Archive for March 30th, 2005
Oxiana reports SA, Laos drilling success
Shares in Oxiana Ltd edged higher after drilling success at its projects in Laos and South Australia. Recent drilling at Sepon in Laos discovered high-grade copper [...]
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Officials step up anti-bird flu message following second Cambodian death
Cambodia is intensifying efforts to educate villagers in the country’s southwest about bird flu after the death of two Cambodians from the virus, officials said [...]
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Khmer Rouge tribunal could proceed within months
A long awaited war crimes tribunal to prosecute surviving members of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime for genocide could start within months. The announcement was made at [...]
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Boosting Vietnam-Cambodia neighbouring and strategic ties
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nong Duc Manh today begins an official visit to Cambodia at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni. This is one of the [...]
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Avian influenza—situation in Vietnam and Cambodia—update 12
Vietnam The Ministry of Health in Vietnam has confirmed three additional cases of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza. The cases concern a 5-year-old boy from the [...]
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More business start ups in economic hub
Since early this year, HCM City has seen an increase in the number of business start-ups thanks to the openness of the Enterprise Law and simplified formalities, according to [...]
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French life insurer licensed
The Ministry of Finance on March 28 licensed three French investors to establish Prevoir Vietnam Life Insurance Co This company will specialise in life insurance with some [...]
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SBV opens credit information centre
In a bid to help banks avoid risk in credit investment, Credit Information Centre under the State Bank of Vietnam is collecting finance, non-finance data of businesses to [...]
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Agribank opens Phu Nhuan branch
The Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, or Agribank officially opened its branch at No 207 B, Hoang Van Thu Street, Phu Nhuan District, HCM City on March [...]
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Military bank inaugurates transaction booth
The office building of Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank, which is located at No 3 Lieu Giai (Hanoi) was inaugurated and officially launched as banking transaction booth [...]
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Binh Duong industrial production rise 33%
Industrial production in the southern province of Binh Duong in the first quarter reached 8.582 trillion dong, an increase of 33% year-on-year of which industrial production [...]
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Foreign arrivals up 13% in first quarter
As many as 250,000 foreigners visited Vietnam in March, bringing the total number of foreign arrivals in the first three-months of this year to more than 844,000, up 13.2% [...]
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Seafood exports in Q1 rise 11.2%
Seafood export in March is estimated at US$170 million, bringing total seafood export in January-March period to US$490 million, reaching 18.8% of the full year’s target [...]
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EC funds 17m euro for the poor
Deputy prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung on March 25 approved the financial agreement draft for the project on developing for the poor in the northern mountainous provinces. The [...]
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Bigger TVs tune into market
Discounted prices helped boost sales of 17 -inch monitors to record levels at the start of this year. Overall, sales of 17inch screens in January this year increased by 3% [...]
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