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PM asks that national football matches be aired live nationwide 

January 16, 2012
PM asks that national football matches be aired live nationwide 

  Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked on Thursday that the telecast copyright issues be resolved so that all national football matches could be broadcast live nationwide. An urgent document by the Prime Minister said, “The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism should give directives to concerned agencies to solve obstacles to ensure that [...]

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Telecast dispute – VFF on the wrong foot 

January 15, 2012
Telecast dispute – VFF on the wrong foot 

  The Vietnam Football Federation has only itself to blame for the current controversy raging over TV telecast rights for Super League games. VFF early last year signed a 20-year contract with the telecommunications and media company called the An Vien Group for VND6 billion (US$285,000) per year. The contract has been rejected by the [...]

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Discount sales woo inflation-weary shoppers 

January 8, 2012
Discount sales woo inflation-weary shoppers 

A clothes shop offers discount of 50 percent in Hanoi. Vietnamese consumers like to purchase products on sale, a survey has found. All major retailers have been offering attractive discounts to encourage recession-wary shoppers to loosen their purse strings for the festive season, and the initial response has been positive. The discount sales began prior [...]

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Vietnam growth holds near 6 pct as higher rates counter exports 

January 3, 2012
Vietnam growth holds near 6 pct as higher rates counter exports 

A street vendor walks past a Chanel SA store inside the Rex Hotel in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. Vietnam’s growth held near 6 percent this quarter, reducing the pressure for further monetary tightening after higher interest rates limited the boost to the economy from exports and domestic consumption. [...]

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Six SEA Games stars to be recommended for Labor Award 

December 16, 2011
Six SEA Games stars to be recommended for Labor Award 

Gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh will be nominated for the Labor Award, third class, for some glorious performances at last month’s SEA Games in Indonesia Six athletes will be nominated for the Labor Award, third class, for their outstanding performances at the Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia last month, a sports official has said. Lam [...]

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Vietnam says no to sex toys 

October 11, 2011

  Vietnam will not allow the import of sex toys into the country, the General Department of Vietnam Customs has announced. In a document sent to the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department, the department said passengers who bring sex toys with them in their hand luggage will be ordered to hand them over to [...]

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Vietnam should consider merging its banks, ADB says 

September 16, 2011
Vietnam should consider merging its banks, ADB says 

  Vietnam should consider consolidating its banks and infusing more capital into lenders as part of structural reforms of the financial industry, the Asian Development Bank said Wednesday. “The number of banks is obviously too many, compared to the size of the economy,” Tomoyuki Kimura, Asian Development Bank’s country director for Vietnam, said in an [...]

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Factories poach northern craftsmen 

July 23, 2011
Factories poach northern craftsmen 

A man makes shoes in the handicraft village of Gie Ha. The village, with a tradition for leather shoe making that stretches back nearly 100 years, produces about 100,000 pairs of hand-made shoes a year.. Nguyen Thi Dung, a craftsperson from Hanoi’s Van Phuc Silk Village, recently applied for a job at a garment factory [...]

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Vietnam trade deficit going no way but up 

June 4, 2011
Vietnam trade deficit going no way but up 

Shoes and materials are laid on the ground of a factory in the handicraft shoe village of Gie Ha, south of Hanoi. Vietnam’s trade deficit has just kept ballooning over the years and economists don’t see it stopping any time soon, given the country’s heavy reliance on imported materials and machinery. The deficit widened to [...]

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Gov’t acknowledges ‘shortcomings’ in managing top shipbuilder 

March 25, 2011
Gov’t acknowledges ‘shortcomings’ in managing top shipbuilder 

Photo taken on May 6, 2009 shows a ship under repair at Vinashin’s Nam Trieu shipbuilding factory in the northern port city of Hai Phong Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and other leaders acknowledge “shortcomings” in managing the nation’s top shipbuilding company, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said. They had shortcomings and weaknesses but [...]

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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...