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Lam Dong expands job training
Lam Dong expands job training LAM DONG (VNS)-- The Central Highland province of Lam Dong plans to increase its financial support to local ethnic minority labourers so they can continue to attend vocational training schools. Lam Dong has more than 40 ethnic minority groups, accounting for 24 per cent of the province's population. For the past three years, the province has implemented a ...
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Early intervention improves fertility odds
Children play in Phu My Hung New Urban Area in HCM City. Infertile couples are given stronger hope of having children with the development of modern intervention science and technology. -- VNA/VNS Photo The ...
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Da Nang to host ASEAN meeting on crime
Da Nang to host ASEAN meeting on crime DA NANG (VNS) -- Viet Nam will host the 13th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime, to be held in central Da Nang City from tomorrow until Saturday. The annual rotary meeting among ASEAN countries aims to strengthen co-operation and share experiences in prevention and fighting of crime, with the participation of ASEAN members and ...
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Land law under spotlight
Farmers transplant rice seedlings in Nghe An Province. Nearly 7 million individuals and organisations had their say on amendments to acquisition provisions under the Land Law.-- VNA/VNS Photo Le Ba ...
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Credit growth prospects looking brighter
A discussion of bank loans at Agribank in Phu Yen. As of May, the banking sector's credit growth was 2.98 per cent, much higher than the 0.76 per cent increase recorded during the same period last year. -- VNA/VNS Photo The ...
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Preservation of Duong Lam Village urged
HA NOI (VNS)-- A draft on the way to preserve and restore the ancient architecture in Ha Noi's Duong Lam Village was reached at a recent meeting of cultural managers and experts. The participants decided on Thursday at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism that the hamlets of Mong Phu, Dong Sang, Cam Lam, Doai Giap and Cam Thinh should be preserved. Temples and pagodas in Mong Phu ...
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Coal and Minerals impress at national womens football
Coal and Minerals impress at national women's football Defending champions Viet Nam Coal and Minerals defeated Ha Noi II 2-0 during a second leg match at the National Women's Football Championships (also known as the Thai Son Bac Cup), in the northern province of Ha Nam on Sunday. Ha Noi I currently lead the group with 19 points, followed by Phong Phu Ha Nam (17 points) and HCM ...
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Mysterious Steve Jobs emails hang over Apple trial
NEW YORK (AFP) - The late Steve Jobs took center stage Monday in the latest twist in the Apple antitrust trial on ebooks.A federal court attempted to plumb the meaning of a series of unsent emails Jobs addressed to Eddy Cue, an Apple senior vice president assigned with negotiating ebook contracts with major publishers in late 2009 and early 2010 before the launch of the iPad.Even though the ...
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Tens of thousands protest Confed Cup costs in Brazil
People take part in a protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil on June 17, 2013. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of major Brazilian cities Monday protesting the billions of dollars spent on the Confederations Cup and higher public transport costs, police ...
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Police Woman used Vietnamese background to scam others
SEATTLE -- A 39-year-old woman is accused of using her Vietnamese background to convince other Vietnamese residents to cash bogus checks. Investigators say Oanh Nguyen would seek out Vietnamese-speaking clients at the West Seattle DSHS office and, posing as a DSHS employee, would ask if they needed help completing their required forms.She would then act as an interpreter at the office, with the ...
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Police say con artist posed as DSHS employee to scam Vietnamese victims
King County detectives said they are looking for victims of a Vietnamese con artist who has been posing as a Department of Social and Health Services employee to gain the trust of her victims.Detectives said 39-year-old Oanh Nguyen of White Center would pose as an employee of DSHS and approach Vietnamese-speaking clients asking if they needed help completing forms at the agency's office in ...
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Vietnamese restaurants in New Orleans offer healthy flavorful options
Magasin Vietnamese Cafe on Magazine Street offers a spring roll bar, allowing customers to customize their rolls to suit their nutritional ...
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Gold Demand Extraordinary In Vietnam – Paying $217 Premium Over Spot
Today's AM fix was USD 1,386.00, EUR 1,038.59 and GBP 881.79 per ounce.Friday's AM fix was USD 1,379.75, EUR 1,035.54 and GBP 882.76 per ounce.Gold climbed to $1391.50/oz on Friday, its first close above $1390/oz in four weeks and silver climbed 1.2 percent to $22.07 an ounce.Gold is marginally lower today in most currencies after last week's small gain which was positive from a ...
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Prudential donates $33000 to build kindergarten
Prudential donates $33,000 to build kindergarten HCM CITY (VNS)- Saigon Children's Charity in collaboration with Prudential Co.'s Prudence Fund broke ground for construction of a kindergarten, located in one of the poorest communes in Dong Nai Province's Cam My District. Total investment capital for the project was US$59,942. The Prudence Fund donated $33,553, with the rest ...
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Why are so many of the UKs missing teenagers Vietnamese
A major international summit on missing people is hoping to tackle exploitation and trafficking. In the UK, a disproportionate number of missing young people are of Vietnamese origin. Why? Each photograph on ...
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Origin Energy announce that Block 121-Ca Voi-1X exploration well spuds offshore Vietnam
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RF Minister for Far East Development begins visit to Vietnam
HANOI, June 17 (Itar-Tass) - During the official part of a visit to Vietnam, which began on Monday, Minister for Development of the Far East, plenipotentiary of the Russian president in the Far East Federal District Viktor Ishayev will discuss different aspects of trade and economic relations between the regions of the Russian Far East and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. He arrived in the ...
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Paris sunlight-inspired collection wins at Project Runway
Hoang Minh Ha (right) poses with a model wearing one of his twelve winning outfits from the final round of fashion designing contest Project Runway on Sunday. - ...
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TABLE-Vietnam banks assets registered capital
June 17 | Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:42am EDT June 17 (Reuters) - The following table updates the assets and registered capital of banks in Vietnam, based on their latest published reports. NOTE: * Updated; unit: billions of dong - State-owned bank: MM/YR Assets Reg cap Agribank 12-12 617,859.0 29,605 #Vietnam Development ...
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Veteran Hue artists gather for joint exhibition
THUA THIEN HUE (VNS)-- Fifteen veteran artists with close ties to Hue are showcasing their paintings in an exhibition which opened on Sunday in the former royal city. All of the artists exhibited either live, were born, or studied in Hue and retain a strong bond with the city. According to artist Dang Mau Tuu, chairman of local Association of Culture and Art Union, the artists from localities ...
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Inter-provincial drug ring busted
Inter-provincial drug ring busted DONG NAI (VNS)- Dong Nai Province's Anti-Crime Police Department swooped on a large-scale drug trafficking ring operating between the provinces of Dong Nai, Binh Duong and HCM City yesterday. Police have arrested the ring leader Nguyen Ngoc Thao and three co-conspirators - Nguyen Hoang Dai, Nguyen Van Thanh Long and Nguyen Ngoc Duy. A large bag of ...
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New Ha Noi newspaper running race kicks off
HA NOI (VNS) - More than 5,000 person took part in the launch ceremony of Ha Noi Moi (New Ha Noi) newspaper's annual run in Ha Noi yesterday. The event is one of several activities to be held to mark the 68th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day on September 2, while also celebrating the 59th anniversary of Ha Noi's liberation and the 56th anniversary of the ...
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Nhan Dan online newspaper honoured
Nhan Dan online newspaper honoured HA NOI (VNS)-- Nhan Dan (People) Online Newspaper received the third-class Labour Medal from the Party and State this morning, tying in with the 15th anniversary of the paper's inception. Over the past fifteen years, the newspaper has developed strongly in terms of organisation, layout and content. Besides the Vietnamese version, the outlet has also ...
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Vietnam Stocks Fall to Three-Week Low on Gasoline Price Increase
stocks fell, dragging the benchmark index to a three-week low, after the Ministry of Finance allowed retailers to raise gasoline prices, boosting concern that inflation will accelerate. The Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange's VN Index fell 2.1 percent to 498.61 at 1:39 p.m. local time, heading for the lowest close since May 23. Vietnam Dairy Products Joint-Stock Co., known as Vinamilk, ...
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Vietnam’s Central Bank Says It Intervened to Slow Dong Decline
State Bank of Vietnam said it intervened in the local foreign-exchange market to slow a slide in the dong fueled by increasing dollar demand from importers. The central bank "intervened with reasonable volume" as the currency declined after April, it said in a statement on its website today. The regulator aims to cap this year's fluctuation in the dong at 3 percent, ...
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