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dimanche 21 avril 2013

Domestic workers struggle to survive

Viet Nam has the ninth-lowest unemployment rate in the world, but wage cuts by enterprises and the widespread lack of insurance mean even those fortunate enough to be employed still face challenges. Nguyen Minh Huong reports

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Did you say Rundown or Roundup ?

Some serious thoughts on the ramifications of Scientology and Monsanto for Vietnam

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Vietnam calls for investments in airports

It’s still very difficult to develop the infrastructure system for the aviation industry, because Vietnam still cannot attract non-state investment sources.

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Poor artists in Vietnam

Learning music from the age of eight until 22, spending over 10 years with their instruments, classical musicians in Vietnam are in danger of being thwarted by not being recognized and appreciated appropriately, and by mechanisms do not allow them to be competitive and grow.

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samedi 20 avril 2013

Trade with Swiss grows 11%

HA NOI — Two-way trade between Viet Nam and Switzerland rose 11 per cent year-on-year, reaching US$167 million over the first two months of this year, said Luong Manh Hung, Trade Counsellor at the Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland.

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VN-France economic relationship – more room to grow

“The sooner you French investors come to the Vietnamese market, the bigger fish you can catch,” a Vietnamese senior state official told the Vietnam–France Business Forum held in Ho Chi Minh City early last week.

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Firms race to win Myanmar’s ‘heart’

Although Myanmar has just opened its doors, competition has already heated up, posing a challenge for Vietnamese entrepreneurs wanting to do business there, heard a seminar held by the Saigon Times Group last Friday.

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Vietnam considers lowering VAT to bring businesses up

The Ministry of Finance is drafting the amended VAT law to be submitted to the National Assembly for ratification in the upcoming National Assembly’s 5th session. Under the draft, more products would be subject to the 5 percent tax instead of the current rate of 10 percent.

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vendredi 19 avril 2013

Viet minister backs same-sex unions

The Vietnamese Health Ministry has called for same-sex marriage to be legalised, warning that research shows stigma against lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) people can damage their physical and mental health.

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Vietnam province culls swifts found inflicted with bird flu

The Ninh Thuan provincial adminsitration began Thursday culling around 100,000 swifts raised for profitable nests at a local farm after the influenza A (H5N1) virus has been found among them for the first time in Vietnam and the world.

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Fleeing the peace in Vietnam

April 30, 2013 will mark the 38th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the annihilation of South Vietnam by communist forces in the North, or otherwise popularly known as the end of the Vietnam War.

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Vietnam uses elderly women to suppress dissident, exposing gulf with US on human rights

Vietnamese authorities seeking to stop a well-known democracy activist from meeting an American diplomat last weekend deployed an unusual weapon — a group of elderly ladies.

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dimanche 14 avril 2013

Vietnam to deface Ha Giang highlands with casino

The northern highlands province of Ha Giang has announced plans to build a casino on top of rock highlands region that has been recognized as a UNESCO Global Geological Park.

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Allowing foreigners buying houses in VN to rescue property market ?

Vietnam will not be able to rescue the real estate market if it only relies on the domestic resources. The government has been urged to allow foreigners to buy houses in Vietnam to increase the demand.

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vendredi 12 avril 2013

Vietnam scraps fines on same-sex marriages, but far from legalization

Vietnam has scrapped regulations that fine same-sex couples who marry in what activists say is yet another move towards guaranteeing the rights of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community.

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jeudi 11 avril 2013

US pressed to seek rights improvements from Vietnam

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers and activists called Thursday for the United States to press Vietnam to free dissidents and allow greater religious freedom as the two nations hold talks on human rights.

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Da Nang heritage homes face uncertain future

Da Nang lists old houses in need of conservation but offers no help

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Vietnam considers building nuclear science & technology center

The Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute has urged to build up a nuclear science & technology center, saying that this is an important link of the national program on developing nuclear power, a crucial testing for the capability of implementing the program.

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US, Vietnam to develop forces against Chinese ships

The U.S. and Vietnam are cooperating to develop a fighting force that can help Vietnamese fisherman and others when they "get into trouble," Coast Guard Rear Adm. William Lee said at the annual Sea-Air-Space expo in Washington.

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Agent Orange still stokes fear in Vietnam's pregnant women

Concern about birth defects is deeply rooted in the country's recent history and has brought a surge in ultrasound checks

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mercredi 10 avril 2013

Vietnam study finds unofficial earnings at gov’t offices

A study by Vietnamese government inspectors has found that many government officials earn income from "unofficial" sources.

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Vietnam jails official over 'hero' farmer eviction

HANOI - A Vietnamese local government official was jailed for two and a half years on Wednesday for the destruction of the home of a farmer who became a national hero for resisting eviction, state media said.

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lundi 8 avril 2013

China slammed for escalating East Sea tension with cruise ship plan

China has been roundly condemned for worsening East Sea tensions by announcing a plan to sail a cruise ship this month to the Hoang Sa (Paracels) Archipelago that Vietnam claims sovereignty over.

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dimanche 7 avril 2013

Vietnam : Where free education isn't so free

Hanoi - Education in this Southeast Asian country is meant to be free. But still some families can't afford it.

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samedi 6 avril 2013

Playing it safe

HO CHI MINH CITY — There had been some safe-sex campaigns in Vietnam before: university students walking around campus dressed up as condoms, a video game by U.S.A.I.D. teaching men to use protection with prostitutes and even a stylish condom dress designed for World AIDS day.

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Agent G.M.O.

HO CHI MINH CITY — It’s 5 a.m. and the streets already are buzzing. People know that the best time to shop at open-air markets is before daybreak. And they know to ask for fresh, firm vegetables grown locally, rather than in China, where dangerous pesticides are routinely overused.

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H7N9 virus alert in Vietnam

Vietnam’s Ministry of Health on April 5 sent an urgent dispatch to chairpersons in cities and provinces across the country for immediate implementation of preventive and precautionary measures against H7N9 virus, with reports of a more complicated development of the strain.

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Vietnam to push ahead with offshore exploration

HANOI — State-owned Vietnam Oil & Gas Group, or PetroVietnam, plans to keep buying foreign oil-and-gas assets and hopes to be producing close to 100,000 barrels a day of oil overseas by 2020, four times the volume expected this year, the company's chief executive said.

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3 arrested for brutally killing loggers in Vietnam

Two Vietnamese men and a Lao have been arrested for allegedly battering to death five Vietnamese in a forest along the border between the two countries when the latter were hunting for rare wood on March 23.

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Vietnam farmer jailed for military-style defense of land

HANOI - A fish farmer who became a cult hero in Vietnam after fighting off an illegal eviction with homemade guns and mines was jailed on Friday for five years for attempted murder in a case that has stirred public anger over state-backed land grabs.

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