Clinton At ASEAN
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The US commits to a sustained engagement in Asia at the ASEAN Ministerial in Vietnam. Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after a ...




The watermelon party (Jul 30)
Green or red, it is not necessarily the Greens' political colours that should interest voters, but their economic philosophy, write Nick O'Malley and David Humphries.


Export turnover in first seven months reaches $38.27b (Jul 30)
The country's export turnover in Jan-July was estimated at $38.27 billion, an increase of 17.5 percent against the same period of last year, in which the July export turnover only reached $5.8 billion dong, up 20.7 percent year-on-year.


City chair says will strive for 12pct GDP growth (Jul 29)
The top leader of HCM City said on Monday the city would in the rest of the year accelerate manufacturing as the decisive factor to attain economic growth of 12 percent, a high target he said is obtainable with greater efforts.


Rescued from Vietnam (Jul 29)
How a foreign posting went horribly wrong for two Jetstar executives. Matt O'Sullivan reports.


Viet Nam: Mekong delta farmers fret over changing weather (Jul 29)
Source: AlertNet


Consumer Confidence Index: Indians are Super Confident [2010 Q2 Survey Results] (pluGGd.in) (Jul 29)
While it was 127 in last quarter, it’s 129 for this quarter; Indian consumers remain most upbeat in the word despite food prices crisis at home and improving outlooks elsewhere. With a two point increase, at 129 points Consumer Confidence Index is the highest in India in the latest Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Survey followed by Indonesia and Vietnam both 119 index points. While...Source : pluGGd.in (subscribe)Explore : Shipping, Stolt-Nielsen, Transportation


Beyond Hollywood (EvE Online - A Ghost Blog) (Jul 28)
... represent a 'wanting' of something better than what’s currently on offer in this age of poverty. In these late films people can perform magic and fly, whilst the dark side of life is shown through vampires and ware-wolves, each with their own fantastical powers. During the Vietnam War films tended to be disaster movies, mirroring the mood of the people by killing hundreds of...Source : EvE Online - A Ghost Blog (subscribe)Explore : Entertainment, Star Trek, TV, TV Shows, Vietnam


China : Officials fear floods, strained reinforcements (Jul 28)
Source: Government of Viet Nam