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8 hrs ago | Thanh Nein News

Long way to go before Vietnam has globally recognized schools

Master's degree recipients at the Hanoi-based National Economics University's graduation ceremony last month.

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Thu Jul 24, 2008

Bloomberg.com - Asia

Vietnam's Biggest Banks Reduce Interest Rates to Alleviate Fund Shortage

Vietnam Bank for Industry and Trade joined the country's three biggest lenders in cutting rates to ease a fund shortage that threatens to slow economic growth.

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Wed Jul 23, 2008

Philly.com

Personal Journey: Stepping into a new Vietnam

Like any school group, they came to the museum in vans and minibuses. Scurrying around the grounds in giggling and chattering clusters, they resembled any other troop of students on a field trip.

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Tue Jul 22, 2008

Thanh Nein News

Drug firm executives face charges

Ho Chi Minh City police Monday said they planned to press charges against current and former executives of a drug company accused of faking invoices to channel money into a slush fund.

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Mon Jul 21, 2008

FinanceAsia

Citi adds fixed-income trader to Vietnam team

Citi announced in an internal memo that Nguyen Hoang Son has become head of trading for fixed income, currencies and commodities in Vietnam.

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Sun Jul 20, 2008

VietNamNet

Gigantic software park break ground

President Nguyen Minh Triet on July 19 attended the ground-breaking ceremony of the 1.2 billion USD Thu Thiem Software Park in Ho Chi Minh City's district 2. The project is a joint venture between SaigonTel ...

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Sat Jul 19, 2008

Thanh Nein News

Health watchdog probes death following endoscopic procedures

Inspectors of the Ho Chi Minh City health department has launched an investigation into a boy's death at a local hospital after a gastric endoscopy early this week.

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Thanh Nein News

Matchmakers fined after HCMC hotel bust

Two Vietnamese and four South Koreans were fined over an illegal marriage brokering ring busted by Ho Chi Minh City police on Thursday.

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VietNamNet

Singapore grants 12 scholarships to Vietnamese students

Twelve Vietnamese students on July 18 were awarded with full scholarships totalling 1.47 million USD funded by the Singaporean government.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

Reuters

Vietnam jails Australian couple for carrying heroin

HANOI - A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced an Australian woman of Vietnamese origin to life in jail for trafficking heroin, and her husband, who is also of Vietnamese descent, to a 20-year jail term on ...

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VietNamNet

Vietnam image advertised through Miss Universe pageant 2008

Nearly one billion from 170 countries and territories worldwide watched the crowning ceremony of the Miss Universe pageant 2008 through television broadcast live from Diamond Bay resort of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa.

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

Thanh Nein News

Public project goof-ups cost city almost $8 mln

Ho Chi Minh City inspectors have found a total loss of VND132 billion caused by errors in design and implementation of public projects since 2006.

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

Thanh Nein News

Scientists discover rare monkeys in central Vietnam

A black-shanked douc langur Vietnamese scientists have discovered black-shanked douc langurs , a type of monkey, on a peninsula located 10 kilometers from central Da Nang City's center.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

Thanh Nein News

Vietnam to be Asian springboard for Russian phone firm

Customers browse cell phones at a shop in Ho Chi Minh City. Russia's second biggest cell phone operator, Vimpelcom, said its mobile phone joint venture with Vietnamese state companies will be a launchpad for an ...

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

Guardian Unlimited

Letters: Under attack

France has denied a Moroccan Muslim woman French citizenship as "she has adopted a radical practice of her religion, incompatible with essential values of the French community, particularly the principle of ...

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Sun Jul 13, 2008

Thanh Nein News

Malaysia promotes tourism in Ho Chi Minh City

The Malaysian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City showcased Malaysia's tourism appeal at a gala event in coordination with the Malaysian Tourism Board Friday.

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Sat Jul 12, 2008

Thanh Nein News

17 cancer deaths reported in probed neighborhood

The inspection team speaks with a family member of a cancer victim in the neighborhood under investigation.

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So No Child Must Wait

2006 Vietnam Visiting Educator

Nancy Chee, Interplast visiting educator. Back in 2006 Interplast sent occupational therapist Nancy Chee to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to participate in Interplast's Visiting Educator Program.

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Fri Jul 11, 2008

Thanh Nein News

HCMC probes bribery allegations for highway project

A section of the East West Highway construction project in Ho Chi Minh City's District 4. The Ho Chi Minh City administration has said it is investigating allegations that officials from a public agency ...

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Thu Jul 10, 2008

Thanh Nein News

Murderer hunt ends in HCMC hotel

Hanoi police, Wednesday, arrested a man, who was wanted for murder and robbery in Hanoi, since July 1 in Ho Chi Minh City, a police source said.

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