November 15, 2011
 Several economists are saying the government should not commit itself to any gross domestic product target, adding economic growth cannot be a forced process. Vietnam should just follow other countries and release regular economic forecasts instead, they suggest. Vu Quang Viet, who has worked with the United Nations Statistical Division, said GDP growth [...]
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May 4, 2011
EU environment commissioner Janez Potocnik gives a press conference on an EU biodiversity strategy up to 2020 at EU headquarters in Brussels. Europe set new targets Tuesday to halt a mainly man-made loss of species costing billions each year as campaigners called for tougher environmental demands on farmers. “It’s our natural capital that we are [...]
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March 20, 2011
French Mirages 2000 jet fighter of the French armys prepare to land on March 19, 2011 at the aerial military base of Solenzara in Corsica The US, Britain and France pounded Libya with Tomahawk missiles and air strikes into the early hours of Sunday, sparking fury from Moamer Kadhafi who said the Mediterranean was now [...]
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November 14, 2010
 Nong, a government employee pictured with the children of Kengkup village, Sepone District, Savhanakhet Province. Nong said four children were recently killed in the village while out playing with an unexploded sub-munitions dropped by American planes during the “secret” bombing campaign over Laos. The first use of cluster munitions reportedly occurred when a World [...]
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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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January 25, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Commercial banks, which have been warned about difficulties in 2010, do not want to set overly high profit targets for 2010. The Government has sent a clear message that the credit growth rate in 2010 must not exceed 25 percent – a rate that is much lower than the 38-39 percent in 2009. [...]
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January 17, 2010
Municipal planners in the capital set ambitious export targets for Hanoi to major markets: the US, Japan, China, the EU, Africa and West Asia in an attempt to boost export turnover in 2010. Ha Noi saw a decrease in imports and exports in 2009 compared with 2008. LookAtVietnam – Municipal planners in the capital set [...]
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December 12, 2009
Ho Chi Minh City strives to reach its gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of at least ten percent in 2010. This is one of the twenty-two socio-economic targets for next year’s plan as agreed at the 17 th session of the VIIth municipal People’s Council from December 8-11. HCM City also targets an export [...]
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December 11, 2009
Many members of the HCMC People’s Council raised suspicion over targets to contain environment pollution as presented by the municipal government, . . . “The city government reported very round figures, but there remains a fact that over 30 rivers and canals around the city were heavily polluted”.The city in a report said it has [...]
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December 7, 2009
LookAtVietnam – HCM City was set to achieve a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of between 7.5 and 8 per cent by the end of the year. The HCM City-Trung Luong Highway project will open to traffic by the end of this year. The city expects to achieve 8 per cent growth by year’s [...]
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