Property market still dark

0 vote(s)Comment

Báo Đầu Tư English 4 month(s) ago

Property market still dark

Despite the Vietnamese government’s latest moves aiming to increase the liquidation of the real estate products, the forecast for the property market this year remains gloomy.

Keywords: 

Arab League leader seeks Latin American co-operation on Syria

0 vote(s)Comment

VietNam News English 8 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

The Arab League has urged nations of the Middle East and Latin America to work together toward resolving the Syria crisis.

Keywords: 

Law of the jungle

0 vote(s)Comment

SaigonTimes English 13 month(s) ago

The most striking issue mainstreamed in local media these days is probably the illegal logging of three giant trees known as sua, a rare wood species whose scientific name is Dalbergia tonkinensis prain, in the central province of Quang Binh’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. The whole picture regarding this issue can be termed anarchy, when looters, robbers, and cheaters roam the villages and the forest, while intervention from authorities is limited to slow reaction, if not inaction. In such...

Keywords: 

ECB inaction leaves euro flat against dollar

0 vote(s)Comment

VietNam News English 13 month(s) ago

The euro traded flat against the dollar on Thursday after the European Central Bank kept its key interest rate unchanged and gave no hints about changing policy direction in the coming months.

Keywords: 

S. Korean inspectors leave for U.S. following outbreak of mad cow disease

0 vote(s)Comment

VietnamNet English 13 month(s) ago

A group of South Korean officials, scholars and civic activists left for the United States Monday to look into the latest outbreak of mad cow disease amid growing food safety concerns at home.

Keywords: 

Where meat turns poison

0 vote(s)Comment

SaigonTimes English 14 month(s) ago

At one end, there are profiteers who want to make the most gains in farming and trading by using lean-meat additives to raise their pig herds, and harmful chemicals to turn their rotten meat products into fresh ones. At the other end are consumers whose health and safety are at stake due to the poisonous products they are eating days in days out. Between the two ends is the inaction of authorities, or their inability to control the chaotic market...

Keywords: 

Push to turn words into bold actions

0 vote(s)Comment

Báo Đầu Tư English 18 month(s) ago

Push to turn words into bold actions

Many international donors are calling on Vietnam’s government to screw down the details of its economic overhaul.

Keywords: 

Germany urges UN to send Syria 'strong signal'

0 vote(s)Comment

SaiGon GP English 21 month(s) ago

Germany urges UN to send Syria 'strong signal'

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Thursday called for a UN Security Council resolution to condemn the crackdown by the Syrian regime on pro-democracy protests.

Keywords: 

Europe debt worries sink US stocks

0 vote(s)Comment

Báo Đầu Tư English 21 month(s) ago

Europe debt worries sink US stocks

US stocks slid Monday, snapping a five-session winning streak as traders worried about a possible Greek public debt default and eurozone inaction to confront the crisis.

Keywords: 

Time to expand our views on education

0 vote(s)Comment

Báo Thanh Niên English 22 month(s) ago

In Vietnam, it is the mother of all battles that is fought year after year: more than close to a million or more students sit for their university entrance examinations, fighting for a few hundred thousand seats.

Keywords: 

Climate change links to social, mental health: Australia study

0 vote(s)Comment

VietnamNet English 22 month(s) ago

Climate change links to social, mental health: Australia study

An Australia report released on Monday draws a direct link between inaction on climate change and long-term social and mental health problems.

Keywords: 

Rights group calls on Muslim states to act on Syria

0 vote(s)Comment

SaiGon GP English 22 month(s) ago

Rights group calls on Muslim states to act on Syria

Human Rights Watch on Saturday called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to "immediately" intervene to stop Syria's crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

Keywords: 

Obama calls for ending Washington 'gridlock'

0 vote(s)Comment

SaiGon GP English 23 month(s) ago

Obama calls for ending Washington 'gridlock'

WASHINGTON, Aug 13, 2011 (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Saturday urged members of Congress to end what he termed a political "gridlock" in Washington by passing legislation aimed at creating more jobs.

Keywords: 

US default prospects stalk global stock markets

0 vote(s)Comment

Báo Đầu Tư English 23 month(s) ago 2 related news

US default prospects stalk global stock markets

Global stock markets mostly fell on Monday amid growing concern of a US default after debt-ceiling talks broke down in Washington over the weekend.

Keywords: 

Vietnam central bank chief confident in inflation fight

0 vote(s)Comment

Báo Thanh Niên English 26 month(s) ago 3 related news

Vietnamese central bank governor Nguyen Van Giau expressed confidence on Monday in government steps to curb soaring inflation, days after raising key policy rates for the second time in a month in the face of stubbornly high prices.

Keywords: 

Top page