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Vietnamese president to pay state visit to China
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang receives interview by Chinese journalists in Hanoi, Vietnam, June 18, 2013. Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang will pay a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping from June 19 to 21. Photo: ...
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Malaysian culture introduced to promote tourism
HA NOI (VNS)- Malaysia Tourism Year 2014 was launched today in Ha Noi with a performance of Malaysian culture. The programme at the Sheraton Hotel offered visitors a chance to enjoy traditional Malaysian dances, the art of Teh Tarik (tea ceremony) and hand-painted tattoos. Guests tried on traditional costumes and had their photos taken with beautiful young Malaysian men and women. A tourism ...
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MOET reprimands university centre
HA NOI (VNS)--The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has ordered Ha Noi National University's Centre for Educational Technology and Career Development (ETC) to stop all of its joint training programmes with overseas partners. The centre has provided undergraduate and graduate courses that have violated the Law on Education and MOET joint training programme regulations in HCM City, ...
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Vietnam Adds to Dong Intervention With Plan to Cut Dollar Rates
Vietnam looks set to ratchet up intervention in the foreign-exchange market to stem losses in the dong and promote greater use of the currency. The State Bank of Vietnam is considering lowering the ...
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President Sangs visit to lift Vietnam-China ties
HA NOI (VNS)--President Truong Tan Sang will pay a State-level visit to China from June 19 to 21 at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping. This will be the first-ever visit made by President Sang as Head of State and the first state-level visit by a high-ranking Vietnamese leader to China since its change of leadership. The ...
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Vietnam Italy step up financial ties
Vietnamese Deputy Finance Minister Do Hoang Anh Tuan is on a visit to Italy from June 15-20 to seek stronger ties with Italy's Ministry of Economy and Finance..--VNA/VNS ...
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Tragedy strikes as Toddler chokes to death on a lychee seed
Tragedy strikes as Toddler chokes to death on a lychee seed THAI BINH (VNS)- A 6-month-old boy in the northern province of Thai Binh's Kien Xuong District died after choking on a lychee seed on Monday. Despite the problem being detected quickly, the boy died from suffocation after a few minutes, with his family unable to clear the blockage. Doctors in the province advised parents to be ...
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Polish prodigyto perform in Ha Noi
Polish prodigyto perform in Ha Noi HA NOI (VNS)- A night of Chopin will be performed by pianist Krystian Tkaczewski at the Viet Nam National Academy of Music (VNAM), 77 Hao Nam Street, Ha Noi, on Thursday. The concert is being co-organised by VNAM and the Polish embassy to Ha Noi, bringing one of the most talented Polish pianists to local audiences. Born in 1980 in Tarnow, Poland, ...
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Exhibition in Paris celebrates wonders of Ha Noi
Exhibition in Paris celebrates wonders of Ha Noi PARIS (VNS)- The Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Paris is hosting its first ever painting and sculpture exhibition honouring the ancient beauty of Ha Noi. The exhibited works have been created by artists from Viet Nam, France and Brazil and invite Vietnamese and foreign visitors to rediscover the city and the legend of its Hoan Kiem (Sword) ...
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Vietnamese weightlifters to take part in Asian event
Vietnamese weightlifters to take part in Asian event HA NOI (VNS)- Seven-member weightlifting team left for Kazakhstan today to partake in the Asian Weightlifting Championships on June 20-26. "The event will give Vietnamese young athletes a chance to hone their skills for the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar later this year and 17th Asian Games next year so we don't spin medal ...
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S. Korea opens bidding on $7.3 bn fighter jet deal
S. Korea opens bidding on $7.3 bn fighter jet deal SEOUL - South Korea formally opened bidding on Tuesday on a US$7.3 billion deal to provide 60 advanced fighter planes, with three aviation giants vying for what is the Asian nation's largest defence contract to date. US companies Boeing and Lockheed Martin and the European aerospace consortium EADS are in the running, and all have ...
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Vietnam Says Asset Company Will Start Operations in Mid-July
asset management company in mid-July to clean up nearly $5 billion of bad debt at lenders and accelerate the country's banking restructuring process. "Banks must do two parallel duties: resolve bad debts and prevent existing loans from becoming bad ones," according to a statement on the government's website, citing central bank Governor Nguyen Van Binh at the mid-year ...
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Vietnams land law under spotlight
Ha Noi (Viet Nam News/ANN) - National Assembly deputies yesterday discussed the many issues surrounding the land acquisition process in Vietnam, as proposed amendments to the country's Land Law came under the spotlight. In the build up to the debate, nearly 7 million individuals and organisations had their say on the issue. Given the fact that a majority of land-related complaints and ...
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TienPhong raises charter capital
TienPhong raises charter capital HA NOI (VNS)-- TienPhong Bank has raised its charter capital from VND3 trillion (US$142.9 million) to VND5.55 trillion ($264.3 million). The bank recently received permission from the central bank to trade Government and corporate bonds on the domestic market. Last month it signed an agreement with the Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam (BIDV) ...
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New insurance firm opens doors
New insurance firm opens doors HCM CITY (VNS)-- The PVI Sun Life Company has become the latest life insurance company to do business in Viet Nam, launching its operation and sales on Sunday in HCM City. The company, which received its licence in January, has a charter capital of VND1 trillion (US$48 million) 51 per cent of which is accounted for by local firm PVI Holdings; and the remaining ...
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Nippon Paint factory building begins
Nippon Paint factory building begins VINH PHUC (VNS)-- Nippon Paint yesterday began construction of its new factory that will produce industrial paint for automobiles and motorcycles, heavy duty coatings, decorative paint, marine coatings and resin in northern Vinh Phuc province. Covering a 60,000 square metre area in Vinh Phuc's Ba Thien II Industrial Zone, the plant has registered ...
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BKAV offers early warning system against cyber attack
BKAV offers early warning system against cyber attack HCM CITY (VNS)-- The Bach Khoa Anti-virus Centre has promised to help companies and other organisations combat cyber attacks by providing them early warning systems. Its Network Inspector will look for signs of an attack and warn administrators through text messages or email. "In fact, online attacks are happening quietly around the ...
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NZ group to sell colostrum supplements in Viet Nam
NZ group to sell colostrum supplements in Viet Nam HCM CITY (VNS)-- New Zealand's New Image Group, which sells nutritional supplements made from cow colostrum, says its plan to penetrate the Southeast Asian market by starting a representative office in Viet Nam. Colostrsum, also called foremilk, is a thin, yellowish fluid secreted by the mammary glands at the time of parturition that is ...
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Quang Nam mineral water plant targets 100cu.m per day
Quang Nam mineral water plant targets 100cu.m per day DA NANG (VNS)-- The central Quang Nam Province inaugurated the Mineral Water Plant in Phu Ninh District on Saturday. The VND43-billion (US$2.05-million) plant is located on 5,700sq.m of land. It will exploit 100cu.m of mineral water each day from a mine in Phu Ninh Lake. At the ceremony, Hung Cuong Tourism investment joint stock company, ...
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Largest poly-metallic mine to be operational soon
Largest poly-metallic mine to be operational soon THAI NGUYEN (VNS)-- The country's largest poly-metallic mine in the northern province of Thai Nguyen is set to roll out its first products, deputy director-general of Nui Phao Mining Company Limited Vu Hong said. Hong said construction on Nui Phao poly-metallic mine in Thai Nguyen's Dai Tu District had been completed, three years ...
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FPT targets Myanmar broadband
FPT targets Myanmar broadband HCM CITY (VNS)-- Viet Nam's software giant FPT Corporation will open an office in Myanmar soon as it prepares to develop ICT infrastructure for providing internet broadband services in the country. Truong Gia Binh, co-founder, chairman and CEO of the Vietnamese corporation, revealed this in talks with Myanmarese reporters after the closing ceremony of the ...
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Projects presented to Japan investors
Projects presented to Japan investors HCM CITY (VNS)-- A delegation from the central province of Binh Dinh introduced 21 projects needing investment during a visit to Japan last week. Japanese investors targeted for these projects include Pacific Development, Elliott, Mitsui Sumitomo Finance & Leasing Bank, Sumitomo Corp, Tokyu Land, Mitsubitshi Estate Co, Recof Corporation, and Itochu ...
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Inspectors slam manufacturers of poor quality black boxes
Inspectors slam manufacturers of poor quality black boxes HCM CITY (VNS)-- Transport officials inspecting 19 manufacturers of black boxes - devices installed in vehicles to supervise their operation - have discovered nine of them to be falling short of national standards. The Ministry of Transport's inspection campaign, which runs until June 29, is concentrating its investigations in ...
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US programme marks birth of one millionth HIV-free baby
This month somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa the one millionth baby will be born without HIV to a mother who suffers from the disease, thanks in large part to a decade-old US aid ...
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Low-income buyers shun social housing apartments
Low-income buyers shun social housing apartments HCM CITY (VNS)-- Commercially built apartments have become more popular with low-income buyers than social housing, as prices of the former have dropped substantially in recent years, according to real estate experts. Many commercial, or non-government-funded, housing projects in Ha Noi and HCM City have lowered prices to VND10-14 million ...
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