December 9, 2011
Canal carrying water from one of the ancient wells to farms in Gio Linh District Quang Tri Province’s best known tourist attractions are DMZ tours, Cam Lo Market, and relics of an uprising led by a man who was crowned as King Ham Nghi in 1885, becoming the eighth emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty. But [...]
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September 23, 2011
Spurned in two previous attempts, I used some cheap psychology to conquer a unique mountain After reaching the top of Da Bia Mountain, some lie down exhausted while others try to decipher the words on rocks believed to be etched by King Le Thanh Tong in 1471 For local residents, it has always been [...]
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December 11, 2010
The Hanoi-based Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank) on Thursday raised deposit interest rates to 18 percent early Wednesday before reduced them to 13.5 to 14 percent. Interest rates in Vietnam have soared over the past few weeks after the central bank signaled tighter monetary policies to curb inflation and stabilize the foreign exchange [...]
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February 3, 2010
VietNamNet Bridge – 287 merger and acquisition (M&A) affairs were wrapped up in 2009 with a value of $1.09 billion. Avalue Vietnam believes that 2010 will witness a sharp increase in the number of M&A cases with a stable increase in the value of the deals. Here are the 10 most outstanding M&A affairs of 2009 [...]
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December 20, 2009
Hanoi will expand the supply of clean water to all its downtown area residents as well as a few outlying districts next year, but they would have to accept higher prices. LookAtVietnam – Hanoi will expand the supply of clean water to all its downtown area residents as well as a few outlying districts next [...]
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December 2, 2009
A high dropout rate continues to trouble Mekong Delta educators with each province suffering several thousands of young people giving up their education. VietNamNet Bridge – A high dropout rate continues to trouble Mekong Delta educators with each province suffering several thousands of young people simply giving up their education. In early 2009-2010 school year, Tien [...]
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September 27, 2009
Dr. Le Anh Sac.LookAtVietnam – Hanoi recently adopted a plan to multiply the number of PhD’s in the higher ranks of the city administration, and has set ambitious goals to recruit, train and retain ‘talent.’ Hanoi aims to have more officials with Ph.D degrees Dr. Le Anh Sac insists that if Hanoi wants officials able to suggest [...]
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September 18, 2009
LookAtVietnam – While customs agencies in all localities impose the import tariff of five percent on certain animal feed imports, the Ba Ria-Vung Tau customs agency imposes 10 percent. Circular No 129 dated December 26, 2008 of the Ministry of Finance stipulates that animal and poultry feed, both processed and unprocessed, such as bran, oil [...]
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August 23, 2009
The kitchen of Tran Thi Dom’s home in Dong Thap Province’s Long Khanh Commune has disappeared into the river.LookAtVietnam – Residents of two islands in the upper Tien River are losing their homes and farms as the seasonally swollen waters erode the banks and wash their land away. It’s been happening for years to Long [...]
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August 21, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Outstanding loans denominated in foreign currencies, mostly in dollars, have been increasing again, but borrowers are cautious. Bankers doubt that the increase will be sustainable. Statistics released by the State Bank of Vietnam showed that account balances at commercial banks in July 2009 increased by 2.75 percent over the previous month and by [...]
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