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- US Ambassador hosts Independence Day reception
The US Ambassador to Vietnam, Michael Michalak, hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 2 to celebrate the 233rd anniversary of his country?s Independence Day (July 4). Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat and
- Bright prospects for Vietnam-Brazil trade cooperation
A seminar on promoting Vietnam-Brazil cooperation in trade and investment has been held in Curitiba city in Parana State, Brazil. The event was organised by Vietnams Commercial Affair Division under Vietnams Embassy in Brazil in coordination with the
- Landfill Worries New Orleans
Urban gardens were key to helping New Orleans's Vietnamese population return and reestablish their close-knit community just weeks after Hurricane Katrina. The gardens, which cover nearly every inch of open space in the Versailles neighborhood of eastern
- Tracing fruit exports between China, Vietnam
July 1 was the first day of an agreement to trace the origin of five types of fruit, including longan, litchis, bananas, dragon fruit and watermelon, to be exported from Vietnam to China and vice versa. SGGP was present at various northern border posts
- Nissan To Start Production In Vietnam
Nissan model to be assembled by Vietnam Motors Nissan Vietnam is expected to start local production and launch its first model assembled in Vietnam, by 2010. The Nissan model would be assembled by Vietnam Motors, an existing automotive assembler, and
- Waves of marines descend on Taliban's Afghan strongholds
Marines walk at Camp Dwyer in Helmand Province yesterday Articles Topics Also in Middle East Not since Vietnam had so many American marines descended on an enemy from the skies. Waves of helicopters poured into southern Afghanistan early yesterday in the
- Hunt on in $27,500 robbery in southern Vietnam metro
According to initial information, 27- year-old Tran Minh Ngoc of Phu Nhuan District, working for a company in District 1, and the companyâ??s 42- year-old driver Phan Chinh Thao, resident of District 1, went to an ANZ bank branch at Me Linh Square
- Vietnam Airlines CEO criticized for having 3rd child: report
Pham Ngoc Minh, CEO of the state-owned airline, has just had another baby with his second wife, as well as having a child from his first marriage, the newspaper said. Trinh Ngoc Thanh, a Hanoi-based spokesman for the airline, confirmed the report. Thanh
- PetroVietnam to Set Up Oil JV for Devt Offshore Venezuela
State-run Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, or PetroVietnam, said Friday it will set up an oil joint venture with Venezuelan Petroleum Corp. in the second half of this year. The joint venture, PetroMacareo, will produce oil in the Junin-2 offshore block in
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France occupied all of Vietnam by 1884. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by communist forces under Ho Chi MINH, who took control of the north. US economic and military aid to South Vietnam grew through the 1960s in an attempt to bolster the government, but US armed forces were withdrawn following a cease-fire agreement in 1973. Two years later North Vietnamese forces overran the south. Economic reconstruction of the reunited country has proven difficult as aging Communist Party leaders have only grudgingly initiated reforms necessary for a free market.
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AFP - Vietnam, ranked as one of the world's most corrupt countries, has ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, the UN said Friday.
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