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Top G20 economies face scrutiny over imbalances 

April 16, 2011
Top G20 economies face scrutiny over imbalances 

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C), International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) and South Korean Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun chat before posing for the family photo of G20. Seven of the world’s leading economies including China and the United States faced deep scrutiny over fiscal and financial imbalances Saturday as the G20 [...]

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Recovery remains a bumpy road

January 23, 2010
Recovery remains a bumpy road

The Vietnamese economy is heading to a higher growth in 2010, but a lot of challenges are waiting ahead. As public investments keep on expanding, efficiency continues to raise questionsAs public investments keep on expanding, efficiency continues to raise questions Since Vietnam’s economic growth bottomed out at 3.1 per cent in the first quarter of [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 1/12

December 1, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 1/12

NA Chairman receives AIPA delegates; Polish Agriculture Minister visits Vietnam; PM pledges contributions to climate change conference; Politics academy opens Chinese-funded dormitory NA Chairman receives AIPA delegatesNational Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong on November 30 received delegates from the ASEAN Inter-parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) who have been in Hanoi for a conference to discuss female parliamentarians’ [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 21/11

November 21, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 21/11

Vietnam strives to meet goals for 2010; Vietnam National Assembly contributes to APF activities; Vietnamese encouraged to use locally-made goods; Czech Senator visits Quang Binh province  Vietnam strives to meet goals for 2010 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the planning and investment sector to weigh up the pros and cons of the domestic [...]

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Stimulus package exacts its toll

November 13, 2009
Stimulus package exacts its toll

The government’s stimulus package has come with a cost as inflation has recently been on the rise again. While it has staved off the worst impacts of the global crisis, Vietnam needs to phase out government stimulus, says IMF Senior Resident Representative Benedict Bingham. Thanh Nien: How has the stimulus package contributed to Vietnam’s economic [...]

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Jobs, social welfare take priority in response to economic crisis

October 3, 2009
Jobs, social welfare take priority in response to economic crisis

Creating the right conditions for good employment and protecting those people unable to find decent work should be an urgent priority for governments in Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank said Wednesday. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, vice president of Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development at ADB, was addressing a three-day conference titled “The Impact of [...]

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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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PM concludes visits to Kazakhstan, Denmark and Hungary

September 22, 2009
PM concludes visits to Kazakhstan, Denmark and Hungary

LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung returned to Vietnam on September 20, ending his visits to Kazakhstan, Denmark and Hungary. LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung returned to Vietnam on September 20, ending his visits to Kazakhstan, Denmark and Hungary. During his first visits to Kazakhstan, the Kingdom of Denmark and the Republic of [...]

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ADB agrees $500 million loan to bolster VN’s economy

September 16, 2009
ADB agrees $500 million loan to bolster VN’s economy

LookAtVietnam – ADB has approved a five-year US$500 million loan to Vietnam to help the economy counter the adverse impacts of the global economic downturn. Workers of Cho Lon Plastics Company in Ho Chi Minh City assemble bikes on Sep. 14, 2009. The Asian Development Bank approved Sep. 15 a US$500 million loan to bolster [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/9

September 11, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/9

WB increases financing for critical infrastructure; Lien Viet Bank sets ambitious plans for next decade; Vietnam attends WEF’s Dalian meeting  The World Bank will provide an additional 160 million USD in no-interest credit for an urban upgrade project in Vietnam through 2014. Under an agreement signed between the State Bank Governor Nguyen Van Giau and [...]

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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...