Posts Tagged ‘ region ’

India gazes east toward strategic Vietnam 

January 9, 2012
India gazes east toward strategic Vietnam 

M Nguyen Tan Dung (R) receives Minister of State for the Indian Ministry of External Affairs E. Ahamed. Vietnam occupies a strategic position in India’s “Look East” policy, Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed has told Vietweek in an exclusive interview. India deeply valued Vietnam’s support for the ASEAN region’s closer engagement [...]

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Baghdad blasts target Shi’ites, kill 63 

December 23, 2011
Baghdad blasts target Shi’ites, kill 63 

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of the bomb attack in Baghdad’s Shaab District, northern Baghdad, December 22, 2011. A wave of bombings killed at least 63 people in Baghdad on Thursday, the first attacks since Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government was engulfed in a crisis that risks fracturing the country along sectarian and ethnic faultlines. The [...]

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Family trees, nation’s pride 

December 19, 2011
Family trees, nation’s pride 

  Le Van Thuong, head of the family that owns the garden with five newly anointed National Heritage trees, poses in front of the hollowed trunks of one of them He was offered US$300,000 and more for his garden with old trees, but the owner was not tempted. Le Van Thuong is now the owner [...]

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Species, threats grow in Mekong region: WWF 

December 14, 2011
Species, threats grow in Mekong region: WWF 

  This photo, provided by the WWF, shows a self-cloning lizard (Leiolepis ngovantrii), which reproduces via cloning without the need for males. Scientists identify a new species every two days in the Greater Mekong region, the WWF said on December 12, in a report detailing 2010’s more unusual finds such as a leaf warbler and [...]

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Poor infrastructure bane of Vietnamese tourism 

December 9, 2011
Poor infrastructure bane of Vietnamese tourism 

  There are many factors responsible for this, but the key reasons are: poor infrastructure, poor tourism promotion; and weak cooperation between travel agents and service providers. These combine to make tour prices in Vietnam less competitive than those in other countries, Nguyen Cong Hoan, vice director of travel agent Hanoi Redtour, told Thanh Nien [...]

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East Asia urged to abide by ASEAN principles 

November 21, 2011
East Asia urged to abide by ASEAN principles 

  Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) directs Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (C) and his wife Tran Thanh Kiem (L) to the opening ceremony of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, November 17. Just days before US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrive [...]

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Obama meets Chinese Premier after week of wrangles 

November 19, 2011
Obama meets Chinese Premier after week of wrangles 

US President Barack Obama (R) listens as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during their meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia summits in Nusa Dua, on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, on November 19. US President Barack Obama held previously unannounced talks with China’s Premier Wen Jiabao [...]

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Vietnam, China agree to solve sea issue with peaceful talks 

November 15, 2011
Vietnam, China agree to solve sea issue with peaceful talks 

President Truong Tan Sang (L) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov 12, 2011. Vietnamese and Chinese leaders agreed at a meeting on Saturday that the East Sea territorial disputes will be solved through peaceful talks. Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao met in Honolulu, Hawaii, [...]

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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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Obama seeks to hitch US economy to Asian growth 

November 12, 2011
Obama seeks to hitch US economy to Asian growth 

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the National Women’s Law Center’s Annual Awards dinner in Washington November 9, 2011. With Europe mired in crisis, President Barack Obama is launching a charm offensive this week to hitch the US economy to opportunities in Asia he hopes can help power the recovery he needs for re-election. Obama, [...]

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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...