Posts Tagged ‘ Of The Crisis ’

Japan PM visit tsunami-devastated village, enters nuke 

April 3, 2011
Japan PM visit tsunami-devastated village, enters nuke 

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) bows as he speaks to tsunami victim Ryoko Otsubo during his visit to an evacuees shelter in Rikuzentakata, after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami April 2, 2011 Japan’s prime minister made his first visit to the country’s tsunami-devastated region on Saturday and entered [...]

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Don’t write off the dollar

January 9, 2010
Don’t write off the dollar

A young woman at a jewelry shop where people can also exchange money on a street in Hanoi What is the impact of a declining dollar? Has the economic crisis really come to an end? Can we expect a new global economic order? Thanh Nien Weekly asks Jonathan Larsen, head of Consumer Banking and Global [...]

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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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POLITICS IN BRIEF 5/10

October 6, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 5/10

Vice President wraps up India visit; ASEAN approves anti-drug action initiated by Vietnam; Vietnam discusses Cambodia, Myanmar situations; Dong Nai province urged to tap potential for development  Vice President wraps up India visit  Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan concluded a five-day visit to India on October 4, as guest of her Indian counterpart Mohamed Hamid [...]

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Right time to push gender parity, Asian policymakers told

September 29, 2009
Right time to push gender parity, Asian policymakers told

Asian women were among the first casualties of the global economic crisis Greater support for gender equality is one of the most effective ways of promoting economic recovery and inclusive growth in Asia, a conference in Hanoi heard Tuesday. Asian women have been at the forefront of the region’s export-fuelled boom over the past decade, [...]

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Global economy: ready to roll or still on the rocks?

July 13, 2009
Global economy: ready to roll or still on the rocks?

Shoppers walk past an advertisement for a new clothing store in London, UK. Some hard data is now underpinning prospects for a global economic recovery, but world leaders urge caution and at least one says the worst is still to come for some. So should we perk up and head for the high street, keep [...]

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World leaders agree to reform IFIs, boost development

July 10, 2009
World leaders agree to reform IFIs, boost development

Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized countries and five major developing countries agreed here on Thursday to reform financial institutions, boost development and conclude the Doha Round trade talks. Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel (L), Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev (C) and U.S. President Barack Obama speak during the G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy July [...]

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UN concludes high-level meeting on financial crisis

July 1, 2009
UN concludes high-level meeting on financial crisis

The United Nations on Tuesday wrapped up a five-day debate on world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development. The 63rd Session of UN General Assembly President D’Escoto Brockman (C) declares the closing of the UN Conference on Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development at the UN headquarters in New [...]

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National GDP target moves out of reach

April 5, 2009
National GDP target moves out of reach

The agricultural sector has less traction to cultivate the national GDP target.LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s gross domestic product target is under threat as the global financial crisis continues to bite. According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), the economy grew only 3.1 per cent over the past three months. The increase is much lower than last [...]

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Vietnam to escape from crisis this year

April 1, 2009
Vietnam to escape from crisis this year

Vietnam will quickly get out of the economic crisis, perhaps more quickly than China, which is said to escape from the crisis in the next few months, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said in the cabinet meeting on March 31. The first online cabinet meeting on March 30-31, 2009. The meeting began at 8:00am but [...]

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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...