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Thanh Nien Daily

Ho Chi Minh City street barriers bad for business
Thanh Nien Daily, Vietnam - 13 hours ago
Many businesses in Ho Chi Minh City have complained they are running at a loss because of street barriers surrounding a massive sewage project. ...


Vietnam's Banks Cut Rates to Ease Fund Shortage (Update1)
Bloomberg - 15 hours ago
Representatives of Vietnam's associations for furniture, coffee and cacao, cashew nuts, fisheries, and footwear said at a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City last ...


BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/7
VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - 14 hours ago
Ho Chi Minh City has over the first seven months licensed 271 foreign invested projects worth more than 7.71 billion USD, 12 times higher than the total FDI ...


Thanh Nien Daily

Toxic canal drainage still delayed after 6 years, say officials
Thanh Nien Daily, Vietnam - 13 hours ago
This meant that some 2000 Ho Chi Minh City residents were subject to serious health risks, the department said. Dang Van Khoa, a deputy from the city ...


New York Times

The Mekong, Seen Over Handlebars
New York Times, United States - 18 Jul 2008
After eluding DVD hawkers and French tourists for a week in the backpacker boomtowns of Hoi An and Ho Chi Minh City, exploring the marshy backwaters of ...
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Thanh Nien Daily

Ho Chi Minh City: Cases suffering dengue fever nearly double
Nhan Dan, Vietnam - 19 Jul 2008
Nhan Dan Online – Since early this year, nearly 4000 cases suffering from dengue fever have been reported, including two fatality cases, in Ho Chi Minh City ...
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Thanh Nien Daily

Gasoline price hike deals another blow to Vietnam stocks
Thanh Nien Daily, Vietnam - 12 hours ago
The Ho Chi Minh City share market fell sharply for the third straight session Tuesday as retail petroleum prices rose 31 percent. The VN-Index, which gauges ...


McCain, "Mexican-Americans" and the Vietnam War
Cuba News, Cuba - 8 hours ago
Regarding the war, amongst other visits, I travelled to the Chu Chi tunnels 75 kilometres (47 miles) northwest of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). ...


In Vietnam, Propaganda dares speak its name - Feature
Earthtimes (press release), UK - 21 hours ago
After Ho Chi Minh's Communists won independence for North Vietnam in 1954, they followed the same blueprint as Communist parties throughout the world, ...


A long-term solution needed
VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - 19 hours ago
Nguyen Thi Thao, a bus owner from Rang Dong Bus Cooperative in Ho Chi Minh City, said she was shocked to pay the bill after her bus filled up with fuel at a ...

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