October 22, 2011
A photo taken on October 18 shows houses submerged by flood waters in Tan Hoa District, Quang Binh Province Devastating floods in Vietnam’s central and southern regions have killed at least 59 people and forced thousands of people to flee their homes, the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control reported Wednesday. Seasonal flooding [...]
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October 11, 2011
 Nguyen Thi Lanh, 106, and her youngest daughter, 71, from HCMC’s District 12. She and her husband, Huynh Van Lac, 110, have been certified by Vietnam Records Book as the country’s oldest couple. Huynh Thi Hoa, 71, says that ever since her parents reached the age of 90, during every Tet Festival their home [...]
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August 4, 2011
Public health experts argue that criminalizing prostitution has only lead to violence A male sex worker soliciting a client on a street in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1. Vietnam has been hailed for its “friendlier” approach to mitigating the harmful consequences of prostitution but experts argue that legalizing the practice could help bring [...]
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June 23, 2011
Fishermen from Phu Yen Province prepare for an offshore fishing trip. Thanh Nien Newspaper is currently accepting donations from individuals and organizations to help fund the following program: On Thursday, Thanh Nien newspaper launched an extensive charity program to help support Vietnam’s brave coastal fishermen and their families. The program will provide fishing and communication [...]
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January 27, 2010
US Website: VN economy likely to show significant expansion; Market volumes hit 7-month low; Vietsovpetro to install two oil rigs in Bach Ho Hanoi, VietnamThe Vietnamese economy is expected to show a significant expansion though it was mildly affected by the diminished export demand, said a New York-based website. An article posted on Seeking Alpha [...]
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January 25, 2010
EU countries support program for rural water supply and sanitation; Egypt’s investment minister pays visit; Slovakian Speaker to visit; Vietnam kicks off preparations to host World Economic Forum EU countries support program for rural water supply and sanitation The UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Embassy of Denmark, and the Embassy of the Kingdom [...]
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January 23, 2010
The deputy director of the Hanoi Taxation Department Thai Dung Tien said that in 2010 about 3,000 companies in Hanoi will practice online tax declaration. The deputy director of the Hanoi Taxation Department Thai Dung TienThe Hanoi Taxation Department is one of the four organizations that have been selected to promote online tax declaration. What [...]
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January 22, 2010
Hanoi’s CPI up 1.30 percent in January; Guidelines on consumption tax for alcohol products; Officials eye Senegal as promising export market Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) in January rose 1.30 percent over the previous month, the city’s Statistics Office reported. The index was up 7.96 percent over the same period last year. Ten of the [...]
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January 16, 2010
Hanoi’s property market will experience a dramatic increase in retail supply, with major shopping centres evolving from old wet markets located on prime patches of land. According to Savills Vietnam’s latest report, Hanoi’s retail space will grow to more than 1 million square metres during the next two years, more than double its current supply, [...]
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December 28, 2009
Foreign banks expand presence in Vietnam; Agro-forestry-fisheries exports drop 7 percent in value; Vietnam Entrepreneurs Association in Belgium & Luxembourg debuts Many foreign banks have joined up with local partners to expand their presence in Vietnam’s market in addition to opening more branches and introducing new products.ANZ Vietnam has linked up with the Vietnam Post [...]
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