June 24 2010
Moderate offshore earthquake hits southern coast
Tagged Under : hcmc, quake-hit, thiet, wednesday
A 4.7-magnitude quake hit Phan Thiet and nearby areas, including HCMC, Wednesday, but caused no damage
June 08 2010
Hanoi firms set to roll out 3G services
Tagged Under : evn, hanoi, hanoi-telecom, providers-behind, telecom, vietnam, viettel, wednesday, will-launch
EVN Telecom and Hanoi Telecom will launch their 3G network Wednesday to become Vietnam’s fourth 3G providers behind VinaPhone, MobiFone, and Viettel
April 14 2010
Vietnam frees lending rates from cap
Tagged Under : a-former-official, former-official, issued-rules, rates-from, rules-on-wednesday, short-term-lending, state, state-bank, ultimately-fall, vietnam, wednesday
The State Bank of Vietnam issued rules on Wednesday that free up short-term lending rates from a cap, a move to rationalize rates that a former official says could see them ultimately fall
April 08 2010
Vietnam finmin says 8-9 pct inflation not a worry
Tagged Under : concern-only, Finance, finance-minister, reached-double, said-on-wednesday, wednesday, year
Vietnam’s Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh said on Wednesday that inflation would become a concern only if it reached double digits this year
March 18 2010
Vietnam reports 2nd bird-flu death this year
Tagged Under : becoming-the, becoming-the-second, bird-flu, girl-died, second, second-human, vietnam, wednesday, year
A three-year-old girl died of bird flu in a Ho Chi Minh City hospital Wednesday, becoming the second human death in Vietnam this year
March 18 2010
Vietnam court doubles jail term for official in aid scam
Tagged Under : a-former-transport, appeal-court, doubled-the-prison, former-transport, official-jailed, prison, prison-term, vietnamese, wednesday
A Vietnamese appeal court Wednesday doubled the prison term of a former transport official jailed in a corruption scandal that led key donor Japan to suspend aid
February 12 2010
Vietnam Airlines to open direct Hanoi-Yangon flights
Tagged Under : also-known, announced-on-wednesday, direct-flights, hanoi, known-as-rangoon, march, myanmar, rangoon, vietnam, vietnam-airlines, wednesday, yangon
National carrier Vietnam Airlines announced on Wednesday it would open direct flights from Hanoi to Myanmar’s Yangon city, also known as Rangoon, beginning March 2.
February 11 2010
Central bank devalues dong again
Tagged Under : central-bank, devaluing-the-dong, dong, for-the, percent-effective, reference-rate, said-on-wednesday, second, second-time, slashing-its, thursday, wednesday
Vietnam’s central bank said on Wednesday it was devaluing the dong for the second time since November, slashing its reference rate by more than 3 percent effective Thursday
February 10 2010
Gold buyers lured by cheap prices
Tagged Under : announced-cheaper, holding, known-as-sjc, largest-gold, morning-after, saigon, sjc, undercut-all, vietnam, wednesday
Buyers crowded Saigon Jewelry Holding Company ‘s headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday morning after Vietnam’s largest gold firm, known as SJC, announced cheaper prices that undercut all competitors.
February 06 2010
Dong Nai opens first container port
Tagged Under : first-container, handle-three, million-tons, southern, the-southern, wednesday, year
The first container port in the southern province of Dong Nai was put in operation Wednesday, and is expected to handle three million tons this year.