January 14, 2012
Vietnam’s State Treasury raised VND1.88 trillion ($89.4 million) by selling government bonds in its first auction of the year, the Hanoi Stock Exchange said. The treasury sold the entire amount of VND1 trillion of three-year debt it offered at a yield of 12.10 percent, and raised VND880 billion via five-year debt at 12.15 percent, [...]
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December 26, 2011
Vietnam raised electricity prices by 5 percent last Tuesday The Ministry of Finance said prices of electricity, coal, fuel products and public services, which are heavily subsidized by the government, will be determined by the market no later than 2013. Prices of these essentials will gradually be “given back to the market,” the ministry said [...]
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December 14, 2011
 12-year-old Singaporean-Australian teenager Charlotte Lau during the cycling adventure from Hoi An Town to Hue Town When did you first participate in a charity event to help people in need? This week, Thanh Nien Weekly talked with Charlotte Lau, a 12-year-old Singaporean-Australian, about her recent cycling adventure from Hue Town to Hoi An [...]
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November 21, 2011
Poster of Hanoi Run for Children. The annual Run for Children will take place on December 4th at its usual location, the Thien Quang Lake in Hanoi, to raise funds for needy children’s treatment at the Hanoi Heart Hospital, the National Pediatric Hospital and Heart Beat Vietnam. Funds are raised from participants’ cash donations, the [...]
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October 8, 2011
Vietnam’s central bank increased its refinancing rate for the first time since May, as the nation tries to steady its currency and tame Asia’s fastest inflation. The State Bank of Vietnam raised the refinancing rate to 15 percent from 14 percent, effective Oct. 10, it said in a statement on its website Thursday. The [...]
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September 26, 2011
Current minimum wages stipulated for state workers and the armed forces are insufficient to meet minimum needs, according to a survey results released Friday by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The survey covered respondents from officers at the ministries Health, Education and Training, and Science and Technology, and people in 15 cities and provinces. More [...]
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April 7, 2011
A worker at a garment factory in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8. Many garment firms have raised salaries in order to retain workers. An increase in orders and higher export prices have helped garment makers offer better salaries and working conditions, but the sector’s labor shortage shows no sign of easing. Many garment firms [...]
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March 31, 2011
Workers pump fuel for motorcyclists at filling station in downtown Hanoi on March 30, 2011 after a new petrol hike in a month. Vietnam has raised fueld prices for the second time in just over a month Vietnam has raised fuel prices for the second time in just over a month, further stoking concerns about [...]
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March 30, 2011
Motorcyclists ride by a newly developped residential quarter in Hanoi Vietnam’s growth slowed in the first quarter after the central bank raised key interest rates to among the highest levels in Southeast Asia to tame inflation. Â Gross domestic product climbed 5.43 percent in the three months through March from a year earlier, according to [...]
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February 8, 2011
A two-week-old is held by his mother at The Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colorado August 23, 2010 during a research study on obesity in infants. Babies raised on formula who start eating solid foods before they are 4 months old may be more likely to become obese than those who start later, suggests a new [...]
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