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National Australia Bank’s ambitions to substantially increase its position in Australia’s wealth management and life insurance market were dealt a major setback on Monday, when the country...
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Australian preacher takes on Vietnam
THE 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to deliver. "Do you know why I love God?" Nick Vujicic asked a young girl on stage who, like him, was born without arms and legs. "Because heaven is real. And one day when we get to ...
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Vietnams CPI deflates again in May
Vietnam's consumer price index (CPI), a calculator for the inflation growth, deflated again in May, down by 0.06 percent against the previous month, reported the Vietnam General Statistics Office on Friday.The figure posted an increase of 2.35 percent compared to last December and 6.36 percent to last May, pushing the first 5-month index this year to rise by 6.74 percent over the same ...
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Serco under pressure over Qld escapees
Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor has slammed the security firm managing a remote far north Queensland detention centre after six Vietnamese men faced court charged with escaping. Seven men climbed over a fence on Thursday at the Scherger Immigration Detention Centre, about 30km east of the Cape York township of Weipa. Mr O'Connor announced on Friday that his department would ...
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Three face charges over blackout
BINH DUONG - Three men who caused a massive blackout in 22 southern provinces and cities on Wednesday are expected to be prosecuted, according to southern Binh Duong Province's ...
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Vietnam Memorial Wall project fundraiser slated this weekend
Dan Ornesorge surveys the construction of the Vietnam Memorial Wall at Enid Woodring Regional Airport Thursday, May 23, 2013. Funding for the memorial is still needed and committee members will be at Jumbo Foods accepting donations Saturday. (Staff Photo by BONNIE ...
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Decorated Vietnam pilot to visit HAMM
Vietnam War veteran Bob Pardo, known for the ';Pardo’s Push'; heroic aerial maneuver, will be the guest speaker at the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum general meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday. The meeting will be next door to the museum at Jet Center of Tyler in Hangar 1, and the public is invited. There is no charge for the meeting.According to information from the museum, on March ...
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Swimming lessons protect children
Swimming lessons protect children HA NOI (VNS)-- The Ministry of Education and Training has asked schools to introduce swimming lessons to prevent students from drowning. The ministry said swimming lessons should be included in the school curriculum and extracurricular swimming training should be provided. The ministry called for outside organisations to join the campaign. Around 40 ...
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Vietnamese inflation lowest in eight months
Vietnamese inflation slowed to its weakest pace in eight months in May, official data showed Friday, in the latest sign that the communist-run economy is cooling. Consumer prices rose 6.36 percent year-on-year in May, the Government Statistics Office said, slightly down from a 6.61 percent increase reported in April. Economists attribute the slowdown in inflation to past monetary policy ...
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Ministry to get tougher on immunisation malpractice
A child in southern Binh Duong Province is vaccinated. Health departments in localities have been asked to tighten immunisation services management after several violations were discovered. -- VNA/VNS Photo Duong ...
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Appeal trial held for eight defendants
Appeal trial held for eight defendants NGHE AN (VNS)-- The Supreme People's Court's Court of Appeal yesterday heard the cases of eight people previously convicted of "carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people's Government" pursuant to Clauses 1 and 2, Article 79 of the Penal Code. The trial, in the central province of Nghe An, was opened as the accused ...
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Newspaper receives award for contribution to journalism
Newspaper receives award for contribution to journalism HA NOI (VNS)-- The Tin Tuc (News) daily under the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) received the Labour Order, Second Class, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary at a ceremony yesterday. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan also sent flowers of ...
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Govt flags national crackdown on drugs
Gov't flags national crackdown on drugs HA NOI (VNS)-- The Government has launched a crackdown on illegal drugs which will take place throughout June. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung requested all ministries and state agencies to launch the one-month campaign in order to promote public awareness of the dangers of drugs. The campaign will target vulnerable groups such as adolescents in ...
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Phu Tho drug traffickers jailed
Phu Tho drug traffickers jailed PHU THO (VNS)-- Twenty-five drug traffickers have received sentences as a three-day trial ended yesterday in the northern province of Phu Tho. Life sentences were handed down to the group's ringleaders, Pham Huu Nghi, 47, from Thanh Son District and Mua A Sang, 30, from Son La Province. According to the indictment, Nghi used to accompany drug users to ...
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Ministry to crackdown on dated diplomatic licences
Ministry to crackdown on dated diplomatic licences HA NOI (VNS)-- The Ministry of Public Security will inspect cars with diplomatic licence plates, handing out fines to those that are out of date. The move, starting from June 10, reflects the fact that more than 1,000 tax-free cars for foreign diplomats and staff had been misused or illegally transferred without tax payments. The State is ...
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Bank lends on clean water project
Bank lends on clean water project HA NOI (VNS)-- Over 3 million people living in six cities and provinces in Viet Nam are expected to gain access to clean water after loan and grant agreements worth a total of US$249 million were signed yesterday. Signatories were the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The first loan agreement, worth $212 million, will be ...
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Indian investors in search of Vietnam opportunities
Vietnam is a "top priority" investment destination in Asia for Indian companies, especially for those from Haryana state.This was revealed at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday by Pankaj Kapoor, chairman of the Haryana Chamber of Commerce and Industry.Kapoor said companies from Haryana, a state that borders the Indian capital of New Delhi, were looking for co-operation ...
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Job market tough for new graduates
Final-year students learn to create online applications for jobs in HCM City Youth Culture House. Many graduates will be unemployed this year, the HCM City's Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information said. -- VNA/VNS Photo Phuong ...
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Weasel coffee other delicacies lure visitors to Da Lats farms
by Minh Thu Da Lat City's wonderful landscape and pure air at 1,500m above sea level attracts tourists to the Lam Vien plateau in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. "You can't travel to Da Lat and not discover the local culture," said Tran Anh Tu, owner of my little hotel, in an effort to convince my husband and I to stay longer. So we followed his suggestion and ...
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Vietnam boosts ties with Australia
Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) wants to expand dialogue with the Australian House of Representatives in all areas to share information, build trust and promote mutual understanding.NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung made the comments at his talks with Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives Anna Burke in Ha Noi yesterday after greeting her at an official welcome ceremony.Hung ...
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Vietnam moves to save last elephants
The Vietnam government has given the go-ahead to a plan to protect elephants from extinction and breed domesticated ones.The plan, worth US$13.3 million, was signed yesterday by Deputy Prime Minister Hong Trung Hai.Under the plan, three conservation areas for wild elephants will be set up in national parks of Pu Mat, Cat Tien, and Yok Don.And laws against hunting, transporting and selling ...
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Vietnam POWs Gather At Nixon Library For Reunion
YORBA LINDA (CBSLA.com) -- Scores of Vietnam POWs are gathering for a three-day reunion at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. ';It was hours and hours of boredom punctuated by moments of pure terror,'; said former POW Jerry Coffee of his experience. Standing next to his former cell mate, Neil Black, the two men spoke to KCAL9′s Louisa Hodge about the experience and their ...
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica wall on display
HAVERHILL - Rick Ladd scanned the wide black wall in North Haverhill Thursday, searching for the name William Bond, a brigadier general and Ladd’s old commanding officer in Vietnam."He was an outstanding leader, a good tactician loved by his men. He was not an armchair general. So we remember," said Ladd, a Haverhill selectman and New Hampshire state ...
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