Archive for November 8th, 2007
Company, bank, stock market briefs Nov 08
The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange today November 08 continued falling sharply on the stock market as the VN Index lost another 4.73 points or 0.45% to close at 1026.47 (after 11 [...]
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VN Index dips 0.51 pts
After three sharp falls, the VN Index lost the total of 44.21 points or 4.11%, many stocks recovered. But some prime shares still kept falling making the VN Index continue [...]
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Typhoon Peipah on course to hit Vietnam
Flooded parts of central Vietnam are being threatened with more heavy rain with the approach of Typhoon Peipah. Tropical storm Peipah formed out in the Pacific, east of the [...]
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Firms protest mine bid result
Gold mining companies in Da Nang have claimed the granting of a gold mining license to a competitor company was unfair. In July, the local industry department invited bids [...]
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US business group looks to PetroVietnam deals
A delegation of 25 US businesses operating in oil and gas sector on November 5 had a working session with the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, PetroVietnam. PetroVietnam [...]
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Olympus continues to extend high-grade gold intersections at Phuoc Son
Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc. (TSX: OYM) (“the Company” or “Olympus”) is pleased to announce continuing success from step-out and in-fill drilling [...]
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Anti-corruption to be caught at schools
A project to teach anti-corruption to government officials and students was discussed at a government Inspectorate seminar in Hanoi. Officials under training at [...]
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Patented device to test body fluids from cancer to bird flu
A liquid dispensing system useful for identifying medical woes ranging from cancer to bird flu will garner an award for two NJ inventors this week. The newly-patented device [...]
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Cholera reported in Vietnam’s diarrhea outbreak
Some cases of cholera have been confirmed among nearly 800 people suffering severe diarrhea in northern Vietnam, health officials said on Tuesday November 6. The state-run [...]
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Ten killed, 27 wounded by Thai insurgents
The unrest in Thailand’s insurgency-hit Muslim-majority south showed no signs of abating Tuesday November 6, with 10 people killed in a series of attacks and 27 wounded [...]
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Burma tycoon says sanctions will not hurt regime
Burma business tycoon Tay Za has slammed US sanctions against his airline and other businesses with reputed links to the ruling junta, saying only the people of the former [...]
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Little joy for UN envoy in Burma
Burma’s ruling junta has rejected UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari’s bid for three-way talks with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during his visit, [...]
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Cambodia facing uneducated future
Pich Dy’s eyes are welling with tears as she remembers her classroom humiliation. “The teachers asked me to stand up,” she sniffs. “Sometimes I was [...]
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Malaysia production probably accelerated in September on mining
Malaysia’s industrial production growth probably accelerated in September as increased mining activity countered weak electronics manufacturing. Production at [...]
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Interpol widens pedophile search appeals
Interpol has agreed to allow wider use of public appeals to track suspected pedophiles, after the method led to the arrest of a Canadian schoolteacher last month, an agency [...]
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