Archive for February 21st, 2009
Hanoi’s investment overview in 2008
During the year 2008, Hanoi mobilised 97.697 trillion dong for social investments, a year-on-year increase of 19.3%. The city attracted a significant amount of foreign direct [...]
» More
Vietnam-US bilateral trade posts over US$15b in 2008
The Vietnam-US bilateral trade in 2008 reached US$15.283 billion, a year-on-year increase of 23.61%, according to the US Department of Commerce. Of which, Vietnam’s [...]
» More
VN Index forecasted to increase by 17.6% by end of the year: says HSBC
In the latest report issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp (HSBC) on February 20, it said that the index of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (STC) was [...]
» More
Lien Viet Bank, VDB sign loan guarantee contract
Lien Viet Commercial Joint Stock Bank (LienVietBank) on February 19 signed a cooperation agreement with Vietnam Development Bank (VDB) on loan guarantee to borrowers. Under [...]
» More
Vinashin Petroleum Investment & Transport JSC to issue over 21m bonus shares
HaSTC-listed Vinashin Petroleum Investment and Transport Joint Stock Co (coded VSP) recently announced the resolution of the company’s shareholders’ meeting on [...]
» More
Asia stock market falls, EU and US drop Feb 20
Asian shares fell yesterday Friday February 20 with banking stocks hardest hit on concerns over a global liquidity crunch after Wall Street tumbled to six-year lows in the [...]
» More
Novavax sees potential in lab-stage flu vaccine
Biotechnology company Novavax said Thursday laboratory studies showed a developing treatment could be broadly effective against several of the most severe strains of bird [...]
» More
Sanofi Pasteur dengue vaccine enters pediatric efficacy clinical study
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group ( euro ONEXT : SAN and NYSE : SNY), announced that its investigational tetravalent dengue vaccine is entering [...]
» More
Malnutrition level puts Vietnam in ‘top’ 20
More than 32.6% of children in Vietnam are malnourished, stunted and underweight, making the country one of the world’s 20 worst performers in child nutrition, a report [...]
» More
Hundreds contract strange disease in central region
Two people from the central province of Quang Nam have been admitted to the Hanoi Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital with unexplained illnesses, the director of the [...]
» More
Bac Lieu scrambles to stamp out bird flu
A top Bac Lieu Province leader Wednesday instructed authorities to cull ducks and chickens showing symptoms of bird flu without waiting for test results. At an emergency [...]
» More
Spoonful of sugar could save thousands of children
A teaspoon of moistened sugar under the tongue could save the lives of thousands of children suffering from hypoglycemia caused by malaria, a researcher who conducted [...]
» More
Thailand faces outbreak of at least 11 diseases
Thailand faces the risk of 11 emerging infectious disease outbreaks due to changes in the environment, transportation and farming systems, a study revealed yesterday. Citing [...]
» More
Intrepid Mines announces significant drill intersections
Intrepid Mines Limited (TSX:IAU)(TSX:IXN)(ASX:IAU) (the “Company”) is pleased to report that diamond drill hole GTD 56 at the Tumpangpitu Prospect, Tujuh Bukit [...]
» More
COSL starts drilling first well in Burma
COSL announced that its integrated project management contract in Burma has commenced drilling on the first well Shwe Tha Htay-1. Shwe Tha Htay-1 is first of the four wells [...]
» More
