Archive for March, 2005
Lao dam has been put off long enough
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
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
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
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
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%
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
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
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
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
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
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%
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
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%
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
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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