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Commercial banks promised the State Bank of Vietnam in late May 2009 that they would slash US$ deposit interest rates to 1.5 percent per annum at the highest and lending rates to 3 percent. However, banks have not fulfilled their commitments. To date, only state-owned banks, including Vietinbank, BIDV, equitised Vietcombank and joint stock DongA [...]
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has asked local tourism firms to reduce the number of tours to or temporarily stop sending tourists to countries where the super flu is spreading under the warning of the Vietnamese Health Ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO). VNAT’s vice head Nguyen Manh Cuong asked local departments [...]
Domestic overland tours have seen fees decrease by 15-20 percent, while airway tours have seen fees down by 30 percent. Sea tours remain the first choice of travellers Anticipating sharp falls in the numbers of travellers in groups and delegations this year as businesses, facing financial difficulties, try to cut expenses, travel firms have shifted [...]
Vietnam may not achieve its Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on halting and reserving the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015 unless greater efforts by all stakeholders are mobilised. This warning was given in the recently-released national report on 2008 MDGs. The report said by the end of 2007, HIV infected people were situated in 66 percent of [...]
Hanoi is expected to become totally free of tobacco smoke by 2010 under a project with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Bloomberg Fund of the US as a practical celebration of its millennium anniversary. WHO resident representative in Vietnam Jean-Marc Olive pointed out numerous ill-effects to human beings caused by smoking as reasons [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is ranked 39th among the safest places in the world, according to the 2009 Global Peace Index (GPI), an annual ranking of the world’s nations on their peacefulness. The index was collated by the Economist Intelligence Unit for a new thinktank called the Institute for Economics and Peace. It is composed [...]
UNICEF funds campaign to support children’s rights The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated US$40,000 to Dong Thap province to raise public awareness of children’s right to be loved and cared for. The “Wonderful Childhood” campaign, which runs from June to December, focuses on the importance of providing a healthy, safe and loving environment [...]
Ninh Binh continued to top the table after beating Quang Ninh Coal 3-1 in the 14th round of the First Division-Sino Cup at Ninh Binh stadium on June 5. Ninh Binh took the lead when Si Manh scored the opener in the 19th minute due to the visitor defense’s mistake. But Eduadro H. Furrier levelled [...]
Ba Den as The Cong coach in 2005-2006. “It’s Ba Den? No, he can’t be, father. He looks short and feeble. Only his legs look like Ba Den’s.” The comment evoked a burst of laughter from many people in the stadium but its subject, a 60-year-old footballer playing in a veteran’s match between Army and [...]
Viet Nam’s Truong Thanh Hang grabbed her third silver medal at the Asian Athletics Association’s Grand Prix Series in Hong Kong on Saturday, as she finished her second of three legs. Silver queen: Viet Nam’s Truong Thanh Hang grabbed her third silver medal in Hong Kong. Hang clocked in two minutes and 3.88 seconds in [...]