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  Hanoi on Tuesday adjusted the working hours of educational institutions in the capital city, before the new hours that aim to reduce traffic congestion becomes operative citywide in February. Even as the date closes in, many people are skeptical about how effective the new policy is going to be, although...

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  Vietnam’s tourism will be promoted with the slogan “Vietnam – Timeless Charm” and the logo of a lotus in full blossom between 2012 and 2015, Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) announced Tuesday. A report on Dan Tri quoted Nguyen Van Tuan, chief of VNAT, as saying that...

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  Vietnam’s tourism will be promoted with the slogan “Vietnam – Timeless Charm” and the logo of a lotus in full blossom between 2012 and 2015, Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) announced Tuesday. A report on Dan Tri quoted Nguyen Van Tuan, chief of VNAT, as saying that...

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   The last stake at the Chieng Mung Execution Grounds in the northern province of Son La At least one senior Party official and several police officials feel Vietnam should eventually do away with the death penalty, but for now, would-be executioners are relieved that a new law has...

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Vietnam needs to implement the restructure of both small and large banks in a drastic manner, an economist says. The central bank has approved the merger of three small banks – Ficombank, Saigon Commercial Bank, and Vietnam Tin Nghia Bank – that are mired in liquidity problems. The...

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Vietnam Tin Nghia, Ficombank and Saigon Commercial Bank will be merged into a new lender. Around 90 percent of shareholders at three local banks, Vietnam Tin Nghia, Ficombank and Saigon Commercial Bank, have voted in favor of the merger of the three. They also reached an agreement Thursday that the new bank formed by the...

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  New world title will make no difference until existing infrastructure, services are improved, experts say A tourist boat sails past the stone islands of Ha Long Bay Ha Long Bay, by virtue of being the jewel in Vietnam’s tourism crown, has always been in the spotlight, but the...

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Bill Talen, known as Reverend Billy (C), delivers a speech to members of the Occupy Wall Street movement as they return to Zuccotti Park in New York November 15, 2011. A judge upheld New York City’s right to evict Occupy Wall Street protesters from a park on Tuesday after baton-wielding police in riot gear broke up a two-month-old...

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An investor smiles as she walks past screens showing stock information at a brokerage house in Wuhan, Hubei province June 24, 2011. China is considering a proposal to create a ministerial-level body to manage its state-owned banks and non-bank financial enterprises, two sources with knowledge of the plan said, a move that would...

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Visitors at the Vietnam AutoExpo 2011 show in Hanoi on June 22. Many small traders have stopped importing cars because they are unable to meet new paperwork requirements. A new import rule has put pressure on auto inventory in Vietnam as smaller dealerships find it impossible to bring in more cars.  Many auto importers in...

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