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mardi 7 février 2012

Massive losses cost EVN chair his seat

The prime minister has dismissed Dao Van Hung, chair of the Electricity Group of Vietnam (EVN), which has been making losses while under his control, with the loss-stricken EVN Telecom the most infamous example.

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Poor Tet sales leave firms with stockpiles

Many companies that participated in HCM City's Tet price-stabilisation programme are struggling to liquidate the stocks they had built up following unusually sluggish demand during the year's biggest festival.

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Vietnam's housing market too expensive for workers

The cost of housing in Vietnam is 25 times higher than the average workers wage, 5 times higher than housing in developed countries and 10 times higher than housing in developing countries according to a real estate expert.

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Vietnam coffee premiums jump

Robusta sellers in top producer Vietnam jacked up premiums to offset declines in London futures, while beans from the new harvest in Indonesia began entering the physical market and were snapped up by roasters, dealers said on Friday.

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lundi 6 février 2012

Alstom signs $23.6 million hydropower contract in Vietnam

Alstom and its consortium partner, Hydrochina Huadong Engineering Corp., signed a contract worth about $23.6 million, with Vietnam Electricity, to provide electro-mechanical equipment and technical services for Song Bung 4 hydropower project in Vietnam.

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Vietnam hospital fees set for five-fold increase

Fees for hundreds of medical services at public hospitals are expected to increase up to five times the current rates issued in 1995, Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tuyen said at an online forum recently.

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Vietnam arrests nine members of 'reactionary' group

HANOI - Vietnam has arrested nine men said to be members of a 'politically reactionary' organisation that was aiming to overthrow the country's communist government, state media said on Monday.

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Vietnam gives condolences for AP war correspondent

HANOI - Vietnam has extended its condolences for late Associated Press correspondent George Esper, who covered both war and peace in the country he came to love.

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dimanche 5 février 2012

Vietnam resists Beijing’s charm offensive

Vietnam is arguably the most “sinicized” country in Southeast Asia, a distinctive result of more than 2,000 years of intense interaction between Vietnam and China.

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Vietnam starts seismic surveys for first nuclear power plant

Nearly 100 workers and engineers Thursday started seismic surveys at the location of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant in the central province of Ninh Thuan, a local news website reported the same day.

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Vietnam not part of India's joint military exercises

The Ministry of Defense has repudiated international reports that Vietnam was one of the countries participating in joint-military exercises organized by the Indian Navy from February 1-6.

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Vietnam's awakening youth circumvent censorship

When student Nguyen Hong Nhung saw "Killer with a Festering Head" on someone's smartphone, she wanted the banned comic book too. Though Vietnam's censors had yanked it from stores, finding a digital copy wasn't exactly hard.

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EuroCham slightly increases confidence in local economy

Business confidence and outlook among European businesses in Vietnam has stabilised and shown a modest increase after a steep 11-point drop in the last quarter of 2011, a recent report by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) has shown.

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Vietnam confirms 2nd human bird flu death in a month; victim had slaughtered chickens

A Vietnamese official on Thursday confirmed the country's second human death from bird flu in less than a month, after it went nearly two years with no reported fatalities.

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US envoy visits Vietnam amid human rights concerns

Human rights were expected to top the agenda as the senior US diplomat on South-East Asia arrived in Hanoi Wednesday.

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Da Nang International Airport expected to increase transport capacity over 20pct

The Da Nang International Airport this year is expected to receive 3.6 million visitors, a 20 percent increase against last year, and annual turnover is expected to jump 178 percent for non-flight services against last years figures.

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Electricity of Vietnam promises no shortage in 2012

There will be no power shortage this year even though a serious dry spell has been forecast for the summer, state-owned monopoly Electricity of Vietnam has promised.

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Cambodia trade with Vietnam climbs 54pct

Cambodia's total exports to Vietnam had risen 54.87 per cent in 2011 year-on-year, officials said.

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Can Tho to shut down delayed FDI projects

Can Tho City will revoke the licenses of foreign-invested projects that have been delayed for a long time, the municipal administration has announced.

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Vietnam police hunt finance official charged with fraud

Hanoi - Hanoi police were seeking a fugitive former finance official for defrauding the public out of property worth millions of dollars, state media said Monday.

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Luxury property projects still moving

While property investors are encountering difficulties finding customers for their projects, many customers still set aside millions of US dollars to buy a luxury villa.

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lundi 30 janvier 2012

Vietnam ladies’ dens for foreigners in city

Pretty young girls, mainly around 19-20 years old, play the role of hosts at the restaurants. They are hired to receive foreign men in secluded rooms for karaoke singing and then join the men in their homes after 23:30pm.

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dimanche 29 janvier 2012

Vietnam to offer tax refunds for tourists

The government has decided to pilot a value-added-tax refund scheme for foreign visitors in July in an attempt to boost sales of local products.

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Inflation tests stability in Vietnam

HANOI - Buffeted by persistent double-digit inflation, slowing economic growth and rising worker unrest, Vietnam's economic reforms are at risk of coming undone. While Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasized this month the need to maintain quick and sustainable growth, questions are rising whether Vietnam can have both amid global economic and financial turbulence.

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Vietnam : a magnet for Eastern European airliners

A new wave of Eastern European airliners offering services connecting Vietnam to their countries has emerged, said Do Xuan Quang, CEO of airline dealer Vector Aviation.

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Banned books hot property in censored Vietnam

HANOI — From irreverent cartoons to "depraved" short stories, Vietnam's pop culture is attracting the attention of print censors who experts say are struggling to accept an increasingly brash literary scene.

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Vietnam to send 90,000 workers overseas in 2012

Vietnam plans to send 90,000 workers abroad this year since new employment opportunities are opening up in Japan and Libya.

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How immigration lost 17 boys

Seventeen asylum-seeker children suspected of being trafficked from Vietnam have vanished from immigration centres across the country, and authorities admit they have not been searching for them.

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Farmer's fight highlights Vietnam's inequality

HANOI - When around 100 police and local officials came to seize their land outside the northern port city of Haiphong, the family of farmer Doan Van Vuon was ready and waiting, with shotguns in hand and improvised explosive devices planted in the ground.

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mardi 24 janvier 2012

Vietnam’s new generation of female singers

In recent years the Vietnamese music industry has been lit up by a new generation of emerging female artists who can write their own songs and perform them with their hearts and their talent.

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