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Vietnam minister says Vinashin should make its own debt payment
A Vietnamese minister
said state-owned Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, known as Vinashin, should
make a US$60 million debt payment on its own as the government offers to help
the company become profitable.
Interpol to probe $10 mln banknote graft
VietNamNet Bridge - Interpol Vietnam will investigate accusations that an Australian firm paid over US$10 million in bribes to a Hanoi-based company to secure a banknote-printing contract.
Indochina Airlines still hit by turbulence
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- The VND25 billion ($1.25 million) bad debt Indochina
Airlines owes to aviation fuel supplier Vinapco would have been avoidable if
the latter had received more justified instructions from relevant authorities.
Int’l recognition sought for Vietnam's largest lake
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Vietnam will apply for the inscription of the Ba Be National Park on the Ramsar
List of Westlands of International Importance, the government said Saturday.
Vietnam to invest $42 million in cybersecurity to counter attacks
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- Vietnam's
Ministry of Information and Communications has unveiled a US$42 million,
10-year plan to bolster the country's cybersecurity defenses in response to
increasing cyberattacks.
City schools add yoga
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- Yoga has become a part of the daily routine for Ho Chi Minh City schoolchildren - grades K to
12.
Australian scientists in peanut allergy treatment breakthrough
Australian scientists have identified peanut proteins that could be translated into the world 's first treatment for the often lethal food allergy, said Professor Robyn O'Hehir from Melbourne's The Alfred hospital and Monash University on Friday.
Ronaldo says tired of soccer
During the 2010 International Forum of Soccer, the Footecon, Corinthians striker Ronaldo declared on Wednesday that he is getting tired of the sport.
Colombian rescuers find 53 bodies after landslide
Colombian rescuers have found 53 bodies after a landslide in the northwest of Colombia, official sources said on Thursday.
HCM City lights up for Christmas
VietNamNet Bridge – December marks the beginning of the world's leading festive season as people prepare to celebrate Christmas and welcome the New Year.
GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 10/12
VN, Japan hold defence talks; Viet Nam, N Korea increase bilateral co-operation; ASEAN, EU strengthen bilateral ties; Luxembourg continues to back Vietnamese relations with EU
Coaches lack safety equipment
VietNamNet Bridge – Most coaches based out of Ha Noi's terminals lack safety equipment such as emergency hammers, fire-extinguishers and seatbelts.
Vietnam asks WWF to remove tra fish from red list
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has requested World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) members in a number of European countries remove its tra (Pangasius) fish from the red list of the guidance manual for seafood consumers in 2010-2011,
VN plans to put end to TB within 20 years
VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam plans to eliminate tuberculosis by 2030. The National Tuberculosis Prevention Programme yesterday revealed its strategy for the next five years to reduce the prevalence of TB by half of the estimated incidence in 2000.
Subterranean plan to boost city space
VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Planning and Architecture (DPA) is set to study master planning for the use of underground space in the city to increase the effectiveness of urban land use, according to its chief.
Health costs expected to get even higher
VietNamNet Bridge – About 774,000 households in Viet Nam fall into poverty due to high treatment costs at hospitals regardless of whether they are given financial support, the World Health Organisation revealed at a two-day conference
Para Games opening to highlight love
The opening ceremony of the Guangzhou Asian Para Games will not focus on high-tech performances but emotion - a feature that will display disabled performers' and athletes' love for life and society,
Thousands of British students protest against tuition fee rise
Thousands of university students demonstrated Thursday in central London, the fourth since last month, as MPs in the House of Commons prepared to vote on a plan to raise tuition fees.
Car import tariffs will be lowered, but car prices will not go down
Right after hearing the news that the Ministry of Finance will slash the import tariff on less than nine seat cars, many people decided to delay their car purchase plan. However, they have been warned that the prices may not go down.
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 10/12
Gov’t chief okays
foreign-funded projects on agriculture; Big surges in foreign
currency and overseas remittance; China
to supply Vietnam
with building materials; Fair offers discounts
on electronics and IT devices
