Posts Tagged ‘ seafood ’

The other fish in the sea 

November 29, 2011
The other fish in the sea 

  Quan Bui restaurant at 8 Nguyen Van Nguyen Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City serves fish dishes. Pescetarian can easily find tasty dishes in town. “Vegetarian – that’s an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.” This line from Andy Rooney is on the wall of one of my favorite Ho Chi Minh City [...]

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Input cost rise makes export growth unprofitable 

October 30, 2011
Input cost rise makes export growth unprofitable 

Foreign visitors examine Vietnamese wood products at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City. The demand for garments and woodwork is expected to fall as the global recession continues. Exports are growing and their prices are rising, but a faster rise in input costs is canceling export profits. Exporters worry that the development is expected [...]

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Asian flavors during September at Mövenpick Hotel Saigon 

September 3, 2011
Asian flavors during September at Mövenpick Hotel Saigon 

Mövenpick Hotel Saigon has authentic Thai food promotion during September During September, Mövenpick Hotel Saigon has a promotion especially for Asian cuisine lovers. There is a clam hotpot promotion, Chinese dim sum, Hong Kong noodle and Thai food promotion at various food and beverage outlets of the hotel. Throughout the month, Iki Japanese Restaurant is [...]

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A taste of Italy 

August 13, 2011
A taste of Italy 

  Where to find authentic Italian dishes in Ho Chi Minh City Fresh pasta can be combined with many sauces or fillings such as tomatoes, mushrooms, vegetables, pork meat, beef and seafood In many countries in Western Europe, pasta is served as a main dish, starter, soup or even dessert in daily meals. The high [...]

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Farmers lodge complaints, demand compensation from polluting firm 

August 9, 2011
Farmers lodge complaints, demand compensation from polluting firm 

Farmers in Tan An Commune submit complaints about the Sonadezi Corporation at the commune People's Committee office. Eleven households in the southern province of Dong Nai lodged complaints on Monday against the state-owned Sonadezi Corporation for damaging their seafood farms by discharging sewage into a local river. The farmers in Tam An Commune, Long Thanh [...]

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Vietnam exports to face more trade barriers 

August 8, 2011
Vietnam exports to face more trade barriers 

  Local exporters will have to cope with more non-tax trade barriers while other countries try to limit imports and protect production as the global economic recession continues. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Le Danh Vinh said trade remedies would be diverse and nuanced as importers impose more barriers relating to quality standards, export [...]

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Seafood firms mired in crises 

July 10, 2011
Seafood firms mired in crises 

  Industry stakeholders grapple with falling production, higher costs and low prices Farmers harvest tra fish in the Mekong Delta. A shortage of the fish is expected to recur next month. As many as 147 firms have stopped seafood processing and export to pursue other kinds of business since the beginning of this year, pushed [...]

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Mexican Fiesta, other treats in store at Sheraton Saigon 

May 2, 2011
Mexican Fiesta, other treats in store at Sheraton Saigon 

Saigon Café at Sheraton Saigon Hotels and Towers offers a Mexican Fiesta every Thursday. This May, the Sheraton Saigon Hotels and Towers in Ho Chi Minh City will offer a Labor Day brunch and dinner, a special Mother’s Day feast and a weekly Mexican Fiesta. Every Thursday night, the hotel’s Saigon Café will host a [...]

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Courting Hoi An 

April 24, 2011
Courting Hoi An 

  Carl Andreason, 38, of Sweden and his wife, Nguyen Thi Hoa (of Hoi An) married in 1999 and now run a pair of seafood restaurants in the ancient town’s Minh An Ward Hoi An changed a bit after UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site in 1999. Big new houses went up next to [...]

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Vietnam asked to screen seafood shipments amid radiation concerns 

April 16, 2011
Vietnam asked to screen seafood shipments amid radiation concerns 

A seafood processing factory in Vietnam France and Italy have required seafood imported from Vietnam to be checked for radiation before it leaves the country, an industry group said Friday. To Tue Lang, chairwoman of the Seafood Exporters Association in the central province of Binh Thuan, said the requirement came as concerns rose over the [...]

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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...