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Vietnam risks economic stability if policy eased: IMF 

December 14, 2011
Vietnam risks economic stability if policy eased: IMF 

Vietnam's inflation is expected to slow to about 9 percent in 2012 and is under control, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told the Consultative Group. Vietnam may undermine progress toward economic stability if it loosens monetary policy now, the International Monetary Fund and World Bank said as the nation struggles with the fastest inflation in [...]

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Vietnam, China agree on ground rules to resolve sea issues 

October 14, 2011
Vietnam, China agree on ground rules to resolve sea issues 

Vietnam Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao in Beijing Tuesday. Vietnam and China Tuesday signed an agreement setting out a basic legal framework for negotiating and solving sea disputes between the two countries, Vietnam News Agency reported. The two countries also signed cooperation agreements in five other areas [...]

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Vietnam urged to pick up slack in economic reforms 

September 11, 2011
Vietnam urged to pick up slack in economic reforms 

  Nation slips several notches on world competitiveness index Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, or Vietcombank, employees count dong bank notes in Hanoi. Experts have advised the government to continue reforming the banking sector. International development partners including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have urged the government to remain [...]

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Vietnam upgrades navy to protect sovereignty: deputy minister 

August 13, 2011
Vietnam upgrades navy to protect sovereignty: deputy minister 

Vietnam People's Navy Commander Nguyen Van Hien. The Vietnamese navy is upgrading its capacity with more advanced equipment and devices with peaceful intentions in protecting the country’s sovereignty, Commander Nguyen Van Hien, also deputy minister of the Ministry of Defense, told Thanh Nien.    How do you assess the Vietnam People’s Navy’s current determination and [...]

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China's Hu says Party survival rests on growth, stability 

July 4, 2011
China's Hu says Party survival rests on growth, stability 

A visitor passes in front of a communist party campaign poster in Beijing amid celebrations for the Chinese Communist Party's 90th anniversary. China’s ruling Communist Party must ensure economic growth and stability, President Hu Jintao said on Friday, using the party’s 90th anniversary as a show of unity ahead of a leadership succession. "Development is [...]

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Vietnam, US in joint peace call in South China Sea 

June 22, 2011
Vietnam, US in joint peace call in South China Sea 

  Vietnam and the United States have jointly called for freedom of navigation and rejected the use of force in the East Sea, amid simmering tensions between Beijing and its neighbors. After talks in Washington, the two countries said that "the maintenance of peace, stability, safety and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea [...]

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Vietnam welcomes int'l moves for East Sea peace 

June 18, 2011
Vietnam welcomes int'l moves for East Sea peace 

Vietnamese fishing ships in the central province of Quang Ngai. Vietnam said maintaining peace in the East Sea is in the common interest of nations both inside and outside the region Vietnam welcomes international efforts to maintain peace and stability in the East Sea, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga said last week “Maintaining peace, [...]

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Vietnam’s donors to meet in June, discuss economic stability 

May 16, 2011
Vietnam’s donors to meet in June, discuss economic stability 

The central province of Ha Tinh will host the mid-year Consultative Group meeting in June The Consultative Group (CG) for Vietnam will hold its mid-year meeting on June 9 in the north central province of Ha Tinh to discuss the country’s marcoeconomic stability, the World Bank said. The group includes bilateral and multilateral donors to [...]

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Vietnam to raise minimum wage amid inflation concerns 

April 9, 2011
Vietnam to raise minimum wage amid inflation concerns 

A vendor carries pineapples on a bicycle in downtown Hanoi. Consumer prices rose 13.89 percent in March from a year earlier and are expected to continue increasing in the next few months. Vietnam will increase the minimum wage by 14 percent next month, raising concern that higher labor costs may fan inflation that is already [...]

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Vietnam has distinct ties with China, US: deputy defense minister 

December 11, 2010
Vietnam has distinct ties with China, US: deputy defense minister 

Vietnam's Deputy Defense Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh Vietnam welcomes the presence of all countries in the Asia-Pacific region on the basis of mutual benefit, compliance with international law and respect for each other’s independence and sovereignty, a defense official said Tuesday. Talking to Thanh Nien about relations between Vietnam, the United States and China, Deputy Defense [...]

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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...