Archive for March, 2005

Lao dam has been put off long enough

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 31/Mar/2005 Bangkok Post | 4:22 PM

The Nam Theun 2 hydroelectricity project has been a subject of debate and intense scrutiny for more than a decade. The people of Laos are likely to be the main beneficiaries [...]
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Hmong decry Laos abuses

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 30/Mar/2005 Press-Gazette | 4:20 PM

Vaughn Vang wants the world to start paying attention to the jungles of Laos, where he fears more than 20,000 Hmong will become victims of genocide by the communist-led [...]
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Japan donates 30 motorcycles to Cambodia for bird flu flight

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 31/Mar/2005 AFP | 4:08 PM

Japan donated 30 motorcycles to Cambodia’s ministry of agriculture to help the kingdom fight deadly bird flu, which has already killed two Cambodians. “Those [...]
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Cambodia Ammo Warehouse Blast Kills 6

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 30/Mar/2005 AP | 4:07 PM

A military weapons depot exploded in northwestern Cambodia early Thursday, killing at least six people and triggering an hours-long spray of shells and bullets, officials [...]
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Extra checkpoints set up to stem narcotics flow from Cambodia

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 30/Mar/2005 TNA | 3:59 PM

Thailand’s eastern task force commander has ordered seven more checkpoints to be set up along the Thai-Cambodian border in Thailand’s eastern province of Sa Kaew [...]
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Q1 retail sales rise 18.5%

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 29/Mar/2005 Ministry of Finance | 2:04 PM

The General Statistical Office reported that total retail sales of goods and service in the first quarter reached 104.497 trillion dong, a rise of 18.5% year on year of which [...]
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Social Policy Bank disburses 14.3tr dong to the poor

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 30/Mar/2005 Saigon Giai Phong page 3 | 2:03 PM

The Social Policy Bank said it had raised a total of nearly 15.4 trillion dong of which total loans for the poor are estimated at 14.3 trillion dong so far, reports a SPB [...]
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Capital to hold banking expo

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 30/Mar/2005 Vietnam News page 14 | 2:03 PM

The fourth annual banking expo and conference, jointly organised by lDG Vietnam and the State Bank of Vietnam will be held in the capital in May. Participants at the two-day [...]
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EVN to equitise two large power plants

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 30/Mar/2005 Thi Truong page 3 | 2:03 PM

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will continue to equitise two of its big subsidiaries, comprising Thac Ba Hydropower Plant and Pha Lai Thermal Plant under the form of auctioning [...]
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Hanoi CPI rises 7.6% in Q1

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 30/Mar/2005 Hanoi Moi Page 3 | 2:02 PM

Hanoi consumer price index in March increased by 0.3% against last month of which food recorded a rise of 0.12%, foodstuff 0.6%, housing and construction materials 0.28%. [...]
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GDP increases 7.2% in first quarter 2005

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 30/Mar/2005 Tuoi Tre page 2 | 2:01 PM

Gross Domestic Product of the first quarter this year is estimated to reach 164.2 trillion dong, increasing 7.2% compared with the same period of 2004, according to the [...]
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HCM City export in Q1 rise 16.5%

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 29/Mar/2005 Thuong Mai page 4 | 2:01 PM

Total export in HCM City in January-March period reached US$2.531 trillion, a year on year increase of 16.5% of which state sector registered at US$1.8 billion, up by 16.5% [...]
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Export turnover up 22.6% in Dong Nai

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 29/Mar/2005 Kinh Te Vietnam & The Gioi page 6 | 2:00 PM

The southern province of Dong Nai witnessed total export turnover of over US$666 million in the first quarter, just 21.4% of the yearly plan, a year-on-year increase of [...]
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Imported petroleum products dip 5.4%

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 29/Mar/2005 Ministry of Finance | 2:00 PM

The General Statistical Office reports Vietnam imported 2.79 million tonnes of oil and gas in the first quarter, down by 5.4% against last year. However, total import [...]
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Crude oil export post 30% increase

31-Mar-2005 Intellasia | 30/Mar/2005 Thoi Bao Tai Chinh page 3 | 1:59 PM

Total exports of crude oil in the first three-months is estimated at US$1.58 billion, a year-on-year increase of 30.3% while total export output of crude oil reduced by 9.6% [...]
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