Archive for January 15th, 2011
Vietnam’s brands face identity crisis as affluence grows
When one of the owners of Quan An Ngon, a popular restaurant group that sells upmarket street food to tourists and office workers, broke away with the group’s Hanoi [...]
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QL on track in Indonesia and Vietnam: OSK
QL Resources Bhd’s new ventures in Vietnam and Indonesia are all on track for completion and management with the third quarter financial year 2011 results to be in line [...]
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Pope names first diplomatic representative to Vietnam
In a first step toward establishing diplomatic relations, Pope Benedict XVI has named a 57-year-old Vatican diplomat to be a “non-resident pontifical [...]
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Rice stockpiles in Vietnam decline by 41pct after record exports, group says
Rice stockpiles in Vietnam, the world’s second-largest exporter, were 41 percent lower at the end of 2010 compared with a year earlier after record overseas shipments, [...]
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Burma prisoners used as human mine sweepers
Prison inmates sent to front-line fighting between the Burmese army and a rebel faction have been used by the regime’s armed forces as human mine sweepers. Some of the [...]
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Indonesia to open forests for geothermal mining
The government will soon issue a presidential decree that would allow the development of geothermal resources located within protected forests, a senior official has said. [...]
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Surging coal prices undermine PLN’s cost efficiency program
The soaring global coal prices are undermining state electricity company PT PLN’s program to improve cost efficiency through the operation of more coal-fired power [...]
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Philippine open-pit mining supporters fail to sway S Cotabato board
Groups calling for a review of South Cotabato’s environment code failed to provide provincial board members in a public hearing last Wednesday “strong and [...]
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Boat capsizes, leaving four dead and five missing in Vietnam
Hanoi, Jan 14 (DPA) Four people died and five were missing after an overloaded boat capsized in a northern Vietnamese river, authorities said Friday. Although the search for [...]
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Mindoro Drills Strong Nickel Intersections of Potential Economic Interest
Mindoro Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MIO) (ASX:MDO) (FRANKFURT:WKN 906167) is pleased to announce drilling results of potential economic interest on the Bolobolo and Karihatag [...]
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San Miguel set to challenge Semirara’s coal dominance
San Miguel Corp. may not be saying it but it clearly has declared its intentions to become the biggest coal producer in the Philippines. Energy unit San Miguel Global Power [...]
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Media Group International looks to move into mining with Indonesian gold assets deal
Formerly a motion picture company, Media Group International (ASX: MUI) has signalled big changes with a potential deal to acquire gold exploration concessions in Indonesia. [...]
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Myanmar aims to privatize most state-owned businesses
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, plans to privatize 90 percent of state-owned industrial businesses, according to local news outlets. However, it is not known if the [...]
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Mammoth could be brought back to life
The long-extinct woolly mammoth could be brought back to life within four years after a breakthrough in cloning technology by Japanese scientists. Researchers have tried [...]
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Watchdog warns of Vietnam media clampdown
Vietnam will tighten state control of bloggers and other media with new regulations that enhance its already extensive powers to limit press freedoms, according to a [...]
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