Tag: push
Sharp falls of LCD TV prices push sales up
VietNamNet Bridge – Producers said that the consumption of LCD and plasma TVs have increased by 4-6 times compared to the same period of 2007, thanks to sharp price reductions. The purchasing power in Hanoi and HCM City has reportedly been increasing sharply since the beginning of December 2008. According to Ngo Thanh Dat, Head of Marketing Division, under... Read more
Media rumours push VCG to the floor
VietNamNet Bridge - The share price of Vinaconex (VCG) hit the floor Friday at the Ha Noi Trading Securities Centre (HASTC). Remaining sell orders totalled 621,800 shares. VietNamNet Bridge - The share price of Vinaconex (VCG) hit the floor Friday at the Ha Noi Trading Securities Centre (HASTC). Remaining sell orders totalled 621,800 shares.The problem followed... Read more
Big push for e-gov’t
VietNamNet Bridge – People would find more and more directions from leaders of ministries and related organisations, Government agencies and centrally governed cities and provinces on their portals and websites, The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the European Commission co-operate to establish a website on market access and Sanitary and Phytosanitary... Read more
Flooding likely to push up flower prices for Tet festival
VietNamNet Bridge - Ha Noi and neighbouring regions may face a shortage of flowers and ornamental kumquat and peach trees for Tet, the traditional lunar New Year because of the recent severe floods. And what will be on sale is almost certain to be much more expensive than last year. Most commercially grown flowers and bonsai in villages around Ha Noi were destroyed... Read more
Taxes push lumber producers into the red
VietNamNet Bridge – Floor board producers have asked the Government to remove the 10 per cent export tax on their products, saying that the recent duty was pushing them into the red. Two months since the law came into effect, floor board producers complained that they could not continue exporting as they were suffering losses.In September 2009, the Ministry... Read more
First Miss IT contest gets a push
VietNamNet Bridge – The first beauty contest for females who works in the information technology industry was unveiled Thursday, named Miss ITgo. Some girls who register for the contestThe contest, co-organized by Youth Magazine and SARA Group, aims to honor the beauty and minds of Vietnamese women, aged 16-27, who work in the IT sector.The organizing board... Read more
Plush resorts push villagers into poverty
VietNamNet Bridge – Many villagers in the central province of Quang Nam who ceded their farms on the coast to a resort in the hope of being employed there have neither jobs nor a livelihood. A 15km coastal stretch from Dien Ngoc to Dien Duong communes in Dien Ban District is lined with dozens of resort projects.This is a fate shared by many farmers who... Read more
Dance4life needs you to push back HIV/AIDS
VietNamNet Bridge - An art contest, titled “Dance4life needs you”, for secondary and high school students in Hanoi has been launched by the World Population Foundation (WPF) and the Dance4life project in Vietnam. According to the organisers, students are called to submit their art works in various media, such as paintings, photographs or computer... Read more
Pilot shortage spurs push to lift retirement age
VietNamNet Bridge – The Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam (CAAV) is petitioning for the retirement age of Vietnamese pilots to be raised to 65 years to help alleviate the shortage of pilots in the country. A pilot attends a flight course with a foreign instructor. The Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam (CAAV) wants to raise the retirement... Read more
You cannot push on piece of string, Mr. Paulson
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson addresses a press briefing on Friday at US Treasury Department in Washington, DC. Treasury Secretary Paulson’s grand scheme to buy US$700 billion of toxic derivatives from ailing financial institutions is a pipe dream that logic and history show will not work. The Paulson... Read more