Archive for September, 2005
Equipment donated to ‘Newborn Care Initiative’
A German invested company and a US non-governmental organisation are working on a project to improve intensive care for newborns in a southern Vietnamese hospital. The Binh [...]
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Brain tumour operations successful
The first two successful brain tumour operations employing the high tech gamma ray scalpel technique took place in Vietnam September 26 and 27, doctors at a central hospital [...]
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Cambodian PM Seeks Cooperation With China on Mineral Resources
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday met here with visiting Chinese Land and Natural Resources Minister Sun Wensheng, seeking to strength cooperation on exploration of [...]
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Typhoon Damrey moves into Laos after hitting Vietnam
Typhoon Damrey pushed into Laos and weakened Wednesday after breaching sea dikes in northern Vietnam, killing one person, injuring 12 and forcing the evacuation of nearly [...]
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Investments increase sharply
The value of foreign i nvestment in the Vientiane area rose last month to US$22.2 million from US$5.7 million in July, although the number of individual projects fell from 13 [...]
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Spanish firm wins US$ tender for waste treatment plant
Spain’s Industrias Leblan has signed a US$4.98 million contract with Da Nang authorities to supply equipment and technical services for a waste treatment plant in Da [...]
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Vietnam Japan Gas opens second facility
Vietnam Japan Gas Ltd (VJG) on September 28 inaugurated its second air separation plant in Bien Hoa 2 Industrial Park, becoming the biggest supplier of industrial gas in [...]
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China’s largest airline adds Vietnam flights
China Southern Airlines announced it has expanded its Airbus A320 service between Vietnam and its brand new multi million dollar hub at the new Baiyun International Airport [...]
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HCM City water utility to expand capacity
A water utility in Vietnam’s southern metro HCM City will begin construction September 30 to expand its supply network enabling it to supply water to the city’s new [...]
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Textile exports reach US$3.5b
Textile and garment exports in September reached US$500 million, bringing the total textile exports for the January-September period to US$3.5 billion, a rise of 3.5% [...]
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Four more firms to auction shares on trading floors
Four companies will auction shares at the Hanoi and HCM City security transaction centres in October, according to the Hanoi Securities Transaction Centre (HSTC). Hanoi [...]
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Vinacoal to equitise five subsidiaries
State miner Vinacoal said it is going ahead with the equitisation of five subsidiary members in 2005, including Nui Beo Coal Co, said Doan Van Kien general director of [...]
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SBV interbank rate September 29
The State Bank of Vietnam announced the average forex rate between US dollar and dong in the interbank market for September 29. One US dollar is 15,851.00 [...]
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Two-day black out of ATMs
Some customers who used automated teller machine (ATM) cards of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam or Bidv complained that they could not make any [...]
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Military Bank opens 22nd branch
Following the recent opening of the Tay Ho branch in Dong Da District, Hanoi, Vietnam Military Joint Stock Bank (MB) on September 28 opened another branch in Hoan Kiem [...]
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