Posts Tagged ‘ News Agency ’

Vietnam to resume sending workers to Libya: report 

January 16, 2012
Vietnam to resume sending workers to Libya: report 

A file photo from VnExpress shows Vietnamese workers returning from Libya early last year Vietnamese workers will soon return to Libya, after a turmoil last year which prompted the Vietnamese government to bring more than 10,000 workers home. A number of Turkish contractors in Libya have pledged to re-recruit Vietnamese workers over the next six months, [...]

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Bullets found in Vietnam dead elephant 

December 30, 2011
Bullets found in Vietnam dead elephant 

  Two bullets were found in the body of a male elephant found dead last week in the southern province of Dong Na, Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday. One bullet was lodged in the animal’s head, while the other was in its front leg, according to an announcement made by the provincial police division and forest rangers’ agency Tuesday. The [...]

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Bullets found in Vietnam dead elephant 

December 29, 2011
Bullets found in Vietnam dead elephant 

  Two bullets were found in the body of a male elephant found dead last week in the southern province of Dong Na, Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday. One bullet was lodged in the animal’s head, while the other was in its front leg, according to an announcement made by the provincial police division and forest rangers’ agency Tuesday. The [...]

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Vietnamese finish second in Korean pop contest 

December 19, 2011
Vietnamese finish second in Korean pop contest 

Four members of Vietnam’s Tuxedo and Ao Dai received their second award at the contest in Korea last week. Vietnamese band Tuxedo and Ao Dai won the second prize at the World K-Pop Singing Contest held in Korea last week, Vietnam News Agency reported. The band was formed by putting together four members from the [...]

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Malaysian jailed for fraud in northern Vietnam 

December 19, 2011
Malaysian jailed for fraud in northern Vietnam 

Koay Keng Chen, a 22-year-old Malaysian, at a trial in Hanoi on Friday where he received a three-year jail term for fraud. A Malaysian man was sentenced to three years in jail at a trial in Hanoi for cheating a mobile phone shop out of VND35 million (US$1,665) with fraudulent credit cards, Vietnam News Agency [...]

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Vietnam sends more than 81,000 laborers overseas 

December 16, 2011
Vietnam sends more than 81,000 laborers overseas 

  Vietnam has sent more than 81,000 laborers overseas as of November, Vietnam News Agency quoted an official from the labor ministry as saying on Tuesday. Despite difficulties, Vietnam is likely to achieve the target of sending 87,000 laborers overseas this year, said Le Van Thanh, deputy chief of the ministry’s Overseas Labor Management. According [...]

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Vietnam, China agree to solve sea issue with peaceful talks 

November 15, 2011
Vietnam, China agree to solve sea issue with peaceful talks 

President Truong Tan Sang (L) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov 12, 2011. Vietnamese and Chinese leaders agreed at a meeting on Saturday that the East Sea territorial disputes will be solved through peaceful talks. Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao met in Honolulu, Hawaii, [...]

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Vietnam, Philippines target $3 bln in trade by 2016 

November 4, 2011
Vietnam, Philippines target $3 bln in trade by 2016 

Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (L) and his Philippine counterpart Benigno S.Aquino III Vietnam and the Philippines will increase their two-way trade value to US$3 billion by 2016, the Vietnam News Agency reported Thursday. The agreement, reached in talks between Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and his Philippine counterpart Benigno S.Aquino III,  was announced in a statement released the same [...]

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President to visit Korea, attend APEC forum 

November 3, 2011
President to visit Korea, attend APEC forum 

Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang will visit South Korea November 8-10 at the invitation of his Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak, Vietnam News Agency reported Tuesday. After the visit, Sang will fly to Hawaii to attend the 19th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum to be held November 10-13 at the invitation [...]

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Vietnam, Japan to open deputy minister defense dialogue 

November 2, 2011
Vietnam, Japan to open deputy minister defense dialogue 

Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L) and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda sign a strategic partnership agreement Monday in Tokyo. Vietnam and Japan will open a deputy ministerial level defense dialogue as part of a strategic partnership agreement signed Monday, Vietnam News Agency reported. According to the news agency, the agreement was signed between [...]

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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...