Archive for June, 2005

China: Development Projects in GMS

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 28/Jun/2005 Crienglish.com | 3:00 PM

Assistant FM Shen Guofang says China will report to Greater Mekong Sub-region countries about its development projects in the region. Chinese Assistant Foreign minister Shen [...]
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Avon educates women on risk of breast cancer

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 29/Jun/2005 Vietnam New page 2 | 2:53 PM

Avon Cosmetics Vietnam is advancing the fight again breast cancer by raising the awareness of Vietnamese women in HCM City and Hanoi of early detection methods and proper [...]
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Doctors prepare for child liver transplant

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 27/Jun/2005 Vietnam News page 3 | 2:49 PM

The Central Paediatrics Hospital plans to undertake a liver transplant operation early next month with support from South Korea doctors, according to the hospital director. [...]
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Australian programme introduces drug control strategies to reduce HIV/Aids

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 27/Jun/2005 Vietnam Investment Review page 3 | 2:48 PM

New tools and materials designed to reduce the spread of HIV among drug users were launched last week as part of an Australian funded project. The Asia Regional HIV/Aids [...]
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Japan helps improve medical services in central region

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 28/Jun/2005 VoV | 2:44 PM

A chief representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) office in Vietnam F.Kicuchi and director of Hue Central Hospital, Dr Pham Nhu The signed the [...]
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Canada supports Vietnam in WTO; agrees on stronger bilateral ties

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 29/Jun/2005 Saigon Times Daily page 1 | 2:35 PM

Canada has reaffirmed its support for Vietnam to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and agreed to enhance relations with the Southeast Asian nation. This reaffirmation [...]
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‘Miracle’ surgery saves life

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 29/Jun/2005 Thanh Nien | 2:35 PM

TrungVuong Emergency Hospital and Cu Chi District Clinic report that their doctors carried out six hour emergency operation on 31 year man who had fatally low blood pressure [...]
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SBV forex rates for June 29

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 29/Jun/2005 State Bank of Vietnam | 2:25 PM

Interbank rate: 1 US dollar = 15,826.00 dong State commercial bank rates: USD buy 15,864.00 sell 15,866.00 JPY buy 143.40 sell 145.72 EUR buy 19,035.74 sell [...]
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HCM City promises to polish up investment image

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 29/Jun/2005 Saigon Times Daily page 1 | 2:24 PM

The HCM City government is making efforts to solve many issues faced by foreign investors, but local leaders and investors alike will still have to await solutions to other [...]
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Transport minister mulls Dinh An Estuary Improvement Canal Project

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 28/Jun/05 baocantho.com.vn | 2:24 PM

The Minister of Transport Dao Dinh Binh and officials and agencies had an inspection of the Quan Chanh Bo canal project to study some technical elements to complete the Dinh [...]
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Taxation reform toward 2010

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 27/Jun/2005 Ministry of Finance | 2:23 PM

The Ministry of Finance has mapped out a roadmap for the reform of the main tax items: ? -Value Added Tax: to decrease number of VAT free goods and services; to apply a [...]
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Canada signs adoption agreement with Vietnam

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 28/Jun/2005 Xinhuanet | 2:22 PM

Canadian foreign minister Pierre Pettigrew on Monday June 27 announced an agreement that will allow Canadians to adopt Vietnamese children after a suspension of more than [...]
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MPI minister defends decision on Russian fraud case

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 28/Jun/2005 Thanh Nien | 2:22 PM

Vietnam’s Investment minister has defended his decision to allow a Russian-invested company, whose director has been arrested for fraud, to transfer its legal capital, [...]
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China IPO to fund aluminium plant in Vietnam

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 28/Jun/2005 Dow Jones | 2:21 PM

China Yunnan Metallurgical general Co expects to raise CNY1 billion ($120.77 million) from the initial public offering and listing of its joint venture company in Hong Kong [...]
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Singapore firm launches new property management service

30-Jun-2005 Intellasia | 29/Jun/2005 Saigon Times Daily page 1 | 2:21 PM

Singaporean TAAP International Ltd, which provides property and hospitality management and marketing consultancy in Vietnam, has launched its new brand Harvest, dealing with [...]
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