January 11, 2012
Many rice farmers work under the mistaken impression that regular insecticide applications are necessary to attain high yields. However, decades of research by scientists around the world has shown that healthy and productive rice crops can be produced with little or no insecticide applications in most years. Nonetheless, farmers continue to apply dangerous chemicals [...]
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September 10, 2011
A young woman (C) reads exam materials as she leaves with others after taking part in a college admission test in Hanoi on July 5, 2011. In Vietnam, it is the mother of all battles that is fought year after year: more than close to a million or more students sit for their university entrance [...]
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April 9, 2011
Authorities determined to halt sloppy road construction send a strong message to road builders The road construction site along National Road 51 connecting Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Dong Nai provinces. Police in Dong Nai Province’s Long Thanh District have arrested two officials of Licogi 9.2, the road construction company, for careless construction practices which [...]
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November 21, 2010
A market management officer seizes products of a direct sales company in Ho Chi Minh City at the end of last year. Yagho Vietnam was found to engage in false advertising related to the health benefits of its jewelry and clothing products. Local authorities say direct sales firms have violated local laws despite fairly recent [...]
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October 8, 2009
The General Customs Department has asked its local branches nationwide to monitor car imports more closely, following allegations of fraud by local importers. The tightened control over the import of high-value products, including vehicles, air conditioners, washing machines and steels, are necessary when is an increase in fraudulent practices, the Vietnam Economic Times reported, citing [...]
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September 21, 2009
Treasury bonds were easy to sell in 2005, when this file photo was taken at a Finance Ministry office in Hanoi. The bond market in Vietnam has done an about-face since the heady days of 2008 and will need lots of fixing if capital is to be raised for infrastructure projects and business expansion. Vietnamâs [...]
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August 15, 2009
A Sacombank branch in Ho Chi Minh City. The Vietnam Bond Market Association (VBMA) was inaugurated in Hanoi Friday. The association aims to support the development of the bond market, build the capacity of its members and enhance the efficiency of market operations.âWe expect to build up an effective association to encourage dialogue between market [...]
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August 9, 2009
The Ministry of Health granted the GPP (Good Pharmacy Practices) certificate to drugstore chain ECO Pharmacy Joint Stock Company at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday. ECO is the first drugstore chain in the country to receive the certificate.The HCMC-based companyâs drugstore chain has 10 drugstores that meet all of the World Health [...]
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August 7, 2009
Drugstores that are certified as adopting Good Pharmacy Practices (GPP) would be allowed to sell drugs bought into the country from abroad by individuals, Deputy Minister of Health Cao Minh Quang said. A Good Pharmaceutical Practices-compliant drugstore run by the ECO Pharmacy Joint Stock Company in HCM City.LookAtVietnam – Drugstores that are certified as adopting [...]
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May 14, 2009
Intel Corp. on Wednesday rejected a European Commission (EC) ruling of imposing heavy fines on the world’s largest computer chip maker for antitrust violations, saying the EC decision is “wrong” and the company will appeal. Intel Corp lawyer Bruce Sewell holds a news conference in Brussels May 13, 2009. The European Commission Wednesday fined Intel [...]
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