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Overseas Vietnamese struggle with language

February 5, 2009
Overseas Vietnamese struggle with language

Lookatvietnam – Twenty-year-old Ta Dinh Khoa and his younger brother Ta Dinh Son have come to visit Viet Nam after 15 years of living in Germany. Upon arrival, reality hit them hard and both were forced to grapple with significant obstacles. Children at the Hung Vuong School in London, England are taught Vietnamese once a [...]

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Banks still having problems with internal auditing

February 5, 2009
Banks still having problems with internal auditing

While independent auditing has existed in Vietnam for more than 10 years already, the concept of internal auditing remains unfamiliar to many managers. The State Bank of Vietnam on August 1, 2006 promulgated Decision No 37, asking commercial banks to establish their own internal auditing divisions. In 2007 and 2008, many banks set up divisions [...]

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Ministry officials charged with wrongful tax giveaways

February 5, 2009

Three former Finance Ministry officials have been charged with illegally granting tax incentives to a foreign business several years ago that cost the state exchequer around VND32.73 billion (current US$1.87 million). Phan Van Hien and Vu Xuan Hieu, both former deputy heads of the Finance Ministry’s Department of International Financial Affairs, and Hoang Ngoc Nang [...]

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Military port operator forms JV with foreign partners

February 5, 2009
Military port operator forms JV with foreign partners

Three international shipping lines Wednesday tied up with a local business to form a US$100 million joint venture to develop a sea port in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. Taiwan’s Wanhai, South Korea’s biggest shipping line Hanjin, and Japan’s biggest shipping line Mitsui O.S.K. joined hands with military-owned port operator Saigon Newport Company to establish Tan [...]

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Romania welcomes Vietnam with martial arts exchange

February 5, 2009
Romania welcomes Vietnam with martial arts exchange

A martial arts exchange between Vietnam and Romania to commemorate the 79th establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 59th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries (March 3) was held in Romania. Lookatvietnam – A martial arts exchange between Vietnam and Romania to commemorate the 79th establishment of the Communist Party of [...]

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Clinton eyes closer cooperation with Britain on Iran’s nuclear project

February 5, 2009
Clinton eyes closer cooperation with Britain on Iran’s nuclear project

The Obama administration will work closely with the British government to make Iran a responsible member of the international community, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton(R) and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband hold joint conference at the State Department in Washington February 3, 2009.Clinton said Tuesday the [...]

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Thailand to set up a rice JV with Vietnam

February 5, 2009
Thailand to set up a rice JV with Vietnam

Lookatvietnam – Thailand has proposed establishing a rice trading joint venture company with Vietnam and other rice exporters in Southeast Asia in an effort to stabilise rice market prices.According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, the move aims to boost cooperation between rice exporters within ASEAN and around the globe, paving the way for these [...]

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Fishermen play with death in Ca Mau for big money

February 5, 2009
Fishermen play with death in Ca Mau for big money

A fisherman prepares frozen Song Chan snakes to be exported to China. Fishermen in Ca Mau Province are diving into catching them despite previous fatalities the snakes have caused. A deadly snake that thrives in the Bai Den waters off the southeastern province of Ca Mau keeps luring fishermen despite the many fatalities it has [...]

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Son Kinh with an ambition to preserve culture of the Khmer

February 4, 2009
Son Kinh with an ambition to preserve culture of the Khmer

Lookatvietnam – A small room filled with wooden statues serves as a gallery for cultural features of the Khmer people and an ambition to preserve the culture of the Khmer of Son Kinh. Artisan Son Kinh (R) teaches his nephew to carve a wooden statue.Son Kinh, a 78-year-old artisan of Bung Chong Hamlet, Tai Van [...]

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Challenges increase for drug firms with market opening

February 3, 2009
Challenges increase for drug firms with market opening

Lookatvietnam – Vietnam has opened up its pharmaceutical market this year as part of its World Trade Organization commitments, putting domestic firms under greater pressure. Lookatvietnam – Vietnam has opened up its pharmaceutical market this year as part of its World Trade Organization commitments, putting domestic firms under greater pressure.Last year 68 foreign drug companies [...]

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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...