November 3, 2011
 Demonstrators with the Occupy movement stand on a utility box at the Port of Oakland. Clashes broke out between masked protesters and police after a day of peaceful anti-Wall Street protests shut down one of the United States’ busiest ports. Clashes broke out between masked protesters and police here early Thursday after a day [...]
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September 18, 2011
Novak Djokovic of Serbia kisses the trophy after his win over Rafael Nadal of Spain in the men's singles final at the US Open tennis tournament, on September 12, at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Novak Djokovic shrugged off a back scare to defeat defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-2, [...]
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April 6, 2011
A giant turtle which is considered a sacred symbol of Vietnam surfaces at Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of Hanoi on March 7, 2011. Dear Editor: The world now knows the plight of Vietnam’s sacred turtle struggling to survive in polluted Hoan Kiem Lake. The turtle’s suffering need not to be the "price of [...]
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December 6, 2010
Creditors of a US$600 million, eight-year loan for Vietnam’s troubled state shipbuilder Vinashin will meet on Tuesday to discuss a request for a standstill from the near-bankrupt conglomerate, Basis Point reported on Friday. The creditor group would be led by Elliott Advisors and Standard Chartered Bank, sources told Basis Point, a Thomson Reuters company. [...]
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February 1, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Vietnam has not made measurable progress over the last 10 years in conducting tourism promotion campaigns. According to Poll Stoll, General Director of Celadon International in HCM City, some 500 million tourists in the world are “allocentric” (i.e., ones who do not care much about the price). They are well educated, like traveling [...]
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December 1, 2009
A teller counts money at a Sacombank branch in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 Vietnamâs five-year bonds rose, snapping a three-day loss, on speculation domestic banks will raise interest rates and lure more funds that can be invested in debt. The dong was little changed. Banks can increase deposit and lending rates from today, [...]
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November 3, 2009
Thanks to efforts of the Vietnamese fin swimming squad, Viet Nam grabbed two gold medals last night and pushed the country to the top of the Asian Indoor Games’ medal tally. Proud moment: Vietnamese women fin swimmers show the gold medals they won in the 4x200m surface relay last night at the Ha Noi’s Aquatic [...]
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October 5, 2009
Vietnamâs government bonds fell as interest rates on bank deposits increased, raising speculation lenders need more funds to invest in the debt market. The dong rose the most in more than a week. Vietnamese lenders including Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development and Bank for Investment & Development of Vietnam, the two largest banks by [...]
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September 27, 2009
A cyclo driver stops to take a cooling cup of tea from the free drinking point managed by Pham Van Long.LookAtVietnam – Shoe polisher Tran Van Dinh saves one fifth of his monthly income by drinking free iced tea on some corners of the central coastal city of Da Nang, where the summertime sun scorches [...]
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September 21, 2009
Vietnamâs five-year bonds Monday gained on speculation local banks will have more cash to invest in government debt. The dong was little changed. Commercial banks last week raised the rates on local currency deposits by between 0.2 and 1 percentage point, the central bank said on September 18. The overnight inter-bank deposit fixing fell to [...]
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