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11 hrs ago | VietNamNet

Crumbling infrastructure deterring investment

The poor state of Vietnama s roads and other infrastructure poses a major obstacle for foreign investors as the country struggles to boost exports, business leaders said on Tuesday.

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Mon Dec 07, 2009

VietNamNet

New gold exchange rule may push out investors,

Tightened government control over gold exchanges via higher capital requirements for investors could drive them away, exchange managers said.

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Sun Dec 06, 2009

Thanh Nein News

Lack of family values, not just poverty, behind street children

Two shoeshine boys in downtown HCMC. Experts say bad parenting and the changing face of a modernizing society have created urban Vietnam's street children.

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Related Topix: Parenting, World News, Vietnam,

Sat Dec 05, 2009

VietNamNet

Power monopoly plans structural reform,

Electricity of Vietnam is seeking government permission to regroup its 11 subsidiaries into five large corporations as a way to heighten competition in the power sector.

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Fri Dec 04, 2009

Staunton News Leader

Bloodstained letter not enough to convict man charged with making threats

RICHMOND, Va. - A Vietnamese immigrant who sent his congressman a bloodstained letter vowing to decapitate a U.S. consular official was acquitted of two charges Thursday.

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Thu Dec 03, 2009

Thanh Nein News

City closes four gruel makers after chemical scandal

Four a oenutritious gruela producers in Ho Chi Minh City were closed temporarily Wednesday as they were found operating in unhygienic conditions.

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Related Topix: World News, Vietnam, Healthcare Law, Food and Drug Administration, Law

Wed Dec 02, 2009

VietNamNet

Markets lie about chemical-laden Chinese produce,

Produce at city markets is chock full of dangerous additives, and while the label might say a oemade in the USA,a it probably comes from China.

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Related Topix: Life, Fruits, Food, Vegetables, World News, Vietnam,

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Sunday Times

Miss World, junkets as city drowns in debt

The City of Johannesburg has written off a staggering R2.8-billion in debt - or a 10th of its 2009-2010 budget.

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SYS-CON MEDIA

IBM To Build E-Government Cloud for Ho Chi Minh City

IBM says it's been hired to build an e-government cloud for Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, the one-time capital of South Vietnam.

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Related Topix: World News, Vietnam, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology

Mon Nov 30, 2009

Jordan News.Net

Trans-Asian Railway at a halt due to Thaksin incident

Ongoing hostilities between Cambodia and Thailand are believed to be jeopardising the completion of the Trans-Asian Railway.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hun Sen

Hotel News Resource

Novotel Saigon Centre to open in the city centre of Ho Chi Minh City

The 350 room hotel is to be built in the city centre in District 1 and is scheduled to open in 2012.

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Related Topix: World News, Vietnam

VietNamNet

HCM City architecture lacks character,

The architectural character of Ho Chi Minh City lacks coherence, creativity and a specific identity of its own, experts said at a meeting held last week.

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Sun Nov 29, 2009

Sun-Bulletin

WHO: Treat HIV patients sooner

People infected with the virus that causes AIDS should start treatment earlier than currently recommended, the World Health Organization said Monday.

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Thanh Nein News

Gangsters, hitmen, druglords prowl HCMC

Police escort Vu Van Luan, Tran Van Khoa and Ngo Chi Huan from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City late October.

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Sat Nov 28, 2009

Buffalo News

America wages new war in Vietnam _ on AIDS

When her husband fell ill with AIDS, doctors at the hospital turned him away, fearing they would catch the virus.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, George Bush, W., World News, Vietnam

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Light Reading

Telstra Expands Asia/Pacific Network

Telstra International, a leading global provider of managed network solutions, today unveiled a series of initiatives to deepen its connectivity in key Asian growth markets in Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia.

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Earth Times

Untreated hospital waste overflowing in Vietnam

Health experts Wednesday were troubled by news that Ho Chi Minh City hospitals are discharging 20,000 cubic metres per day of untreated wastewater into public sewers and rivers.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

Midhurst and Petworth

Saving the forgotten children

It sounds like the plot of a tear-jerking movie a ' a nurse travelled to Vietnam to help an orphaned boy with a horrific skin disorder.

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TravelPod.com Recent Updates

New Saigon,Old Charms - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

This is the best time of the year to visit the Indo-China region.This is the time of the year when the climate changed from hot and humid to cooler weather, possibly a spin-off from the winter in the Himalayas.The cool breeze takes heat off the land making it much more pleasant to walk around without suffering the intense heat of the hot and humid ...

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

Montgomery Advertiser

North Ala. man among vets honored for Vietnam heroism

SMITH LAKE -- Wayne Patton doesn't consider himself a hero, but in a dense jungle on March 26, 1970, he sure acted like one.

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