2010January

More than 1 million Vietnamese labourers have worked abroad in the past 30 years, according to Nguyen Thanh Hoa, deputy director of the Overseas Labour Management Department. VnnNews - More than 1 million Vietnamese labour-ers have worked abroad in the past 30 years, according to Nguyen Thanh Hoa, deputy director of the Ministry of Labour,...

The US$360 million Saigon Premier Container Terminal was inaugurated on January 30 along with the phase-2 opening of the city’s North-South road axis. VnnNews - The US$360 million Saigon Premier Container Terminal, the most advanced of its kind in Ho Chi Minh City, was inaugurated on January 30 along with the phase-2 opening of the city’s...

More actions need to be taken to prevent strikes expected at foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam throughout 2010. Workers are looking for foreign employers to play with a straight bat.VnnNews - More actions need to be taken to prevent strikes expected at foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam throughout 2010. “The economic situation...

Overall merger and acquisition values and volumes appear to have returned to a growth path in 2009’s fourth quarter giving grounds for optimism for 2010, writes an advisory partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Vietnam.  Major Vietnamese conglomerates are growingly removing smaller rivals through M&A deals.VnnNews - A slow start,...

Residents in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8 built a makeshift dike with sand bags to preventhigh tides from flooding their homes. A project to tackle floods is still in the pipeline butwon’t fix the problem before Lunar New Year, which falls on February 14.VnnNews - High tides are likely to submerge city’s low-lying streets...

VnnNews - A major relocation project to gentrify a Ho Chi Minh City canal area worries local residents who fear slow compensation and small resettlement homes. Authorities in the city’s District 8 on Wednesday officially announced the gentrification project that will clear out 14,000 residents in the city’s largest planned...

Vietnam made great strides in ensuring that more copyright fees were paid last year, but the country still hasn’t moved far enough, according to the Vietnam Center for Protection of Music Copyrights.  VnnNews - Vietnam made great strides in ensuring that more copyright fees were paid last year, but the country still hasn’t...

The My Lai massacre, one of the horrific war crimes perpetrated during the Vietnam War by US soldiers, is at the center of a film on redemption and moving ahead produced by UNESCO.  Director Le Dan (L) talks with Saub Gérald, who plays the film’s main character, in front of a statue commemorating victims of the My Lai massacre.VnnNews...

At recent meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-corruption, Deputy Prime Minister and Vice Chairman of the committee Truong Vinh Trong spoke with Vietnam News Agency. VnnNews - At recent meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-corruption, Deputy Prime Minister and Vice Chairman of the committee Truong Vinh Trong spoke...

The PM has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to come up with specific measures to stabilise the domestic market in service of the upcoming Tet. VnnNews -  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to come up with specific measures in a bid to promote business and production, and stabilise the domestic...