December 18, 2011
US soldiers wave at their comrades as they cross the border between Iraq and Kuwait. The last US forces left Iraq and entered Kuwait on Sunday, nearly nine years after launching a divisive war to oust Saddam Hussein, and just as the oil-rich country grapples with renewed political deadlock. The last of roughly 110 [...]
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April 3, 2011
Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) bows as he speaks to tsunami victim Ryoko Otsubo during his visit to an evacuees shelter in Rikuzentakata, after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami April 2, 2011 Japan’s prime minister made his first visit to the country’s tsunami-devastated region on Saturday and entered [...]
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January 28, 2010
The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday decided to keep a key interest rate unchanged at a record low of between zero to 0.25 percent to prop up the economy. SIGNS OF ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENTInformation received recently “suggested that economic activity has continued to strengthen and that the deterioration in the labor market is abating,” the Fed [...]
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December 28, 2009
Da Lat, which is famous for growing a variety of flowers, is an attractive destination for many foreign and domestic visitors. LookAtVietnam – Thirty flower businesses will showcase their blossoms in the streets of Da Lat in early January.Bui Van Sang, the owner of one of Da Lat’s most well-known tourist sites, the Valley of [...]
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August 13, 2009
The U.S. Federal Reserve decided to keep a key interest rate unchanged at between zero and 0.25 percent. A man walks in front of the U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington, June 24, 2009. The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that the U.S. economic activity is “leveling out,” and decided to keep a key interest [...]
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August 5, 2009
Following Agribank and Sacombank, the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has just purchased a private Cambodian bank and opened a representative office in the country. Other Vietnamese banks are also eyeing the market. The ceremony on announcing BIDV’s and Vietnam Airlines’ investment projects in CambodiaBy June 30, 2009, Cambodia had 25 commercial [...]
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July 9, 2009
Traders are pictured at their desks in front of the DAX board at the Frankfurt stock exchange July 6, 2009. The global economy is starting to pull out of its deepest recession since World War Two but recovery will be sluggish and policies need to remain supportive, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. In an [...]
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July 6, 2009
The Southern Bus Station in Hanoi. Fares are due to rise as a result of petrol price hikes.LookAtVietnam – Prices of commodities in supermarkets will remain unchanged in the next few weeks, while transport companies will adjust their charges in the wake of the petrol and oil price hike of VND500-700 per litre on July [...]
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June 29, 2009
Pedestrians cross an intersection in front of the National Australia Bank Ltd. headquarters in Sydney Australiaâs banks are thriving as their global peers struggle but stand accused of âgougingâ customers to keep themselves in the black, according to analysts. Treasurer Wayne Swan has cited the relative health of the banking sector as one of the [...]
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June 26, 2009
Vietnam is the world’s fastest-growing entertainment and media market from 2009 to 2013, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2009-2013. Ian Lydall, general director, PricewaterhouseCoopers Vietnam looks into the trend. VNPT is leading the charge to develop the local E&M sector. Over the next five years, digital technologies will become increasingly widespread across [...]
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