Credit Suisse puts Vietnam's GDP growth at 5.3%

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VietNamNet Bridge A combination of export recovery and solid domestic demand will enable the Vietnamese economy to grow at 5.3% in 2009 and 8.5% in 2010, ...



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Typhoon Mirinae speeding toward Nha Trang

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VietNamNet Bridge In the next 1-2 days, typhoon Mirinae is forecast to move quickly to the west to pass the Philippines and enter the East Sea, ...

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US believes VN exports are too cheap, will investigate plastic bag industry

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VietNamNet Bridge Vietnam must face another anti-dumping complaint, this time by the American makers of plastic shopping bags. ...



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Capital fetes 10 years as 'City for Peace'

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VietNamNet Bridge Ha Noi celebrated the city's 10th anniversary of being recognised as a City for Peace by UNESCO yesterday, October 27. ...



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Cashew exports fall nearly 10%

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VietNamNet Bridge Viet Nam exported 134000 tonnes of cashew nuts, earning an export turnover of US$621 million in the first nine months of the year, ...

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Science-Technology Ministry investigates mistaken award to Vedan

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VietNamNet Bridge The Science-Technology Ministry has set up a special investigation group to look at the events surrounding the award for Safe Product ...

Credit growth fears to limit loans

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VietNamNet Bridge - The rollover of 2009 loan subsidy programme funds could be limited due to safety restrictions. Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh, head of the State ...

Japan-made products' prices still sky high

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VietNamNet Bridge More products sourced from Japan are appearing but while the quality is good they're still too expensive for most local consumers. ...

The duty free shops of Moc Bai are dying

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VietNamNet Bridge Changes in tax laws are killing the duty free shops at Moc Bai Economic Zone in Tay Ninh. Customers are now staying away and although ...

Truong Thi May quits Miss Earth owing to sprain

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VietNamNet Bridge The Vietnamese contestant for Miss Earth 2009 suffered from a serious sprain on her left leg after a fall on October 24. ...

Schools overcrowding due to lucky goat and rural migration

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VietNamNet Bridge The primary school with the worst over crowding in Vietnam has over 5000 students and 103 classes this school year. ...

Techcombank bonds raise $118mil

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VietNamNet Bridge The Viet Nam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank raised VND2.1 trillion (US$118 million) in five days from a bond issue via ...

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Vietnam's tourism industry recovering too slowly

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VietNamNet Bridge Vietnam tourist numbers are growing at a slower rate than other regional countries. Regionally the recovery of the tourism industry has ...

Taming beasts for Saigon's tables

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VietNamNet Bridge Weasels and porcupines, wild boar and pythons and crocodiles are now being farm-raised near HCM City , bringing profits to farmers. ...

Shipbuilder not fine in 2009

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VietNamNet Bridge Shipbuilding giant Vinashin is facing difficulties after only 50 percent of projected plans for 2009 have been met. ...

Headaches intensify with dollar shortage

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VietNamNet Bridge The dollar price surged to 18340-18360 dong per dollar last week. Businesses still find it difficult to purchase dollars even though the ...



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Emergency Room exhibition comes to Hanoi

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VietNamNet Bridge An artistic newsroom the Emergency Room is mixing current affairs with art in Hanoi. The creator of the Emergency Room or E.Room ...

Hanoi audiences to join street art festival

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VietNamNet Bridge The first street art festival will take place in Hanoi from 2.30-9pm, November 3 at the Ly Thai To flower garden, attracting 150 ...

Developers urge government to gamble on casinos

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VietNamNet Bridge Real estate investors are urging the Government to allow casino development saying it would serve as an effective measure to lure ...



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Vietnam's culinary: diversity and appetite

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VietNamNet Bridge Vietnam, a country of humid tropical heat and monsoons, has a culinary culture that combines countless ingredients and spices to satisfy ...