January 7, 2012
 Tran Tuy’s Khuc dong ca (a children’s song) (Under), which was eerily reminiscent of photographer Duy Anh’s Tiep buoc cha ong (Follow in the ancestor’s footsteps) (Above). Since the list of award-winning works were announced in June, a provincial literature and arts contest in central Vietnam has received several petitions of denouncement regarding a [...]
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January 3, 2012
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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December 30, 2011
Cao Hong Son, a disabled athelete, has been fined US$950 for making a bomb threat at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat Airport. AÂ man was fined Thursday VND20 million (US$950) for making a bomb threat when he was taking a flight to a sporting event for athletes with physical disabilities in Indonesia. Cao [...]
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December 2, 2011
BIDV's shares will be listed on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange next year. Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, the country’s third-largest lender, plans to sell a 3 percent stake in an initial public offering this month as the government revives state asset sales amid slumping stock prices. BIDV will hold the IPO, [...]
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October 29, 2011
A staff worker at a Masan Mart shop, which is owned by Masan Group. Masan Group Corp., the food, banking and natural-resources company that’s the biggest stock in the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, said it’s considering listing shares abroad. Masan may sell shares by issuing new stock, depositary receipts, convertible bonds or securities [...]
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October 25, 2011
Vietnam’s State Securities Commission is working on a plan to merge the nation’s two stock exchanges, according to Tran Dac Sinh, chief executive officer of the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, the main bourse. The Southeast Asian nation should follow regional neighbors and have only one stock exchange, Sinh said in a telephone [...]
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September 20, 2011
A pair of female (L) and male (R) Ho chicken Vietnam ’s famous Dong Ho paintings from the northern province of Bac Ninh often depict a kind of chicken considered a cultural and spiritual symbol of the area. Â But raising the chicken is a painstaking job, said local people in Lac Tho, the village [...]
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September 16, 2011
Ho Chi Minh City Securities Corp., Vietnam’s second-biggest brokerage by market share, expects its advisory business to grow as much as two-thirds as overseas and local companies tap into the nation’s rising consumer spending. The securities firm, also known as HSC, typically has 30 to 35 advisory deals ongoing per year, Chief Executive Officer [...]
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September 5, 2011
Vietnamese artists are refusing to accept government awards and fighting amongst each other over nominations Late author Son Nam was nominated for this year National Award but his family has withdrawn his name following a lot of controversy concerning the awards. The family of late writer Son Nam just withdrew his name from the [...]
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September 3, 2011
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (C) and President Nguyen Tan Sang (R) lead a delegation of high-ranking officials to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi Thursday. Top party and government leaders Thursday paid tributes at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi on the occasion of the National Day (September 2), Vietnam News [...]
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