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PM asks that national football matches be aired live nationwide 

January 16, 2012
PM asks that national football matches be aired live nationwide 

  Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked on Thursday that the telecast copyright issues be resolved so that all national football matches could be broadcast live nationwide. An urgent document by the Prime Minister said, “The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism should give directives to concerned agencies to solve obstacles to ensure that [...]

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Iron Lady falls to the Anna Quindlen doctrine 

January 14, 2012
Iron Lady falls to the Anna Quindlen doctrine 

  “The Iron Lady,” the new biopic starring Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, was controversial before audiences even saw it, largely because of its portrayal of the aging former prime minister’s dementia. The current UK prime minister, David Cameron, suggested the movie was premature and shouldn’t have been made while Thatcher was alive. Her former [...]

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IPad beat on power, speed by new non-clones 

December 23, 2011
IPad beat on power, speed by new non-clones 

  We’re finally beginning to see some distinctive 10-inch Android tablets that are more than iPad knockoffs. Earlier this year, Sony released its wedge-shaped Tablet. Now, two more entries provide features and functionality beyond Apple Inc.’s offerings: Asustek Computer Inc.’s Eee Pad Transformer Prime and the Droid Xyboard 10.1 from Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and [...]

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Vietnam PM visits Myanmar, attends Greater Mekong Subregion Summit 

December 22, 2011
Vietnam PM visits Myanmar, attends Greater Mekong Subregion Summit 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L) shakes hands with Prime Minister of Mandalay District, Ye Myint, in his visit to Myanmar on Dec. 19, 2011. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Myanmar on Monday morning for his first visit to the country and for the fourth Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS-4) Summit from December 19-20, [...]

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Vietnam to see further decline in home prices: report 

December 19, 2011
Vietnam to see further decline in home prices: report 

Residential apartment buildings in Ho Chi Minh City's District 2 The housing markets in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will continue to see price falls in 2012 as cities across Asia-Pacific are expected to have weaker sales volumes, according to global property consultant Knight Frank. Residential prices in the two Vietnamese cities will [...]

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PM Dung: Vietnam will stake claim to East Sea islands peacefully 

December 5, 2011
PM Dung: Vietnam will stake claim to East Sea islands peacefully 

   Mai Phung Luu, a fisherman in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Ngai who said he has been to every nook and cranny of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, asserts that he will continue heading to the Hoang Sa seas without fearing anything. International experts have encouraged Vietnam to take further actions to reaffirm [...]

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Thai PM visits Vietnam 

December 1, 2011
Thai PM visits Vietnam 

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrived in Vietnam Wednesday as part of her first ASEAN tour since she took office in August. The visit is being made at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. On Tuesday, the Thai PM was hospitalized for food poisoning and instructed a deputy PM [...]

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Vietnam plans new reforms 

November 14, 2011
Vietnam plans new reforms 

  Workers at a ship yard of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, or Vinashin. Many in Vietnam hope the government will pursue reforms that are broad enough and deep enough to fix debt-ridden state banks and rein in inefficient state enterprises (SOEs) such as Vinashin, which embarrassingly defaulted last year. After four years of economic instability, [...]

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Obama Pacific trade bid gathers steam 

November 14, 2011
Obama Pacific trade bid gathers steam 

  Front row (L-R), Australian Prime Minister Julie Gillard, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, US President Barack Obama, Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihiko Noda; second row from left Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak, Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak, Mexican Trade Minister Bruno Ferrari and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill on November 13, 2011 [...]

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Greek cabinet backs debt crisis referendum 

November 2, 2011
Greek cabinet backs debt crisis referendum 

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou secured the unanimous backing of his cabinet for a referendum on the eurozone debt rescue plan, government spokesman Elias Mossialos said early Wednesday. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou secured the unanimous backing of his cabinet for a referendum on the eurozone debt rescue plan, government spokesman Elias Mossialos said early [...]

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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...