Posts Tagged ‘ weekly ’

Competition necessary to develop the arts 

December 31, 2011
Competition necessary to develop the arts 

   The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra plays at a concert in Hanoi last February Graham Sutcliffe, who has been living in Vietnam for 20 years, is now conductor of the Vietnam National Opera Ballet. Previously, he was the conductor of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in Hanoi and also worked in Ho Chi Minh City. [...]

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Showing women in their place 

December 21, 2011
Showing women in their place 

  Textbooks and TV commercials in Vietnam reinforce gender stereotypes An image from an advertisement clip for a seasoning powder featuring a woman giving tips to another on cooking. Experts say TV commercials and textbooks are hindrances to achieving gender equality in Vietnam. The Vietnamese government has explicitly stated its intention to reduce gender disparity, [...]

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Vietnam Airlines violating rules on hiring pilots 

December 20, 2011
Vietnam Airlines violating rules on hiring pilots 

  No disciplinary measures taken after civil aviation authority finds national carrier breached its own procedures and regulations A Vietnam Airlines aircraft taxiing at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport. The national flag carrier has broken its own rules in hiring foreign pilots, an inquiry has found. National carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has been breaking its [...]

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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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Savills exec foresees property market recovery next year 

December 12, 2011
Savills exec foresees property market recovery next year 

  The long slump has caused a shakeout in the Vietnamese property market. Developers with deep pockets have been coping, others have not been so lucky. It is an inevitable rule in any market, Guy Major, national director of residential sales at Savills Vietnam, tells Thanh Nien Weekly in an exclusive interview, and forecasts a [...]

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Poor infrastructure bane of Vietnamese tourism 

December 9, 2011
Poor infrastructure bane of Vietnamese tourism 

  There are many factors responsible for this, but the key reasons are: poor infrastructure, poor tourism promotion; and weak cooperation between travel agents and service providers. These combine to make tour prices in Vietnam less competitive than those in other countries, Nguyen Cong Hoan, vice director of travel agent Hanoi Redtour, told Thanh Nien [...]

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Italian firms keen on Vietnam 

November 26, 2011
Italian firms keen on Vietnam 

  A worker assembles a new Piaggio at a factory inside the Binh Xuyen Industrial Park in Vinh Phuc Province. Italian group Piaggio inaugurated the vespa factory in 2009. Italy, besides improving cultural cooperation with Vietnam, is seeking ways to boost economic ties with the country. Italian companies are interested in sectors like leather, footwear, [...]

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Moral breakdown 

November 21, 2011
Moral breakdown 

  Psychologists warn increasing violence among local youth indicates modern life in crisis An image extracted from online video footage depicting a schoolgirl in Hai Phong City brutally attacked by her schoolmates Nguyen Viet Cuong had no idea that yelling at one of his students would effectively sign his 8-year-old son’s death warrant. When he [...]

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Trouble in the sky 

November 13, 2011
Trouble in the sky 

  Accusations and denials as Vietnam Airlines co-pilot suspected of using bogus certification Passengers alight from a Vietnam Airlines plane at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. The national flag carrier is trying to verify if it recruited a South Korean pilot with bogus flight records. The Civil Aviation Authority [...]

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‘Black credit’ a serious danger amid economic slowdown 

October 30, 2011
‘Black credit’ a serious danger amid economic slowdown 

Lawyer Pham Thanh Binh, deputy head of Hong Ha Law Firm in Hanoi. A series of loan insolvencies totaling hundreds of billion Vietnamese dong have been detected in Hanoi. This is partly due to the impacts of the economic slowdown, which has savers shying away from legal investment channels because of low profits. They instead [...]

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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...