WB loans Vietnam $400 mln to reform economy, higher education

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 week(s) ago

The World Bank has agreed to provide Vietnam with three concessional loans worth a total US$400 million to help the country reform its economic management and education system.

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President Sang welcomes six newly appointed ambassadors

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VietNam News English 6 day(s) ago

President Truong Tan Sang yesterday received six incoming ambassadors who presented him with their credentials.

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Purchasing index signals manufacturing expansion

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VietNam News English 2 week(s) ago 3 related news

The seasonally adjusted HSBC Viet Nam PMI (Purchasing Manufacturing Index) posted 51.0 in April, up slightly from 50.8 in March, signalling back-to-back improvements in operating conditions for the first time in nearly two years.

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Ban on poultry from China as H7N9 threat looms

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SaiGon GP English 3 week(s) ago

Ban on poultry from China as H7N9 threat looms

With fears of the H7N9 virus entering the country, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has stepped up alert at border gates of seven provinces to ban incoming live poultry, breeders, eggs and related products from China.

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Thanh Hoa Province reports one death from A/H1N1

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SaiGon GP English 1 month(s) ago

Thanh Hoa Province reports one death from A/H1N1

A 12-year-old girl from Vinh Loc District in the northern province of Thanh Hoa has died of A/H1N1 virus on April 23, bringing the number of people succumbing to the fatal virus to three, with two earlier cases being from Yen Bai Province.

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City prepares to fight new strain of Avian Flu

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SaiGon GP English 1 month(s) ago

City prepares to fight new strain of Avian Flu

Ho Chi Minh City is gearing to fight and prevent spread of the new and more deadly strain of A/H7N9 virus by tightening control and implementing strict precautionary measures across all districts, said Nguyen Tan Binh, director of the Department of Health at a meeting with the Health Minister on April 9.

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Small telcos want bigger pieces of the cake

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VietnamNet English 2 month(s) ago

Small telcos want bigger pieces of the cake

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese telecom groups have succeeded in raising the charges on international incoming calls from US2.6 cents to US6.1 cents. However, they have disagreed about the market share allocation.

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Vietnam adopts action plan against Avian Flu

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SaiGon GP English 1 month(s) ago

Vietnam adopts action plan against Avian Flu

After neighbouring China confirmed 21 cases of H7N9, including six deaths, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has adopted an action plan to fight against the new strain of virus from entering the country.

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Int’l Airport steps up detection, quarantine of H7N9 virus

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Int’l Airport steps up detection, quarantine of H7N9 virus

The Department of Health in Ho Chi Minh City on April 6 stepped up detection and quarantine measures at Tan Son Nhat International Airport to detect incoming passengers for the dreaded H7N9 virus.

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HSBC: Vietnamese manufacturing rebounds in March

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HSBC: Vietnamese manufacturing rebounds in March

The manufacturing sector of Vietnam edged back into expansion in March, with the PMI posting a 23-month high of 5.08.

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Farmer breeding clams in Mekong delta suffer losses

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SaiGon GP English 2 month(s) ago

Clam and oyster have turned out to be main incoming source that helped many households in Mekong Delta to become wealthy.

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Incoming remittances forecast at US$8.9 billion

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SaigonTimes English 3 month(s) ago

HCMC – The remittances sent home totaled some US$8.9 billion last year as recorded by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the authority now is reviewing the figure which is expected to slightly change later.

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New BHP chief flags costs, productivity agenda

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Báo Đầu Tư English 3 month(s) ago

New BHP chief flags costs, productivity agenda

The incoming chief executive of BHP Billiton, Andrew MacKenzie, said Sunday he will maintain focus on costs and productivity when he takes the helm at the world's biggest miner in May.

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New Jersey senator denies sex tourism claim

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 3 month(s) ago

New Jersey senator denies sex tourism claim

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat and incoming chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, denied on Wednesday allegations that he engaged in sex with prostitutes during free trips to the Dominican Republic provided by a political donor.

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LG Smart Activity Tracker: potentially the best fitness accessory yet

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Báo Đầu Tư English 4 month(s) ago

LG Smart Activity Tracker: potentially the best fitness accessory yet

LG has has limbered up, put its running shoes on, and jumped right into the growing activity tracker market.

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