The Saigon-Hanoi Joint Stock Bank (SHB) has been approved by the Hanoi Securities Trading Centre to list its 50 million shares worth VND 500 billion on the bourse. VietNamNet Bridge – The Saigon-Hanoi Joint Stock Bank (SHB) has been approved by the Hanoi Securities Trading Centre to list its 50 million shares worth VND 500 [...]
The tra fish material prices have been increasing again, but people dare not farm as they still remember how serious the losses they incurred last year were, when the prices plunged dramatically. Hao, an employee of the Thoi Thuan commune’s people’s committee, in Thot Not district in Can Tho City, showed the road along Bo [...]
Lookatvietnam – The WWF Greater Mekong Program has called for a range of approaches to be taken for Ca Mau to counter climate change as its impacts are predicted to become more serious for the country’s southernmost province in the coming years. Ca Mau Tip, the country’s southernmost part, seen from an observation tower in [...]
Lookatvietnam – A government delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan began a working visit to Finland on Feb. 4 to seek closer cooperation in the fields of education and training. During his visit, Mr Nhan, who is also Minister of Education and Training, held working sessions with Finland’s leading education experts to [...]
LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to buy an additional of 100,000 tonnes of rice and various types of animal vaccines and medicines for the national reserve. The Ministry of Finance will spend VND880 billion ($51.76 million) to buy 100,000 tonnes [...]
Lookatvietnam – Experts in the cement industry have warned of an oversupply in the domestic cement market, yet there are still more cement factories being built. The supply of cement is forecast to be 10 million tonnes higher than demand this year with 10 new cement factories becoming operational in addition to the 31 existing [...]
Lookatvietnam – Although the fifteenth day of the first lunar month when the most important religious rite will be held annually, has not yet arrived, pilgrimage tours to pagodas in Viet Nam have attracted a large number of tourists, Pilgrimage tours this year began earlier than in previous years in order to meet the demands [...]
Customers at a Vietcombank branch in Ho Chi Minh City. Businesses and experts said borrowing costs would come down to more affordable levels after recent moves by the government to subsidize interest rates and cut the benchmark rate, both effective today. Huynh Van Minh, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Business Association, said the [...]
A coral reef in the depth of Ras Mohammed protection area near Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, July 2005. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions must fall sharply to avoid inflicting acid damage to the world’s marine ecosystems, more than 150 scientists warned Friday. Acidification of ocean waters caused by greenhouse gases is already wreaking havoc on coral [...]
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has pledged further administrative reforms to improve the investment climate and ensure a level playing field for all businesses. He was meeting with about 30 CEOs and executive directors on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday (local time).âWith a foothold in Vietnam, [...]
