December 11, 2010
When Cambodia tore down a century-old school in the capital this year, conservationists bemoaned the loss of yet another piece of history in former French Indochina in the rush to modernize. French colonial architecture – with its shuttered windows, grand balconies and pitched tiled roofs – for decades defined the look of cities in [...]
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November 27, 2010
Nine Vietnamese-Cambodians among 351 dead as festival-goers panic Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen weeps for victims of the stampede which killed at least 351 people on the Diamond Bridge in Phnom Penh Grief ran deep as Cambodia, led by a visibly emotional Prime Minister Hun Sen, mourned the deaths of 351 people in a stampede [...]
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November 11, 2009
Ousted former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in Phnom Penh Tuesday morning to take up his new job as the adviser of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Royal Government. Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (F) arrives in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, Nov. 10, 2009. Thaksin Shinawatra will take up his [...]
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October 6, 2009
Construction cranes and unfinished high-rise buildings surround the silty marshland where a year from now Cambodia hopes to turn the page on decades of upheaval by opening a stock exchange. The idea of a Cambodian stockmarket has been floated since the 1990s but has struggled for traction in a country known for a culture of [...]
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September 25, 2009
Sheraton Ha Noi among Asia’s best; Hoi An to build terracotta park; Costa Allegra brings 1,250 passengers; Tour to Singapore for Formula 1 Sheraton Ha Noi Hotel.Sheraton Ha Noi Hotel has been named one of the Top 10 Best Conference Hotels for Asia in The Best in Travel Poll 2009, the fourth consecutive year the [...]
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September 6, 2009
HCM City’s industrial production twinkles; Labor export firms to face more stringent inspections; Vietnam ranks third globally in outsourcing, software services; Vietnam possesses huge potential in consumer credit market HCM City’s industrial production twinkles In spite of economic difficulties, industrial production in Ho Chi Minh City in August saw a good growth rate, the city’s [...]
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September 2, 2009
Nearly 46,000 workers sent abroad in 8 months; Vietnam-RoK peacel village to be built in Quang Nam; Vietnam to be severely affected by El Nino Nearly 46,000 workers sent abroad in 8 months 45,634 workers were sent abroad in the first eight months of this year, according to figure from the Overseas Labour Management Department under [...]
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July 22, 2009
RoK retailer plans to open supermarket in Vietnam; Vietnam, Indonesia work together in fisheries; Vietnamese banks target foreign markets; VN develops outlets, investment projects in Laos The Republic of Korea’s leading retailer the Lotte Shopping Company, on July 22 announced plans to set up its first supermarket in Vietnam in 2013. Lotte has signed a [...]
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July 13, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – A huge volume of used goods from the ‘rich countries’ seeps into Vietnam across its border with Cambodia. The trade of the goods has flourished since the early days of ‘doi moi.’ The ’cemetery goods’ at Chau Long marketIn Chau Doc, a city in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang province, [...]
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June 19, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – The Cai Mep deepwater container ship port is destined to play an important role in regional sea transport. According to Mitsui O.S.K Line (MOL), the new Cai Mep deepwater port near Vung Tau City, some 80 km southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, on June 18 received cargo in transit from Cambodia [...]
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