January 9, 2012
EVN targets a total electricity generation of 118.5 billion kilowatt-hours in 2012 State-owned utility Electricity of Vietnam has reported an estimated loss of VND3.5 trillion in 2011 (US$166.4 million), lower than its original projection of VND11 trillion. The group, also known as EVN, has taken measures to cut operating costs to reduce losses, news website VnExpress [...]
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January 2, 2012
A Vietnamese speech translation system and an iPhone navigation app based on voice recognition are among the applications recently introduced by a Ho Chi Minh City-based university.  The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AILab) at the University of Science, said based on its research on spoken language that earned the third prize in the 2009 Viet Talents contest, [...]
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December 19, 2011
Vietnam’s shipbuilding giant Vinashin is weighing penalties for those responsible for its losses, the Prime Minister said, answering questions at a recent National Assembly session over the giant’s debts. Nguyen Tan Dung said the state-owned group has finished identifying people responsible for driving it to the edge of bankruptcy last year and is working [...]
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December 17, 2011
View of the entrance of the new headquarters of Google France before its official inauguration in Paris December 6, 2011. The most powerful group at Google Inc used to be known simply as “The OC,” short for operating committee. Now, it goes by a more telling name: “L Team,” short for Larry’s Team. The change [...]
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December 17, 2011
Australian students build a house for a poor man in Vinh Long Province in southern Vietnam early December It seems like an unusual way for Australian teenagers to spend money they earned from part-time jobs, but 13 of them recently used their savings to attend special tours in southern Vietnam where they built houses [...]
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December 14, 2011
Electricity of Vietnam's debt-to-equity ratio is not safe, according to the Ministry of Investment and Planning. Electricity of Vietnam has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.25, much higher than the average 1.98Â for the country’s state-owned enterprises, news web site VnExpress reported Saturday, citing the Ministry of Investment and Planning. The report said that the high ratio [...]
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November 18, 2011
An off-duty policeman in southern Vietnam was killed by one stab Thursday night after a chaotic argument at a local bar.  Sergeant major Cao Tien Tuan, 24, was stabbed when leaving Bar Nice Group in Dong Nai Province, which neighbors Ho Chi Minh City, Tuoi Tre quoted local police as saying.  According to [...]
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November 13, 2011
A journalist looks at the ‘Newslist’ on the Guardian website on November 10. A British newspaper has thrown open its office doors, let the readers stride in, and invited them to peer over reporters’ shoulders — digitally, at least. The website of the left-leaning Guardian daily is publishing its ‘newslist’ — a schedule of stories [...]
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November 12, 2011
A Dutch company has filed a lawsuit in a London court, against Vietnam state-owned shipping giant Vinashin, and 21 of its Vietnamese subsidiaries. According to a BBC report, the Commercial Court under the Court Queen’s Bench on November 1 received a lawsuit filed by Elliott VIN Netherlands BV, a source from the court confirmed [...]
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November 6, 2011
Vietnam took the lead after two minutes but had to settle for a 2-2 tie with Myanmar in their second Group F match of the 2012 AFC U19 qualifiers. Photo by VnExpress. Hosts Vietnam were held to a 2-2 draw by Myanmar in their second Group F match of the 2012 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) [...]
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