October 31, 2011
 Indian Sikh devotees pay their respects during Diwali at the Sikh Shrine the Golden Temple in Amritsar on October 26, 2011. As the global population hits seven billion, experts are warning that skewed gender ratios could fuel the emergence of volatile "bachelor nations" driven by an aggressive competition for brides. Many demographers believe the [...]
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October 21, 2011
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. At some point this month, October 2011, a child will be born and the world’s population will have reached seven billion. There is a good chance that this childbirth will take place in the Asia-Pacific region; home to 61 percent of the world’s population. If the child is born in the [...]
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August 3, 2011
Many developers are looking to form joint venture partnerships with foreign investors, CBRE says. More Vietnamese developers than ever before are seeking joint venture opportunities as cash flow is becoming a tough challenge, consulting firm CB Richard Ellis says in a new report. According to the CBRE Asia Pacific Investment ViewPoint report, this is happening because bank lending [...]
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June 4, 2011
Geof Heydon, vice president of Digital Economy at Alcatel-Lucent in Australia. Broadcasters, policy makers, regulators, and experts in media sector have met in Hanoi on May 24-25 for the 8th Asia Media Summit, which was viewed as a significant platform to address challenges and to identify opportunities in the new age of digital economy. The [...]
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February 10, 2011
People whose last name starts with a letter near the end of the alphabet react more quickly to opportunities to buy something than those whose surname starts with an early-alphabet letter, according to a recent study of consumer behavior. People whose last name starts with a letter near the end of the alphabet react more [...]
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January 22, 2011
Dang Thanh Tam, chairman of Saigon Invest Group and Kinh Bac City Development Share Holdings Corp., poses for a portrait in Hanoi. Businesspersons must be adventurous and explore new opportunities every day, says Dang Thanh Tam, Vietnam’s third richest businessman in the stock market in 2010. In an exclusive interview with Thanh Nien Weekly, Tam [...]
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November 13, 2010
A group of 13 American administrators from 10 universities and colleges have come to Vietnam for a one-week working visit. During their stay, they plan to explore partnership opportunities with Vietnamese institutions. The delegation includes deans, vice presidents and directors all of whom are members of Global Associates, a, association dedicated to promoting global [...]
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February 2, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Leaders of Tien Giang Province committed to create the most favorable conditions for investors to do business in the province. President Nguyen Minh Triet speaks at the conferencePresident Nguyen Minh Triet, who attended the conference, pointed out big opportunities to attract investment that Tien Giang needs to grab. The commercial hub of HCM [...]
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February 1, 2010
Overall merger and acquisition values and volumes appear to have returned to a growth path in 2009’s fourth quarter giving grounds for optimism for 2010, writes an advisory partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Vietnam. Major Vietnamese conglomerates are growingly removing smaller rivals through M&A deals.LookAtVietnam – A slow start, but a strong finish to the year. Overall [...]
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January 25, 2010
Retail market targets 20% growth for 2010; Coffee prices sink on low demand; Metro Cash&Carry to open 12th center in Vietnam; Farmers to get market data; Ministry project to stabilise rice prices VN food firm forms joint venture for rice export in Cambodia The Southern Food Corporation (SFC) has established a joint stock company with two [...]
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