Posts Tagged ‘ Southeast Asian ’

Six SEA Games stars to be recommended for Labor Award 

December 16, 2011
Six SEA Games stars to be recommended for Labor Award 

Gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh will be nominated for the Labor Award, third class, for some glorious performances at last month’s SEA Games in Indonesia Six athletes will be nominated for the Labor Award, third class, for their outstanding performances at the Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia last month, a sports official has said. Lam [...]

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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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Thai floods may shift Japan investment to Indonesia, Vietnam 

November 19, 2011
Thai floods may shift Japan investment to Indonesia, Vietnam 

An undated file photo taken at the Toyota Vietnam plant. Toyota President Akio Toyoda said last week the company isn’t considering reducing investment in Thailand. Japanese companies, Thailand’s biggest foreign investors, may spend more to build factories in neighbors including Indonesia and Vietnam after the worst flooding in 70 years disrupted global production. “Executives recognize [...]

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Vietnam, Philippines to boost East Sea cooperation 

November 1, 2011
Vietnam, Philippines to boost East Sea cooperation 

Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (L) and Philippine President Benigno Aquino agreed to boost maritime cooperation in the East Sea. Vietnam and the Philippines have agreed to boost maritime cooperation for the purposes of maintaining peace, security and free navigation of the East Sea. During his three-day state visit to the Philippines beginning Wednesday (October [...]

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Vietnam, Germany sign pact on strengthening EU ties 

September 17, 2011

  Vietnam and Germany have signed a cooperation and partnership agreement that will tighten ties between the Europe Union and Vietnam, the German Embassy said in a statement. The agreement was signed under the auspices of the EU’s General Affairs Council’s meeting on Monday in Brussels. Werner Hoyer, the Minister of State at the German Foreign [...]

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SE Asian navies seek closer ties amid sea spat 

July 30, 2011
SE Asian navies seek closer ties amid sea spat 

Vietnam's Vice Minister of Defense and Navy Commander in Chief Vice Admiral Nguyen Van Hien (L) speaks with media along the sides of the 5th ASEAN Navy Chiefs meeting in Hanoi on July 27 Southeast Asian naval chiefs pledged closer cooperation on Wednesday as they held their first formal talks amid regional concern over China’s [...]

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Southeast Asian documentary film producers to meet in Hanoi 

June 11, 2011
Southeast Asian documentary film producers to meet in Hanoi 

  A two-day conference on Southeast Asian documentary films will kick off at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi, on June 11. Vietnam’s Nguyen Trinh Thi, Sakti Parentean from Indonesia, Nico Mesterharm from Cambodia, Jag Garcia from the Philippines and other leading documentary film producers from the region will join the event. They will discuss the development of the [...]

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Vietnam hails Laos for suspending Xayaburi dam  

May 11, 2011
Vietnam hails Laos for suspending Xayaburi dam  

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L) and Lao PM Thoongsing Thammavong Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Saturday praised the Lao government for its decision to suspend the Xayaburi Dam project on the Mekong River. During his meeting with Lao PM Thoongsing Thammavong on the sidelines of the 18th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Dung [...]

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Vietnamese runners target Olympics qualification 

April 9, 2011
Vietnamese runners target Olympics qualification 

Truong Thanh Hang (L) and Vu Thi Huong are training hard to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London. Sprint queen Vu Thi Huong and middle distance runner (800m, 1,500m) Truong Thanh Hang are training hard to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London. Local experts say the athletes should concentrate on the Olympics rather [...]

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Asian youth ship departs Vietnam 

December 16, 2010
Asian youth ship departs Vietnam 

Southeast Asian youth bid farewell to their host families in Ho Chi Minh City from the deck of the Fuji Maru on December 8. Kimi Ueda cried when she said goodbye to a Vietnamese family in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday although she had only stayed with them for three days. “Even though we [...]

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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...