Archive for July, 2011
Hand, foot, mouth disease kills 70 in Vietnam
A surging outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed 70 people so far this year in Vietnam and infected more than 23,000, mostly children under 5, state-controlled [...]
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71 dead in Korea floods (video)
At least 71 people are dead or missing after the heaviest rains in a century lashed the South Korean capital Seoul and surrounding areas, Seoul’s National Emergency [...]
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Philippines president vows to avenge beheadings
Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Friday vowed to get justice for two marines beheaded in a brutal knife attack by Islamist militants who killed five other soldiers. Abu [...]
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EU joins calls for release of jailed Vietnam priest
Ashton said in a statement that although 65-year-old Nguyen Van Ly “has partly recovered, his health remains very poor and he is still at high risk of death in [...]
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Philippines says militants beheaded 2 marines
The Philippine military says al-Qaida-linked militants beheaded two of the seven marines they killed in a clash with government troops. Navy spokesman Lt. Col. Omar Tonsay [...]
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Asian markets down on US default concerns
Asian stocks fell yesterday Friday July 29 on growing concern that US lawmakers will not break a deadlock on a deal to avert a default by the world’s richest country. [...]
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Thailand’s ‘lese majeste’ laws under scrutiny
Two articles in a now-defunct magazine may carry a huge cost for its 50-year-old editor if prosecutors prove they defamed Thailand’s monarchy: up to three decades in [...]
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Philippines wants SE Asian unity on sea row
The Philippines said Friday it would seek regional backing for a plan on pursuing joint development of disputed areas in the South China Sea amid China’s increasingly [...]
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Forum on Vietnamese businesses held in Cambodia
As many as 100 businesses attended the first forum for Vietnamese entrepreneurs in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 26. The forum provided an opportunity for businesses to share [...]
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Vietnam, Thailand localities promote cooperation
A workshop on cooperative potential in investment, trade, tourism, culture and education between the central province of Quang Tri and Mukdahan province of Thailand was held [...]
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Vietnam, Pakistan boost trade cooperation
Vietnam’s deputy minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh and his Pakistani counterpart Zafa Matmut co-chaired the first session of the Vietnam-Pakistan Joint [...]
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Vietnam owes $36.5b in 2009: state audit
Vietnam’s total foreign debt as of December 31, 2009 was $36.5 billion, or a 39 percent of the country’s GDP of that year, according to the state budget audit [...]
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Goods, services sales value up 5pct this year
The total retail sales value of goods and services increased by only 4.7 percent to 1,065.8 trillion dong ($51.7 billion) during the first seven months of this year, [...]
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July budget revenue up 21pct
Vietnam State budget revenue rose by 21 percent year-on-year to over 51.5 trillion dong (roughly $2.53 billion) in July, reported the Ministry of Finance. Domestic tax [...]
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Company found illegally transferring money abroad
A company in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has been found illegally mobilising money and transferring it to the US. Nguyen Ngoc Thach, director of the Dong Thap [...]
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