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Vietnam considers banning motorbikes in big cities Is the idea as crazy as it sounds? The country’s traffic problems certainly are… Motorbikes on a street in downtown Hanoi. Deputy Prime Minister...
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Bill Gates Foundation brings free Internet to rural VietnamTuoi TreUnder the second phase of a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Microsoft founder Bill Gates’...
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Airlines fight over qualified workers in aviation boom timeAir carriers, who have been scrambling for pilots and stewardesses all the time, have begun a new struggle to lure technical officers. The...
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Social Highlights for November 25PM supports modern bus, rail system for Ha NoiPrime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a US$59 million project to get Ha Noi people off their motorbikes and out of...
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FPT signs agreement with software giant MicrosoftFPT signs agreement with software giant MicrosoftThe Vietnamese telecommunications and technology giant, FPT, signed an agreement with Microsoft on...
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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 26/11First private Vietnamese investment project in USA Vietnamese home furnishing product maker in the southern province of Vinh Long launched its first US-based investment in...
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Art & Entertainment Highlights for November 26Sixty antiques donated to museum for Heritage DayAs many as 60 antiquities, dating from the 14th through 19th centuries, were donated to the central...
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Poor transport holds Delta back Workers assemble motorbikes at Can Tho Automobile Factory in Tra Noc Industrial Zone in the Mekong Delta's Can Tho Province. Localities in the region were urged to boost...
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Vietnam’s public debt may reach 95% of GDPIf counting on the state owned enterprises’ (SOEs) loans not guaranteed by the government, the total public debt of Vietnam would be 95 percent of GDP, far...
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Buddhists from 100 countries to attend Vesak in VietnamThe second time hosting the United Nations Day of Vesak, the Vietnam Buddhist Shangha is expected to welcome 10,000 people, including 1,500...
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Plane makes belly landing at Buon Ma Thuot A King Air plane is seen in this photo illustration. WikipediaDuring a calibration flight, a Vietnam Airlines (VNA) plane had to land on its belly in Buon Ma...
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FDI firms thrive in Vinh Phuc Motorbike assembly line at Piaggio Viet Nam in the northern province of Vinh Phuc. Foreign-invested enterprises account for 84 per cent of the province's total number of...
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Ministries bombarded with complaints The Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Ministry of Industry and Trade faced public adversity concerning the transparency of their...
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Diabetes goes boom in VietnamUrbanization, inactive lifestyles and fast food triple the number of diabetics over the past decadeChildren at a fast food restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City. Unhealthy diets...
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Call for rethink on hydro-power plantsFour non-government organisations (NGOs) have called on the National Assembly for tighter controls on hydro-power plants to prevent loss of lives and widespread...
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Vietnam, New Zealand enhance defence cooperationDefence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh (right) and his visiting New Zealand Counterpart Jonathan Coleman (left) (Photo: VNA)Vietnamese and New...
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Businesses beg for capital, or coffee plants will witherThe Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked the Prime Minister to instruct commercial banks to provide loans to coffee...
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Conjoined twins to be separated in HCM CityAbout 70 Vietnamese surgeons, anaesthesiologists and doctors on November 26 conducted an operation on conjoined twins fused from the upper thorax to lower...
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Viet Nam, Sri Lanka target $1 bln trade by 2015 Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) meets with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Professor G. L. Peiris in Colombo yesterday.- Photos...
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FDI attraction soars in first 11 monthsIllustrative image (Source: VNA)Newly-registered and additional foreign direct investment (FDI) capital in Vietnam totalled 20.8 billion USD in the first 11...
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