September 20, 2011
Land-locked neighbor reveals plans to start construction of controversial dam months before regional meeting decides on the issue A handout photo released by the US-based environmental group International Rivers shows construction on the Xayaburi dam’s access road and work-camps has gone ahead despite commitments by the government of Laos in April to temporarily suspend [...]
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September 10, 2011
A file photo taken just downstream of the proposed site for the Xayaburi dam. Thailand doesn’t actually need the power the massive hydroelectric dam will create, experts have said. Laos plans to start construction this year on the $3.8 billion Thai-financed Xayaburi hydropower plant on the Mekong River after changing the design to placate [...]
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June 14, 2011
Viking II, a ship contracted by the state-owned Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, was harassed by Chinese ships Thursday as it carried out seismic surveys in Vietnam's continental shelf. Le The Mau, former chief of the scientific information division under the Ministry of National Defense’s Institute of Military Strategies, says China is acting against [...]
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May 31, 2011
This photo shows a part of the Truong Sa (Spratly) District in Truong Sa archipelago. On March 23, 2011, Xinhua, the official news agency of China, published an article titled "The Nanhai sea dispute from the perspective of the international law of the sea" by scholars He Jian and Wang Ao from the Xiang Tan [...]
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August 18, 2009
A man shops for milk at a supermarket in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnamese parents should buy local milk products, which are just as healthy as their foreign counterparts, to save money and boost the local economy, the Vietnam Standard and Consumers Association said Monday. Consumers should buy local products for their kids and save [...]
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July 8, 2009
A woman buys a can of powdered milk at a shop in Hanoi. Vietnamâs consumer agency has challenged powdered milk importers justifications of high milk prices following a regional price survey. Imported powdered milk in Vietnam sometimes retails more than three times the price in neighboring countries, according to a national comparative study released Tuesday.The [...]
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July 6, 2009
Along with signs of an economic recovery, the second home market in Vietnam is gradually emerging with a lot of potential, leading real estate services firm CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) said last week. According to CBRE, the second home is a home which provides additional income when leased out, typically part of a resort where [...]
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