Posts Tagged ‘ The three ’

Bribing the Kitchen Gods 

January 16, 2012
Bribing the Kitchen Gods 

  A local woman is offering food, carps and clothing for the Kitchen Gods On the 23rd of the last lunar month every year, the large kitchen in Ms Ly Thi Phuong’s house in Hanoi’s Gia Lam District becomes extremely busy. The 56-year-old prepares for something important for most Vietnamese – a gala farewell party [...]

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Just the start: analyst expects more bank mergers 

December 19, 2011
Just the start: analyst expects more bank mergers 

Vietnam needs to implement the restructure of both small and large banks in a drastic manner, an economist says. The central bank has approved the merger of three small banks – Ficombank, Saigon Commercial Bank, and Vietnam Tin Nghia Bank – that are mired in liquidity problems. The restructure of banks will continue for the [...]

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Shareholders approve merger of three Vietnamese banks 

December 17, 2011
Shareholders approve merger of three Vietnamese banks 

Vietnam Tin Nghia, Ficombank and Saigon Commercial Bank will be merged into a new lender. Around 90 percent of shareholders at three local banks, Vietnam Tin Nghia, Ficombank and Saigon Commercial Bank, have voted in favor of the merger of the three. They also reached an agreement Thursday that the new bank formed by the merger [...]

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Customers accept bank merger plan without fuss: report 

December 14, 2011
Customers accept bank merger plan without fuss: report 

There was no panic rush on deposits after the merger of three Vietnamese banks was announced New deposits into the three banks that are going through a high-profile merger have risen over the last couple of days, an official  involved in the merger said. The merger is the first major step being taken as part of efforts to [...]

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Schoolgirls crash motorbike into police, five injured 

November 18, 2011
Schoolgirls crash motorbike into police, five injured 

The girls' motorbike and police at the accident scene Three schoolgirls on a motorbike crashed into a police patrol motorbike, seriously injuring themselves and two traffic police officers on a road in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on Thursday. Nguyen Thi My Linh, Le Thi Hong Phuong and Nguyen Huynh Kim Ngan, all [...]

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Peace in the pagoda 

September 3, 2011
Peace in the pagoda 

  A lesser-known religious site helps travelers forget their worries Chua Ha, the lowest temple at the Bich Dong Pagoda The northern province of Ninh Binh is known for its many tourist attractions: the limestone karst formations of the Tam Coc waterways, Cuc Phuong National Forest, and the Hoa Lu historic citadel. But often overlooked [...]

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Enchantment on the Ngo Dong River 

August 6, 2011
Enchantment on the Ngo Dong River 

  At one point, the Ngo Dong River flows between two impressive bluffs An astonishing 1,300 manned rowing boats are used to take tourists up the Ngo Dong River to Tam Coc and back. From the village of Van Lam in Ninh Binh Province, it’s a two-hour trip along the river to the three limestone [...]

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Italy provides $4.3 mln for Vietnamese business development 

July 24, 2011
Italy provides $4.3 mln for Vietnamese business development 

  Italy will sponsor a program worth US$4.3 million to develop Vietnam’s garment, leather shoes and decoration wood industries, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) said Friday. Businesses in the three fields will be supported with investments in design technologies, product promotion, marketing campaigns and cost management systems. The three-million-euro program will include the [...]

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Wild gaur found grazing with cows, believed to have produced crossbreeds 

July 19, 2011
Wild gaur found grazing with cows, believed to have produced crossbreeds 

  The male gaur (Bos gaurus) grazes with a cow near a village of the Raglay ethnic people in Ninh Thuan Province’s Phuoc Binh National Park. A large gaur grazing near a residential area alongside domestic cows in Ninh Thuan Province offers a unique opportunity for extensive research and better conservation of the endangered species, [...]

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Pilot project employs psychics in searching for MIAs 

July 12, 2011
Pilot project employs psychics in searching for MIAs 

Soldiers from the Kon Tum Province Military Unit collect the remains of a Vietnamese war martyr found during construction of a house in the eponymous town. The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has said in a statement that it will put a growing number of psychic corpse finders to the test. The [...]

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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...