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Single-digit inflation target feasible, says ADB exec 

January 9, 2012
Single-digit inflation target feasible, says ADB exec 

    Street vendors ply their goods in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The Asian Development Bank has lowered Vietnam’s economic growth forecast in 2012 to 6.3 percent from 6.5 percent forecast last September. With the world economy remaining mired in difficulty, the Asian Development Bank forecasts a difficult year ahead for Vietnam. However, it [...]

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New bird flu virus mutation threatens Vietnam 

September 3, 2011
New bird flu virus mutation threatens Vietnam 

  Experts urge better detection and poultry production practices in response to a new mutant strain of H5N1 appearing in the northern and central parts of the country Cooked chicken are displayed for sale on a street in Hanoi. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned against a new strain of H5N1 virus in [...]

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Scenario for the Vietnamese economy in 2010

January 4, 2010
Scenario for the Vietnamese economy in 2010

Top priority should be given to adopting a stable and sound policy so that businesses can borrow capital at safe interest rates without causing inflation, says economic expert Bui Kien Thanh.  According to the National Assembly (NA) Committee for Economic Affairs, the Vietnamese economy has essentially overcome the most difficult period while the Government remains [...]

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Millions more children in poverty

November 30, 2009
Millions more children in poverty

A teacher and students at Sung Pa School in Ha Giang Province. A multi-dimensional approach for measuring child poverty reveals that children who don’t come from poor families can be considered as living in poverty if they are deprived of basic needs in health, education, or nutrition. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Ha VietNamNet Bridge – [...]

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‘Green bag’ campaign aims to reduce Hanoi shoppers’ reliance on plastics

July 3, 2009
‘Green bag’ campaign aims to reduce Hanoi shoppers’ reliance on plastics

LookAtVietnam – Up to 10,000 households in Ha Noi will be supplied with environmentally-friendly shopping bags for shopping in a pilot effort to reduce the use of plastic bags. The next phase of the green shopping bag project will be in HCM City.Distributing two cloth shopping bags to each of the households that sign up [...]

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Driving through taxing obstacles

April 11, 2009
Driving through taxing obstacles

LookAtVietnam – Tax is a hot topic in Vietnam at the moment with the unprecedented introduction of changes to three major tax laws effective from January 1, 2009, being the Corporate Income Tax, Value Added Tax and Personal Income Tax. Under the new PIT laws “salary and wages” have been extended to include certain other types [...]

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WHO to host public hearing to explore ways of reducing alcohol use

October 3, 2008
WHO to host public hearing to explore ways of reducing alcohol use

The World Health Organization (WHO) will organize a web-based public hearing to explore ways of reducing harmful use of alcohol, the UN agency said on Thursday. All parties with an interest are now invited to share their views in the public hearing, which will run between Oct. 3 and Oct.31, the agency said in a [...]

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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...