December 17, 2009
LookAtVietnam – High income earners will attend Christmas parties at five star hotels. Meanwhile, the rest of the populace say they have nowhere to go, since Hanoi lacks entertainment complexes. On Hanoi’s streeetsWhere popular people go?One week before Christmas, Hanoians ask each other about where they should go on Christmas Eve December 24. The top [...]
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October 17, 2009
Vietnamese students play football in a physical exercise lesson at the Canadian International School in Ho Chi Minh City. An international school in Ho Chi Minh City ensures its local students learn the Vietnamese language. Fifth grader Ngo Duc Minh, born and raised in Vietnam, said he preferred English to Vietnamese, simply because he was [...]
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October 16, 2009
The Housing and Urban Development Corporation has been praised by President Nguyen Minh Triet for helping the Government deal with the shortage in accommodations “HUD is very dynamic and creative in finding new methods for urban development, which has suitably advanced the country’s conditions and met the majority of the people’s housing demand”.“The company has [...]
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October 11, 2009
Thousands of couples pray for the souls of their aborted fetuses. A young woman at Tu Du maternity hospital’s family planning department in Ho Chi Minh CityHeads bowed, the young couple intoned their prayers at a pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City.She burst into tears and soon after, he was crying as well.They were crying [...]
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October 10, 2009
A young woman at Tu Du maternity hospitalâs family planning department in Ho Chi Minh City Thousands of couples pray for the souls of their aborted fetuses. Heads bowed, the young couple intoned their prayers at a pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City.She burst into tears and soon after, he was crying as well.They were [...]
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October 2, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese businesses have more confidence in improved business prospects in the coming months than their peers in many other countries, A majority of respondents in the country (65 per cent) – the highest proportion from the countries surveyed – expect their trade volumes to increase in the next three months, according to the [...]
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September 14, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Approximately 90 per cent of the country’s 2,790 craft villages have violated environmental protection regulations, A brick kiln in District 9’s Long Binh ward in HCM City belches out smoke.“Common among most of these craft villages were contributions to water, air and land pollution,” said head of the department Colonel Nguyen Van Ly [...]
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August 12, 2009
VDB urged to up efficiency, effectiveness of lending; Bank capital adequacy rules tighten; Anti-dumping seminar starts in Ho Chi Minh City The Vietnam Development Bank (VDB) must more completely fulfil its role as an efficient financial and credit organ of the government in implementing the state’s fiscal policies. At a working session with VDB leaders [...]
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July 17, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Business confidence in Viet Nam’s SME sector has climbed since the fourth quarter of 2008, a recent survey found. The survey, which included the Middle East and Latin America for the first time, found that as in Asia, the more domestic-oriented economies showed more optimism than those more dependent on exports.According to the [...]
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June 14, 2009
Vietnam’s economic dynamism over the past two decades has given rise to a swift increase in energy demand. According to WB, power demand is expected to rise by approximately 16% annually from 2008 to 2010. The government is aware it must plug into power generation solutions.LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s economic dynamism over the past two decades [...]
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