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President praises overseas Vietnamese’ contributions to homeland

February 7, 2010
President praises overseas Vietnamese’ contributions to homeland

President Nguyen Minh Triet has highlighted Vietnam’s important achievements in 2009, attributing them to the efforts by all Vietnamese people, including overseas Vietnamese. LookAtVietnam – President Nguyen Minh Triet has highlighted Vietnam’s important achievements in 2009, attributing them to the strong resolve and constant efforts by all Vietnamese people, including those residing overseas.At a Tet [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 6/2

February 6, 2010
POLITICS IN BRIEF 6/2

Ambassadors urged to boost Vietnam’s profile; Mexican State seeks stronger ties with Vietnam; PM receives Lao education minister; Former leaders contribute to draft political report; AIPA gets new Philippine Secretary General Ambassadors urged to boost Vietnam’s profile  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked newly accredited Vietnamese ambassadors to mobilise foreign aid for national development, [...]

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Global recovery still a fragile process: World Bank

January 31, 2010
Global recovery still a fragile process: World Bank

Workers at an apparel factory in Ho Chi Minh City. The global economic recovery currently underway will slow down later this year and the process remains fragile, the World Bank has cautioned. In its “Global Economic Prospects 2010” report released Wednesday, the bank says the slowdown will happen on the back of the waning impact [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 24/1

January 25, 2010
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 24/1

Retail market targets 20% growth for 2010; Coffee prices sink on low demand; Metro Cash&Carry to open 12th center in Vietnam; Farmers to get market data; Ministry project to stabilise rice prices VN food firm forms joint venture for rice export in Cambodia  The Southern Food Corporation (SFC) has established a joint stock company with two [...]

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Recovery remains a bumpy road

January 23, 2010
Recovery remains a bumpy road

The Vietnamese economy is heading to a higher growth in 2010, but a lot of challenges are waiting ahead. As public investments keep on expanding, efficiency continues to raise questionsAs public investments keep on expanding, efficiency continues to raise questions Since Vietnam’s economic growth bottomed out at 3.1 per cent in the first quarter of [...]

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Shoemakers shoot themselves in the foot

December 29, 2009
Shoemakers shoot themselves in the foot

Vietnamese footwear exporters may have harmed themselves by not cooperating with EU inspectors, Alain Cany, chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, tells Thanh Nien Weekly. With a majority of the European Union’s member states approving a proposal by the European Commission to extend antidumping duties on footwear imported from Vietnam and China [...]

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White paper makes military spending public for first time

December 13, 2009
White paper makes military spending public for first time

A Vietnamese Navy exercise on the warship HQ 53. A newly released white paper details Vietnam’s military budget for first time as the country continues to modernize its military. Vietnam is determined to maintain its territorial sovereignty and jurisdiction under international law, as well as to build friendship, solidarity and mutual understanding with neighboring countries, [...]

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Development aid increases

December 4, 2009
Development aid increases

Viet Nam, on the brink of becoming a middle-income country and facing new development challenges, is getting better assistance from donors and development partners . . . Vietnamese Government officials, led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, talk with development partners at the Consultative Group meeting on how to stimulate rapid and sustainable economic growth [...]

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Turning negatives into positives

October 31, 2009
Turning negatives into positives

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam has fortified its economy in 2009 through effective economic stimulus measures and is looking at some ambitious socio-economic targets for 2010. Many enterprises have prospered during the global economic downturn, while many regional competitors have struggledMany enterprises have prospered during the global economic downturn, while many regional competitors have struggled This year [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 31/10

October 31, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 31/10

Tay Ninh Province to get first industrial ‘ecology’ zone; Citigroup to help PetroVietnam seek $550 mln loan for plant; Foreign arrivals to Vietnam drop by 25 percent in October  Investors look at an artist’s impression of the Bourbon An Hoa Industrial Garden project in the ground breaking ceremony Bourbon Tay Ninh Joint Stock Company broke ground [...]

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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...