January 14, 2012
A disassembled Olympus camera and its parts are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Tokyo November 24, 2011. Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan’s Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG’s thinking [...]
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January 9, 2012
M Nguyen Tan Dung (R) receives Minister of State for the Indian Ministry of External Affairs E. Ahamed. Vietnam occupies a strategic position in India’s “Look East” policy, Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed has told Vietweek in an exclusive interview. India deeply valued Vietnam’s support for the ASEAN region’s closer engagement [...]
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November 19, 2011
The Vietnamese government said it has allowed national carrier Vietnam Airlines to equitize, but said the state will retain more than half of shares in the firm. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh told the Transport Ministry in a directive signed on Tuesday to draft a detailed plan for the airline’s equitization for government [...]
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November 13, 2011
President Truong Tan Sang (L) meets with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Hawaii on Nov. 10, 2011. Vietnam always attaches importance to relations with the United States as a leading strategic partner, President Truong Tan Sang said Thursday during his meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Honolulu, Hawaii. Sang is in Honolulu [...]
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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 14, 2011
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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September 20, 2011
US Ambassador to Vietnam David Shear New US Ambassador to Vietnam David Bruce Shear Friday said improving the strategic partnership and bilatereal trade between the two countries will be his priority during his three-year term. During his first press conference, Ambassador Shear said the task would include increasing America’s export to Vietnam through the US’ export initiative and [...]
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March 18, 2011
Boats in Ha Long Bay, a famous tourist spot in Vietnam Travellers could soon be able surf in Bali, shop in Singapore and eat spicy street food in Thailand before crossing into Cambodia and cruising the Mekong in Vietnam – all on a single tourist visa. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is working [...]
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January 10, 2011
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. The government’s key priorities this year are to stabilize the macro-economy, curb inflation, restructure the economy, and improve social welfare to maintain sustainable growth, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said. “Rising inflation, increasing bank interest rates, and the fluctuating exchange rates have created pressure in stabilizing macro-economy, and difficulties in [...]
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February 1, 2010
Overall merger and acquisition values and volumes appear to have returned to a growth path in 2009’s fourth quarter giving grounds for optimism for 2010, writes an advisory partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Vietnam. Major Vietnamese conglomerates are growingly removing smaller rivals through M&A deals.LookAtVietnam – A slow start, but a strong finish to the year. Overall [...]
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TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus
A disassembled Olympus camera and its parts are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Tokyo November 24, 2011. Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan’s Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG’s thinking [...]
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