Archive for November 23rd, 2007
Company, bank, stock market briefs Nov 23
The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange today November 23 after a slight recovery in the previous session fell on the stock market when the VN Index dropped 1.25 points or 0.12% to [...]
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VN Index recovers to 977pts
After some declines, ending the session on November 22, the stock market reached a slight recovery when the VN Index regained 5.68 points or 0.58% to 977.17 pts and the HaSTC [...]
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Vietnam confirms arrests of US, French, Thai nationals
Communist Vietnam on Thursday November 22 confirmed the arrests last weekend of three Vietnamese born pro-democracy activists from the United States, France and Thailand for [...]
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Japanese ex-minister found dead in Vietnam hotel room
An outspoken former Japanese government minister has been found dead in a Vietnamese hotel room, but Vietnamese officials and Japanese diplomats say the cause of death is not [...]
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Flood-weary Vietnam braces for Typhoon Hagabis
Flood-weary Vietnam has called thousands of fishing boats ashore and plans to evacuate thousands of people as Typhoon Hagibis threatened the southern coast, the seventh storm [...]
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Typhoon Mitag strengthens on path toward Philippines
Typhoon Mitag strengthened over the Pacific Ocean as it headed for the Philippines, the second cyclone in a week to threaten the country, the U.S. Navy said. The eye of [...]
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Thai Banpu tells buyers Indonesia coal output hit by rain
Thai-based coal miner Banpu may miss output targets as heavy rain jeopardises production at a major mine in Indonesia, a letter obtained by Reuters showed on Wednesday [...]
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PetroVietnam given green light to explore for oil in Cuba
Vietnam has agreed to allow a unit of PetroVietnam to start exploring for oil in seven fields in Cuba, a government statement said Wednesday November 21. The decision allows [...]
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Serica Indonesian operations update
Serica Energy plc (AIM & TSX-V: SQZ) is pleased to announce that the Global Santa Fe 136 jack-up drilling rig has completed its current operations and is now being [...]
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Russia’s Telloil joins UK’s Techno Star Management to build refinery
Vietnam’s central Phu Yen Province has licensed a joint venture of the UK’s Techno Star Management (51%) and Russia’s Telloil (49%) to build a 4 million [...]
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Fifth UK bird flu cull underway
Poultry are to be culled at a farm which may have been exposed to the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, Defra said on Wednesday November 21. “This decision has been taken [...]
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Dengue death cases rise to 78
Vietnam has detected 78 fatalities due to dengue fever since the beginning of this year, increasing over 55% compare with the same period of last year, local newspaper [...]
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Saudi Arabia culls 3.5 million birds over deadly flu
Saudi Arabia’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday November 21 that more than 3.5 million birds have been culled or are in the process of being destroyed following [...]
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Yemen checks dead poultry for bird flu
A Yemeni official said Wednesday November 21 authorities were testing farm chickens after reports about the death of poultry in several parts of the country. “We [...]
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Indonesia, Vietnam face growing HIV epidemics: UN
Indonesia has the fastest growing HIV epidemic in Asia, while in Vietnam the number of people living with the virus more than doubled between 2000 and 2005, the United [...]
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