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SaigonTimes English 2 week(s) ago
Many foreign investors have expressed concern about Vietnam’s worsening business environment, but Singaporean investors still regard this country as a market of interest. In an email interview with The Saigon Times Daily, Tan Soon Kim, group director of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore for Southeast Asia, clarified this point and discussed trade and investment ties of the two nations. Excerpts:
Keywords: HospitalityAsean Economic CommunitythrivehaveEmailThe Saigon Times Daily
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SaigonTimes English 3 week(s) ago
Life Without Limbs foundation of Nick Vujicic has got US$50,000 thanks to the much-viewed talks the Australian motivational speaker gave while in Vietnam last week. Programs in other countries that involve Vujicic also get the same financial benefit.
Keywords: nickProgramsbenefitinvolveThe AustralianExpensesSaigon Times Daily
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SaigonTimes English 3 week(s) ago
Nguyen Dynasty, the national relic Voi Re Temple in Hue City is one of the most important historical sites for tourists to visit in all of the country.
Keywords: Hue CityNguyen DynastygatetablecenterSitesrenovate
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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago
A group of doctors from Ha Noi and HCM City recently performed free cataract surgeries on 180 poor patients in southernmost Ca Mau Province.
Keywords: Poor PatientsRoomsExportsLe Minh HoangPrimary Education OfficeSaigon Times DailyTourism Department
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SaigonTimes English 1 month(s) ago
HCMC Vice Chairman Le Manh Ha told a recent seminar here that the city this year would deploy a state-of-the-art project for the chip industry as it has had all necessary fundamentals for this, and the city’s government will focus recourses on realizing this project. However, in an interview with The Saigon Times Daily after Ha announced the ambitious project, Professor Serge Demidenko, head of the Center of Technology at RMIT Vietnam, recommends some ‘food for thought’ for HCMC if...
Keywords: chipprojectThe Saigon Times DailyLe Manh HaRmit Vietnamdeployhelp
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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago
Viet Nam is a huge market for Cambodia's tourism industry, said Tekreth Samrach, Secretary of State for Cambodia's Council of Ministers, at a seminar organised by Cambodia's Angkor Air in Phnom Penh on Wednesday.
Keywords: freightMinisterstransportThe International Air Transport AssociationSaigon Times DailyLiberated Sai Gon
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SaigonTimes English 1 month(s) ago
Luu Thanh Binh, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), said only qualified airlines can survive and fare well in a challenging sector like aviation. Binh provides an insight into Vietnam’s current aviation market and carriers in an interview with The Saigon Times Daily on the sidelines of a two-day conference and exhibition Air Freight Logistics Vietnam 2013 that began in HCMC on Thursday.
Keywords: AirlinessurvivemarketfareCivil Aviation LawLuu Thanh Binhfreight
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SaigonTimes English 3 month(s) ago
Although the Government has made many efforts to restructure the economy, all of them are still half-done, Vo Tri Thanh, vice president of the Central Institute for Economic Management, talked to The Saigon Times Daily. Excerpts:
Keywords: stabilizeCentral InstituterestructureThe Saigon Times DailyWishesEverything
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SaigonTimes English 3 month(s) ago
Having recently been in town filming the six-week Vietnamese leg of the biopic Noble – the story of missionary Christina Noble – director Stephen Bradley took some time out to talk to the Saigon Times Daily about the fascinating lady herself.
Keywords: SaigonIn SaigonThe Saigon Times DailyhelpAmerican War
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SaigonTimes English 3 month(s) ago
Vietnam is facing unprecedented challenges in fighting numerous economic problems. Victoria Kwakwa, the World Bank’s country director for Vietnam, talked with The Saigon Times Daily on the need to bolster reforms to cope with such challenges. Excerpts:
Keywords: reformChallengesReformsVictoria KwakwaThe World BankCountry Director
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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago
More than 45 per cent of provincial hospitals nationwide used domestically made drugs, but the figure stood at only 12 per cent of central hospitals.
Keywords: HepzaDrugsHospitalsSaigon Times DailyThe LabourerdemandIndustrial Zones Authority
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SaigonTimes English 4 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news
It takes tourists four hours to reach Tan Quy Dong flower village in Sa Dec Town in Dong Thap Province from HCMC but it is worth every second when they see the beauty of this part of the country. For over 100 years, local people have majored in planting flowers and trees. Coming to the village, tourists can enjoy the Tet atmosphere in the air and feast their eyes on the natural beauty. HCMC-based Saigontourist and Dong Thap Tourist Company...
Keywords: SaigontouristtableDong Thap ProvincePhotoscenterBlossomsHcmc Tel
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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago
Around 7.7 per cent of married couples under 49 in the country are infertile, a recent survey by the Ministry of Health has found. The survey covered 14,000 couples living in eight ecological zones in Viet Nam.
Keywords: Cuu LongCouplesThe MekongSaigon Times DailyThe LabourerVan QuyenEnvironment Institute
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SaigonTimes English 8 month(s) ago
The local microprocessor industry has begun its first steps of development with some plans to develop chip factories, including one by Saigon Industry Corporation to build a large-scale plant in the Saigon Hi-tech Park with the assistance of scientists from Switzerland . The Saigon Times Daily talked to Duong Minh Tam, Deputy Manager of the Saigon Hi-tech Park, about the future of the HCMC microprocessor industry.
Keywords: chipEngineersSaigonIntelhighlyHuman ResourcesPrograms