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First EAS Environment Ministers' Meeting Opens in Hanoi

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday

First EAS Environment Ministers' Meeting opens in Hanoi HANOI, Oct.

Hanoi Celebrates Liberation Anniversary

Chao-Vietnam (Free subscription) | yesterday

Performances featuring artists from all over the country began throughout Hanoi today to celebrate the 54th anniversary of the capital’s liberation on October 10, 1954. Modern and traditional arts performances such as cheo (traditional operetta), cai luong (reformed theater) and other dramas are set for stages in both Hanoi and other northern provinces. The opening ceremony for the event was held at...

InterContinental Hanoi Westlake Wins Best City Hotel Award for Vietnam

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | yesterday

The annual award, conferred by TTG Publishing, ranks as an annual compendium of the best and brightest hospitality lights across Asia. This was the first year that TTG set categories for Best City Hotel in 10 Asian cities. Last year, none of Vietnam’s hospitality properties won recognition by TTG, an authoritative publisher of travel industry journals.Between June and August of this year, travel agents,...

Hanoi ranks third in FDI attraction

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | yesterday

The FDI structure of Hanoi has been shifting dramatically from industrial production and trade towards services, finance and banking. In recent years, many investors poured their money in the construction of high buildings, offices, parks and recreation centres.The expanded capital of Hanoi is calling for investment into financial and banking industry, new urban areas and offices for rent, exhibition...

Hanoi sees highest rise in wages

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Viet Nam Salary Survey 2008 Report undertaken by Navigos Group from April 2007 to March 2008 and released on Wednesday shows the Hanoi wage increase is nearly three percentage points higher than in HCM City, the nation's southern economic hub.Despite the faster wage growth in Hanoi, HCM City still has higher salaries, says a report on the comprehensive salary survey in Viet Nam by the leading recruiting...

East Asian Business Forum on Environmental Protection Opens in Hanoi

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

East Asian business forum on environmental protection opens in Hanoi HANOI, Oct.

First EAS Environment Ministers' Meeting opens in Hanoi

People Daily (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

The First East Asia Summit (EAS) Environment Ministers' Meeting opens in Hanoi on Thursday, drawing senior environmental officials from 16 EAS nations to discuss regional cooperation on environmental protection. The EAS involves ASEAN member countries, namely, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as six other countries, namely,...

International fair opens in Hanoi

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Present at the opening ceremony was deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.Covering an area of 20,000sq.m, the fair has put up by more than 500 stalls nearly 300 businesses to showcase different kinds of products, services, fashion, furniture and processed food. Pride of place is taken by foreign businesses and organisations from the ASEAN, China, the Republic of Korea, India and the EU with a total...

[Stupid] McCain flashes back to Hanoi Hilton, refers to American populace as his "fellow prisoners"

Fark.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Hender: How about this: "Senator McCain misspoke."It's not quite a big deal but it's a bit more than "misspoke".He's running thru the script in his head while he's speaking. Betcha the word "prisoner" shows up more than a few times in that internal script. It stands out enough (and he's slightly befuddled) so the word "prisoner" goes from "read-only file" to "print page" before he has a chance to pull...

Geek Week: Sleazy campaigns, MS & Google make peace

The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | yesterday

A gaffe and a half. God bless YouTube. Make the smallest mistake and it's captured forever and replayed a billion times. During a rally this week John McCain called his supporters " my fellow prisoners " [video]. (Maybe he thought he was back at the Hanoi Hilton.) Meanwhile, at a rally in Florida, Obama supporter Jim Pacillo introduced Joe Biden as " the next vice president of the United States, John...

Critter turns 12 today

Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS COOGAN Yay the Critter is turning 12 I'm so proud of you buddy. Have a great birthday. I'm moved south from Hanoi to Hue. But let's back up a bit to a really strange trip I had to Halong Bay with the Hanoi Backpacker's Hostel. So I booked this trip knowing that there were going to be a bunch of other twentysomethings but I didn't really think of the fact that I am 1. n

East Asian Environment Ministers Call for Environmentally Sustainable Cities

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday

East Asian environment ministers call for environmentally sustainable cities HANOI, Oct.

Vietnam to try journalists for corruption stories

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday

HANOI, Vietnam -- Two Vietnamese journalists will go on trial next week for allegedly writing inaccurate stories about one of the country's most high-profile corruption cases, an official said Friday.

Kuching North Wins Award

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday

KUCHING: Kuching North City has been adjudged one of the 10 most environmentally sustainable cities in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). Kuching North received the Asean Environmentally Sustainable Cities Award 2008 in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Wednesday.

Japan's JFE Steel eyes $4 billion Vietnam mill

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

HANOI, Oct 10 (Reuters) - JFE Steel Corp, a unit of JFE Holdings Inc , has submitted a proposal to invest $4 billion in a steel mill in central Vietnam, state media reported on Friday.

• Japan's JFE Steel eyes $4 billion Vietnam mill - Vietnam Business Finance