Posts Tagged ‘ Past Year ’

Fuel to the fire 

January 15, 2012
Fuel to the fire 

  Siphoned gasoline replaced by other liquids by unscrupulous tank truck drivers may be the cause of car and motorbike fires Two men pumping liquid into a tank truck after spiriting hundreds of liters of gasoline. Low quality fuel is now considered the prime suspect responsible for the many car and motorbike fires over the [...]

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Red River faces bleak future 

March 19, 2011
Red River faces bleak future 

  A man fishes from an exposed mud flat on the Red River in Hanoi. Riparian communities have complained that the shrinking waterway has become increasingly shallow and polluted in recent years. For thousands of years, poor subsistence-level communities have survived on the bounty of the Red River. In the past year or so, their [...]

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Schoolgirls fight, again 

March 10, 2011
Schoolgirls fight, again 

  Online footage of yet another brutal schoolgirl beating has resulted in just two suspensions and myriad questions         Images extracted from online video footage depicting a schoolgirl in Lam Dong Province brutally attacked by her schoolmates, on January 11. Several such clips have gone online during the past year – most [...]

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Vietnam, Japan vow to boost economic partnership

January 20, 2010
Vietnam, Japan vow to boost economic partnership

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam and Japan have affirmed their determination to effectively implement their economic partnership agreement for mutual benefits.At the third Vietnam-Japan Cooperation Committee (VJCC) meeting, which concluded in Tokyo on January 18, the two sides discussed issues related to their bilateral ties in areas such as economics, trade, culture, tourism and labour as well [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 20/1

January 20, 2010
POLITICS IN BRIEF 20/1

PM meets with outgoing French ambassador; NA delegation visits Philippines; Egyptian TV channel helps bring Vietnam’s image to Arab world; Vietnam-China meeting opens in Hanoi PM meets with outgoing French ambassador  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on January 18 received the outgoing Ambassador of France, Herve Bolot.At the meeting, PM Dung praised the contribution Ambassador [...]

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Buyers advised rational behavior in real estate market

June 27, 2009
Buyers advised rational behavior in real estate market

As the real estate sector warms up and anxiety rises about inflationary prices, the Deputy Minister of Construction says buyers should rely on professional advice and not bank on market rumors.   Residential apartment complexes in District 4.LookAtVietnam – As the real estate sector warms up and anxiety rises about inflationary prices, Deputy Minister of Construction [...]

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Buyers advised rational behavior in real estate market

June 23, 2009
Buyers advised rational behavior in real estate market

Residential apartment complexes in District 4. As the real estate sector warms up and anxiety rises about inflationary prices, Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Tran Nam says buyers should rely on professional advice and not bank on market rumors. “After a long freeze [over the past year], the number of property transactions and prices have [...]

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Economic crisis boosts distrust of business: watchdog

June 4, 2009
Economic crisis boosts distrust of business: watchdog

People carry their produce to the market in Fundong, Cameroon in September 2008. Distrust of business has risen in the wake of the financial crisis and about half those surveyed around the world see the private sector as corrupt, watchdog Transparency International said Wednesday. A survey by the Berlin-based group showed that 53 percent of [...]

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Economic crisis eats off Forbes’ 2009 billionaire list

March 12, 2009
Economic crisis eats off Forbes’ 2009 billionaire list

The worst economic crisis in decades has taken its toll on billionaires, the richest people in the world. The number of such people has decreased and their wealth has shrunk by nearly half. Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO and editor-in-chief of the Forbes Magazine, attends a news conference in New York, the U.S., on March 11, [...]

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Asia must avoid competing on currency drops: ADB chief

February 24, 2009

Asian nations should work to stabilize foreign-exchange moves within the region and avoid competing against each others’ currency declines, said Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda. What is “worrisome is the heightened volatility and growing divergence in currency movements within the region,” Kuroda said Sunday at the meeting.An export-dependent nation typically benefits from a [...]

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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...