopt market-set currencies

November 12, 2009
Geithner pushes APEC to adopt market-set currencies

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner smiles during a Finance Ministers news conference at the APEC Summit in Singapore November 12, 2009. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Asia-Pacific nations need “market-oriented” currencies that are in line with their economic fundamentals to encourage new sources of growth. Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group, which make up [...]

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G20 reluctant to remove stimulus, differs on climate change financing

November 10, 2009
G20 reluctant to remove stimulus, differs on climate change financing

It is still too early to remove stimulus, and climate change financing remains the key to success of the Copenhagen conference, the G20 finance ministers and bank governors said Saturday. Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) talks to the Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke (back to camera), U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner [...]

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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...