January 19, 2012
Luong Thanh Nghi, spokesman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vietnam welcomes efforts to contribute to improving the peace and development of the Asia Pacific region, VnExpress quoted foreign ministry’s spokesman as saying Friday. Luong Thanh Nghi made the statement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ press briefing on Thursday when asked about Vietnam’s view [...]
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January 9, 2012
People wearing refractive glasses, especially contact lenses, are always warned by doctors to stay away from fire and heat. Rumors about a Taiwanese man wearing contact lenses being hospitalized with eye trauma after eating hot pot – the steam apparently melted the lenses – has prompted Vietnamese doctors to warn about the poor awareness of [...]
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December 21, 2011
The CMA CGM Laperouse moored in Cai Mep Port on Monday has become the largest container ship to call on a Vietnamese port. The French carrier CMA CGM will add more ships similar in size to the Laperhouse on the Asia-Europe trade lane, starting in March. The ship has 13,830 20-foot equivalent units of capacity. The [...]
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November 15, 2011
President Truong Tan Sang (L) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov 12, 2011. Vietnamese and Chinese leaders agreed at a meeting on Saturday that the East Sea territorial disputes will be solved through peaceful talks. Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao met in Honolulu, Hawaii, [...]
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November 14, 2011
Front row (L-R), Australian Prime Minister Julie Gillard, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, US President Barack Obama, Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihiko Noda; second row from left Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak, Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak, Mexican Trade Minister Bruno Ferrari and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill on November 13, 2011 [...]
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November 12, 2011
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the National Women’s Law Center’s Annual Awards dinner in Washington November 9, 2011. With Europe mired in crisis, President Barack Obama is launching a charm offensive this week to hitch the US economy to opportunities in Asia he hopes can help power the recovery he needs for re-election. Obama, [...]
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October 26, 2011
While office markets across Asia awaken from the global economic crisis, prices in Vietnam continue to drop, real estate services company CB Richard Ellis said in a new report. “The market movement that has been seen in Vietnam is in contrast to that witnessed elsewhere in Asia,” said Nick Axford, Head of Research for [...]
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October 21, 2011
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. At some point this month, October 2011, a child will be born and the world’s population will have reached seven billion. There is a good chance that this childbirth will take place in the Asia-Pacific region; home to 61 percent of the world’s population. If the child is born in the [...]
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July 12, 2011
Tran Quoc Duy (L) and Huynh Thi Ngoc Han (Photo by VnExpress) Two Vietnamese students have been selected as ambassadors for the 2011 Asia Pacific Cities Summit in Australia, a biennial event that aims to generate international networks and promote business relationships throughout the region. Â Huynh Thi Ngoc Han and Tran Quoc Duy, both [...]
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June 22, 2011
Around 18 million Vietnamese have contracted hepatitis and one-fifth of them have developed complication due to improper treatment, said Pham Hoang Phiet, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Liver and Gall Association. These include patients of hepatitis B and C and the disease has spread at a speed 100 times faster than HIV, [...]
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