January 21, 2012
The Asia Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed a US$24.8 million support agreement to foster Vietnam’s "inclusive growth" and thus aid further poverty reduction in the country, the bank said in a press release. Through the support agreement, ADB will provide parallel financing to the Poverty Reduction Support Credit framework supported by a number of development [...]
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December 25, 2011
Part of the cover of the Vietnamese-Korean fairy tale collection, "The lazy Boy who Turns to a Cow," will be released in the middle of January 2012. A book release to introduce the second book in the collection “Vietnamese – Korean Fairy Tales” will take place at Hanoi’s National Library on December 28. The release [...]
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December 6, 2011
The first private airline licensed in Vietnam four years ago officially joined the market Friday, introducing itself as a low-cost carrier.  With its “Save more, fly more” slogan, VietJetAir aims to make air transport accessible to all Vietnamese and foreign tourists including low-income earners through affordable and flexible prices, the VietJet Aviation Joint Stock [...]
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November 23, 2011
Poster of Hanoi Dreams Exhibition in Toronto, Canada. Five well-established Hanoian artists will introduce their "Hanoi Dreams," a debut group exhibition, to Canadian art-lovers from Nov 22 to Dec 5. The exhibition marks the Canadian debut for all five emerging and established artists: Trinh Quoc Chien, Vu Huong Quynh, Nguyen Minh Thanh, Ngo Van Sac, [...]
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November 16, 2011
Vietnam set a schedule for data releases such as bad-debt ratios and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered the publication of a report on state-owned companies’ finances, following calls for more transparency. The State Bank of Vietnam will release banking industry data including the loan ratios and return on equity, as well as figures [...]
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November 5, 2011
Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (L) shakes hands with the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister of State Jeremy Browne on Oct 26, 2011. Vietnam and the UK found agreement on several regional and international issues that they discussed during their first strategic dialogue in London. A joint communiqué was issued following completion of [...]
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October 31, 2011
International contest slips down a sleazy slope with accusations of sexual harassment, bribery and other capers   Miss Guyana and Miss Wales (second and third from the left), together with Miss Costa Rica, were parts of the contest’s maelstrom when they posted a video complaining about the event on YouTube Vietnam’s Truong Tung Lan did [...]
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September 26, 2011
US hip-hop artist Busdriver “The Weirdo Heroes Tour”, a hip-hop performance by three of the brightest stars in the US will rock Hanoi for the first time on Oct 28.  According to a press release from the organizer, Hanoi-based C.A.M.A. collective, the event will feature acclaimed Los Angeles-based rhymer Busdriver, New York alt-rap superstar Louis Logic and [...]
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September 20, 2011
Land-locked neighbor reveals plans to start construction of controversial dam months before regional meeting decides on the issue A handout photo released by the US-based environmental group International Rivers shows construction on the Xayaburi dam’s access road and work-camps has gone ahead despite commitments by the government of Laos in April to temporarily suspend [...]
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August 23, 2011
Over a hundred teenagers from in and around Hanoi joined a US Embassy camp for communication skills and community service last week, the embassy said in a release on Tuesday. The youth camp, which is part of the English access microscholarship program, was held Friday to Sunday in Ninh Binh Province. The camp provided [...]
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