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Vietnamese Stocks May Rally as Inflation Eases, Dragon Says
4 hours ago

“The equity markets are very inexpensive and trade at a relatively low valuation. One would expect multiples to return to a mean.” The VN Index, which tracks 302 companies traded on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, posted the biggest loss among...
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PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - Feb 20
6 hours ago

said. -- Military telecoms firm Viettel said its revenues last year rose nearly 28 percent from 2010 to more than 117 trillion dong ($5.6 billion). -- Vietnam's cement demand this year is forecast to rise 11-12 percent from 2011 to 55 million-56.5 million tonnes, the Construction Ministry said. -- Ho Chi Minh City authority said they have targeted to expand the city's trade revenues by 17 percent a year between 2011-2015, rising to $135 billion a year by 2015. -- Vietnam's life insurance premiums last year rose 17 percent from 2010 to 16 trillion dong ($769 million), the Association of Vietnamese
Vietnam Stocks May Rally as Inflation Eases, Dragon Capital Says
8 hours ago

The market’s “fair-value multiple” is between 10 times to 12 times estimated profit, Dominic Scriven, chief executive of the Ho Chi Minh City-based fund manager, which oversees about $1 billion in assets, said by phone on Feb. 17. His Vietnam Growth...
Ho Chi Minh City
15 hours ago

Feb 14th finds us arriving in Ho Chi Minh city as named by the communists at the end of the Vietnam war. The people, however, call the city Saigon as it has been for hundreds of years. We are met by Quinnie our guide and travel by bus to our hotel. it...
Vancouver doctor to lead Vietnam mission
16 hours ago

BC Children's Hospital, Dr. Gandhi said. The medical team embarking on this mission consists of team-lead Dr. Gandhi, cardiologists, ICU doctors and nurses, a perfusionist and an echo technician hailing from hospitals around North America. The team will...
Vietnam couple arrested on suspicion of trafficking children
22 hours ago

Le Van Tien, 35, and his wife, 32-year-old Tran Thi Thu Thanh, were caught transporting three children between the ages of 14 and 18 years old in a car on Thursday, according to the newswire. The children said Tien had taken them to HCMC to work at a...
China: Self-Immolation ‘Only Possible Recourse’
1 day ago

Do said. He said the current situation in Tibet is a “challenge to all humanity” and called on world leaders to demand an end to the violence and press for an independent international investigation into the self-immolations. Do, who is held under house...
Vietnam War Remnants and Tunnels
1 day ago

First, the bus driver did not use his horn nearly as much as our previous bus driver did. Second, the aisles were not packed with locals, they only filled the bus seats. Finally, we slept, which may have been more about being exhausted – but we’ll take...
HCMC 'supergroup' to hit Hanoi stage
1 day ago

Chi Minh City's Tiny Monster -- Vietnamese rock's first "supergroup", famous for it's blend of pop, rock, traditional folk and electronic ambience -- plays Hanoi tonight (February 18) for the first time. According to a press release from promoter Hanoi...
Vietnam carrier suffers $10,000 loss as passenger opens emergency exit
1 day ago

Airlines incurred a loss of around US$10,000 after a passenger opened an emergency exit after his aircraft landed in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday, VnExpress quoted an unnamed official as saying. The evacuation slide was released when 29-year-old Le Van...
Qatar Petroleum inks $4.5bn Vietnam JV deal
2 days ago

Its products will be able to serve growing demand in both Vietnam and Asean,” he noted. Located on Long Son Island, province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau in southern Vietnam, and adjacent to Vietnam’s future refinery for operational synergy, 100 km southeast of...
Hyatt looks to expand ultra-luxury hotel brand in Thailand, says chief
2 days ago

Retail Corporation (CRC) for long-term management of the 222-room Park Hyatt Bangkok at Central Embassy on Ploenchit Road (the previous British Embassy). Worth about Bt5 billion, the 36-floor hotel is scheduled to open in 2014 as the second Park Hyatt...
Beyond Bengal’s golden age
2 days ago

The use of Japanese techniques was in keeping with Abanindranath’s idea of a modern pan-Asian artistic style which would merge the common aspects of Eastern spiritual and artistic culture, Rs 35 lakh. Untitled (Deepavali) by Prosanto Roy, watercolour...
Vietnam’s largest city plans to help property firms clear stock
2 days ago

Chi Minh City’s government plans to utilize the large stock of unsold apartments in order to provide housing for relocated residents, an industry official said. The city is considering buying apartments between 40 and 70 square meters as it prepares for...
Southern Vietnam police arrest head of 50-member fatal gang
2 days ago

Nguyen The Minh, 30, took 50 accomplices to the fight in Ho Chi Minh City in June 2011 to recover money he was owed after winning a football bet, news website VietNamNet Thursday quoted the police as saying. Following his arrest, Minh told the police...
Gruesome Remains of Communist Materialism
3 days ago

Many Communist regimes show the same gruesome fixation on embalming and displaying dead leaders—including Stalin, Ho Chi Minh, Mao and many more. This contrasts with ancient Jewish law, which prohibits preserving and flaunting a body after death. The...
Ukrainians caught drawing money with fake ATM cards in Vietnam
3 days ago

Two Ukrainians, who have confessed to coming to Vietnam just to draw cash from ATMs using fake cards, were arrested in Ho Chi Minh City on February 9 after managing to get more than VND150 million (US$7,200). Artem Petrenco Ygoravich and Jura Kratrenko...
Vietnamese fatally hit by bus at station
3 days ago

A man was fatally hit by a public bus while seeking shade at a major Ho Chi Minh City bus station Wednesday. The victim, around 20 years old, has not been identified as he was not carrying any personal papers. He was hit and killed immediately after the...
Vietnam man next to crying child opens plane door
3 days ago

Vietnam A mom with a screaming child wanted a quick getaway from a plane on the tarmac in Vietnam and asked for help. The man next to her obliged by opening the emergency exit and triggering the escape slide.But that's as far as they got.A state media...

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Hồ Chí Minh listen (help·info) (name pronounced [hò̤ tɕǐmɪ̄ɲ]) (May 19, 1890 – September 2, 1969) was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary and statesman who was Prime Minister (1946–1955) and President (1946–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). Full Article

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