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  • CNG Viet Nam plans to sell stake in PVS Gas as part of restructuring

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    CNG Viet Nam plans to sell stake in PVS Gas as part of restructuring HCM CITY (VNS)-- CNG Viet Nam planned to divest all of its holdings in PV Gas (GAS) next month, selling 100,000 GAS shares with the aim of restructuring its investment portfolio, the company announced. The price of GAS has been increasing for almost a week, reaching VND54,500 (US$2.60) a share, the highest level since its ...

  • Jewellery company profits down due to low gold sales

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Jewellery company profits down due to low gold sales HCM CITY (VNS)-- Phu Nhuan Jewellery Co (PNJ)'s first quarter net profits fell 28.5 per cent year-on-year, reaching just VND66 billion (US$3.1 million). Its gross revenue was also down over 13 per cent to nearly VND1.77 trillion ($84.3 million), the company reported. Both sales and financial costs declined from 23-32 per cent ...

  • Software company FPT posts $30m profit in first quarter

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Software company FPT posts $30m profit in first quarter HA NOI (VNS)-- Software producer FPT Corp (FPT) reported a net profit of VND622 billion (US$29.6 million) in the first four months of this year. Most of its businesses saw positive growth, with software development for the domestic market up 76 per cent over the same period last year, software exports up 39 per cent, IT services up 24 ...

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  • Thirty-nine projects lose licences

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Thirty-nine projects lose licences DONG NAI (VNS)-- Southern Dong Nai Province proposed to the provincial People's Committee to revoke licences of 39 property projects, worth totally US$2.1 billion, due to the stagnant implementation. Many projects in the province were under slow implementation, the department said. Statistics showed that projects which were finished or put into ...

  • Viet-Han Corporation executives register to sell 12.28 stake

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Viet-Han Corporation executives register to sell 12.28% stake HCM CITY (VNS)-- Two executives of Viet-Han Corporation, a communications equipment manufacturer listed on the HCM City exchange, plan to sell a large volume of company shares over the next two months. General Director Huynh Tan Chung has registered to sell more than 3 million shares, equivalent to a 12.28 per cent of the ...

  • Capital urged to tackle land violations

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Capital urged to tackle land violations HA NOI (VNS)-- The Ha Noi People's Committee has ordered handling of land violations and projects under slow implementation to be hastened. The handling must be finished by the end of September and reported to the city's People's Committee within October. Projects which failed to have violations handled before the deadline would be ...

  • Attempt to serve up biggest helpings of two national dishes

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    DA NANG (VNS)- The chase for records never ceases. The Vinahouse joint-stock company will display the biggest dish of barbecued Cau Mong veal and a bowl of My Quang-Phu Chiem (local rice noodle) at the Vinahouse Space in the central Quang Nam Province's Dien Ban District on June ...

  • Jim Armitage Doan Nguyen Duc the Vietnamese Arsenal fan and the land grab claims

    The Independent - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Jim Armitage is an adviser to Evgeny Lebedev, owner of the Evening Standard and Independent titles, and a former Deputy City Editor of the Evening ...

  • Brunei Vietnam Take Agriculture Fisheries Cooperation To New Heights

    BruDirect - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei Darussalam and Vietnam have agreed to take the level of cooperation in both agriculture and fisheries to greater heights with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Brunei's Minister of Industry and Primary Resources, Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Utama Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Yahya bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Haji Bakar, who represented the ...

  • Rise and shine the birth of luxury travel in vietnam

    eTN - Friday 17th May, 2013

    www.luxurytravelvietnam.com ] reveals its successful story of becoming Vietnam's first luxury travel and tour operator on the Indochinese Peninsula, allowing you to meet the founding CEO, Pham Ha, who is determined to create the most unforgettable travel experiences for high-end tourists. Pham Ha is the CEO and founder of Luxury Travel Ltd. ...

  • Cleaning Vietnam Memorial Proves Healing for Veterans

    VOA - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Vietnam Veterans Memorial , which bears the names of 58,286 U.S. service members who were killed or declared missing in action during the two-decade-long conflict, which ended in ...

  • Man arrested in fatal stabbings at Vietnamese restaurant

    General Sources - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Tony Phung, 51, was arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of two men at a Vietnamese restaurant in Phoenix Thursday. (Source: Maricopa County Sheriff's ...

  • Media luncheon promotes Vietnam Wall visit

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Friday 17th May, 2013

    A Vietnam veteran holds a red rose as he touches the name of a fallen comrade at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 2007. (AP Photo/Haraz N. ...

  • Vietnam successfully performs first endoscopic heart surgery

    Global Times - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Vietnamese surgeons have successfully performed for the first time an endoscopic heart surgery on a child, opening more opportunities for cardiac patients.State-run Vietnam News reported Friday quoting Le Ngoc Thanh, Director of the Cardiovascular Centre of Hanoi-based Hospital E, as saying that the operation was conducted on an 11-year-old girl from central Nghe An province who suffered a ...

  • US condemns jailing of Vietnam activists

    The Courier Mail - Friday 17th May, 2013

    THE US has called for the release of two Vietnamese activists jailed for distributing anti-government leaflets, saying their case highlights a "disturbing trend" of authorities muzzling dissent. University student Nguyen Phuong Uyen, 21, was jailed for six years, while computer technician Dinh Nguyen Kha, 25, was imprisoned for eight years by a court in southern Long An province on ...

  • Research and Markets Vietnam Exploration and Production Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers ...

    General Sources - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Research and Markets: Vietnam Exploration and Production (Upstream) Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Fields, Blocks, Supply-Demand and Competitive ...

  • British press lauds incredible Beckham career

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    British press lauds 'incredible' Beckham career LONDON - Retiring English football icon David Beckham should be celebrated for his on-field achievements and for spearheading a new era of superstar athletes, Britain's press, said today. Beckham has had a troubled relationship with Britain's press. Fleet Street savaged the midfield playmaker after his red card was blamed ...

  • Golan peacekeeping force suffers third abduction UN

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    UNITED NATIONS - Syrian rebels seized three UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights in the third abduction in two months in the ceasefire zone between Syria and Israel, the UN said ...

  • Coach banned for bad behaviour

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    HA NOI (VNS)- Coach Tran Tien Dai of Xuan Thanh Sai Gon (XTSG) was banned four matches and fined VND10 millions (US$480) because of bad ...

  • Forest burns in heatwave

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    HA NAM (VNS)- Dozens of hectares of natural forest have been wiped out by fire in Ha Nam Province since 6pm yesterday as temperatures reached 40 ...

  • Ban on illegal Chinese trucks

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Viet Nam has banned trucks from China illegally carrying building materials from entering through Ha Giang Province, according to the Viet Nam Road ...

  • Forest burns in heatwave

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    HA NAM (VNS)- Dozens of hectares of natural forest have been wiped out by fire in Ha Nam Province since 6pm yesterday as temperatures reached 40 ...

  • US Concerned at Conviction of Vietnamese Activists

    VOA - Friday 17th May, 2013

    The United States says it is concerned at the prison sentences given to two young activists in Vietnam who were convicted this week on subversion ...

  • Hoi An launches solar lighting system

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Hoi An launches solar lighting system Hoi An yesterday launched its new solar power public lighting system in the city's Hoai River Square. Renewable lighting sources have been added to world heritage sites across the central region with funding from Asiana Airlines as part of an initiative aimed at promoting sustainable tourism. The system has been installed in Hue, Cham Islands and My ...

  • Career firm expands operations in VN

    Viet Nam News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    The US-based human resources solution provider CareerBuilder on Tuesday announced plans to expand its operations in Viet Nam by opening a representative office in the country.-- ...

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