January 9, 2012
 Street vendors ply their goods in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The Asian Development Bank has lowered Vietnam’s economic growth forecast in 2012 to 6.3 percent from 6.5 percent forecast last September. With the world economy remaining mired in difficulty, the Asian Development Bank forecasts a difficult year ahead for Vietnam. However, it [...]
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September 24, 2011
Workers clean the Keangnam residence tower in Hanoi September 20, 2011. Like many hoping for easy cash in Vietnam’s property market, Nguyen Thu Huong borrowed VND500 million ($24,000) from a bank in April to buy a new flat she didn’t need and planned to flip. The only question, she thought, was how big the [...]
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July 30, 2011
Farmers harvest dragon fruit for export in the central province of Binh Thuan. The US decided to import more varieties of Vietnamese fruit, creating further opportunities for the nation’s fruit industry. The market often pays high prices for imported fruit, but maintains strict quality standards. At the moment, it requires imported fruit to meet VietGap [...]
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June 1, 2011
Women work at a plastic factory, which makes plastic parts for electronic production, in Que Vo District, outside Hanoi. Constrexim’s main products are interior furnishings like wardrobes, chairs and tables, but the company no longer finds it worthwhile to make them. It has shifted to making semi-finished products, mainly wooden planks, that are sold to [...]
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March 14, 2011
An "SOS" signal is written on the sports field of a high school after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan March 13, 2011 A hydrogen explosion rocked the earthquake-stricken nuclear plant in Japan where authorities have been working desperately to avert a meltdown, compounding a [...]
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March 11, 2011
Natural gas storage tanks burn at a facility in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, Japan March 11, 2011 The biggest earthquake on record to hit Japan struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-meter tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, ships, cars and farm buildings. The Red Cross in Geneva said [...]
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February 18, 2011
A Vietnamese professor argues that it’s high time Vietnam gets serious about the preservation of its cultural relics A procession during the Giong Festival in Phu Dong Village in Hanoi. The festival was recognized as a World Heritage last year. Vietnam now boasts 13 sites recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural [...]
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February 3, 2011
A satellite image obtained from the US Naval Research Laboratory shows Cyclone Yasi approaching the coast of Australia on February 2, 2011. Australians voiced relief and surprise after one of the world’s most powerful cyclones spared the nation’s northeast coast from expected devastation on Thursday, with no reported deaths despite winds tearing off roofs and [...]
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February 1, 2010
Nearly 40 old bicycles, some worth several thousand dollars, grouped up by West Lake on a Sunday morning. In the noisy are of car and motorbike horns, bicycle bells sometimes stroke ding-dong.. Tran Nhu Tho (black glasses) and his unique Aviac. On the occasion of the New Year, members of the Hanoi Old Bicycle association [...]
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January 15, 2010
VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the economic downturn 2009 turned out to be a satisfactory year for securities companies. Kim Long Securities Company (KLS), which now has shares listed on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, was the first company announcing business results for 2009. KLS’ turnover was 434.8 billion dong meaning a post tax profit of 352 [...]
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