Posts Tagged ‘ Top 10 ’

Vietnam to receive record remittance flows 

December 12, 2011
Vietnam to receive record remittance flows 

Vietnam is in the top 10 list of developing countries with the largest overseas remittances Vietnam is set to receive a record US$9 billion in overseas remittances this year, up from more than $8 billion in 2010, a World Bank report says. The estimated figure places Vietnam at number eight in the top 10 list [...]

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Online music award kicks off its second season 

November 12, 2011
Online music award kicks off its second season 

Singer Van Mai Huong The “Zing Music Awards” kicked off its second season on November 7. The awards honor local singers and bands that are online listeners’ favorites, as measured by votes and downloads of top 10 albums, songs and video clips from November 7 until January on the website http://awards.zing.vn. Awards will be given [...]

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Vietnamese runners target Olympics qualification 

April 9, 2011
Vietnamese runners target Olympics qualification 

Truong Thanh Hang (L) and Vu Thi Huong are training hard to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London. Sprint queen Vu Thi Huong and middle distance runner (800m, 1,500m) Truong Thanh Hang are training hard to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London. Local experts say the athletes should concentrate on the Olympics rather [...]

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Binh Duong among Asia’s top 10 clubs

January 23, 2010
Binh Duong among Asia’s top 10 clubs

V-League club Binh Duong was ranked among Asia’s top 10 clubs by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS)’s ratings released on Tuesday. The Vietnamese club reached the top ten after advancing to the semifinals at the Asian Football Confederation Cup last year.Binh Duong striker Huynh Kesley Alves, with eight goals at the [...]

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Property, resources fill top stock portfolios

January 2, 2010
Property, resources fill top stock portfolios

Dang Thanh Tam, head of Saigon Investment Corp. (SGI), holds Vietnam’s largest stock investment portfolio in 2009. Real estate and natural resource investors hold Vietnam’s most valuable stock portfolios, with the country’s top investor worth over US$700 million. Dang Thanh Tam, head of Saigon Investment Corp. (SGI), topped the list, leaving the second position to [...]

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The 10 biggest FDI projects in 2009

December 31, 2009
The 10 biggest FDI projects in 2009

LookAtVietnam – The global economic recession has slowed foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI in Vietnam for 2009 is equal to 30 percent of that in 2008.  According to Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam, the 10 biggest FDI investment projects in terms of registered capital in 2009 include six real estate projects, two projects in accommodation [...]

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The 10 stock millionaires in 2009

December 17, 2009
The 10 stock millionaires in 2009

LookAtVietnam – Pham Nhat Vuong, with stock assets worth 9,099 billion dong, is now considered the richest stock millionaire in 2009. Pham Nhat VuongThe 41-year old businessman is now also the Chairman of Ukraine’s Technocom Group and Chairman of the Vietnamese Overseas Businessmen Association.Vuong was ranked the second in the 2008’s list of the top [...]

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TIME names Vietnamese scientist on list of top ten discoveries

December 12, 2009
TIME names Vietnamese scientist on list of top ten discoveries

A mathematical proof by a young Vietnamese mathematician has been honored by TIME Magazine as one of the 10 scientific discoveries of 2009. Ngo Bao Chau was chosen for proving the theory that connected two branches of mathematics, number theory and group theory.The theory, developed in 1979 by the Canadian-American mathematician Robert Langlands and thus [...]

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Overview of Vietnam’s economy revealed by VNR 500

November 30, 2009
Overview of Vietnam’s economy revealed by VNR 500

LookAtVietnam – Gold and petroleum companies have gained the upper hand, while securities companies have fallen grades, according to VNR 500. Gold companies appear in top 10, top 50 Gold, silver and gemstone companies have never before gained such an impressive improvement on the VNR 500.  These businesses nearly doubled in number and jumped in grades, [...]

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State-owned corporations make up most of VNR500’s top 10

November 25, 2009
State-owned corporations make up most of VNR500’s top 10

LookAtVietnam – Most of the Vietnamese top 10 businesses are state owned corporations. VietNamNet newspaper and Vietnam Report on November 25 announced the rankings of 500 Vietnamese biggest enterprises in 2009 VietNamNet newspaper and Vietnam Report this morning announced the rankings of 500 Vietnamese biggest enterprises in 2009 (VNR 500). Despite the big impact of 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...