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Single-digit inflation target feasible, says ADB exec 

January 9, 2012
Single-digit inflation target feasible, says ADB exec 

    Street vendors ply their goods in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The Asian Development Bank has lowered Vietnam’s economic growth forecast in 2012 to 6.3 percent from 6.5 percent forecast last September. With the world economy remaining mired in difficulty, the Asian Development Bank forecasts a difficult year ahead for Vietnam. However, it [...]

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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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Labor export a strategy that works 

April 4, 2011
Labor export a strategy that works 

Vietnamese workers in Libya prepare to fly home from an airport in Egypt. Around 10,000 Vietnamese workers have been evacuated due to the violence in Libya. A big challenge for a labor exporting country like Vietnam is protecting its workers’ rights, so that they are not cheated by recruitment agencies and/or overseas employers, Max Tunon, [...]

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Experts meet to preserve traditional culture

September 23, 2009
Experts meet to preserve traditional culture

A talk was held in Hanoi on September 22 to review the year-long media project that warned the public about the fragile existence of traditional arts and culture. Six artisans from Nam Dinh province gave a unique northern puppetry performance called “Roi Dau Go.” Can traditions continue to “live” in the modern world? What are the [...]

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Trademark protection can boost value of speciality agri-products

September 15, 2009
Trademark protection can boost value of speciality agri-products

LookAtVietnam – Director of National Office of Intellectual Property of Viet Nam Tran Viet Hung discusses agricultural products and trademark protection Fifteen agricultural products have been granted what is known as protected designation of origin. (Photo: Internet)Fifteen agricultural products have been granted what is known as protected designation of origin, also called protected geographical indication.It [...]

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Farmers may get study card to attend vocational training

May 19, 2009
Farmers may get study card to attend vocational training

LookAtVietnam – Duong Duc Lan, deputy general director of the General Department of Vocational Training, discussed with Nong thon Ngay nay (Countryside Today) newspaper about a project on vocational education for farmers. Localities need to develop policies in order to offer on-demand vocational training.A pilot vocational training programme was implemented for farmers in 2003. Since [...]

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WHO hails Vietnam’s rapid swine flu response

April 28, 2009
WHO hails Vietnam’s rapid swine flu response

More personnel and health equipment arrived at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport Monday to screen the temperatures of arriving overseas passengers Vietnam is well fortified against the swine flu, the World Health Organization said Monday, amid rising fears of a global pandemic. In Mexico, 103 people are confirmed or suspected to [...]

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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...