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Textile enterprises find chances in tough times

HCMC – Several textile and garment firms have seized opportunities during the difficult economic situation by taking over inefficient machines and factories.

Enterprises receive national, regional awards for quality

The Ministry of Science and Technology handed over national and Asia Pacific quality awards 2011 to 98 Vietnamese enterprises at a ceremony in Hanoi on Feb. 26.

Que Huong-Liberty Strides Forward

Que Huong-Liberty Joint Stock Company, which owns and runs the Que Huong-Liberty hotel chain in HCMC, makes great strides after nearly three decades, contributing to the growth of Vietnam’s hospitality industry

Real estate investors riding out hard times

Local property developers are finding ways to survive the gloomy property market which experts say is unlikely to recover in 2012

Tanker drivers suspended for theft

Three oil tanker drivers working for two Petrolimex subsidiaries in HCM City have been suspended for allegedly stealing petrol while transporting it.

Online newspaper recognises Top 500 firms

The Vietnam Report Joint-Stock Company, in collaboration with VietnamNet newspaper, will hold a ceremony on January 13 to announce the Top 500 largest Vietnamese Enterprises in 2011 (VNR500) in HCM City.

Vinashin executives to appear in court hearing

Former chairman and general director of Viet Nam's insolvent shipbuilder Vinashin, Pham Thanh Binh, and eight other officials are finally facing prosecution, the Supreme People's Procuracy said yesterday.

Vinashin’s executive and 8 accomplices prosecuted

Nguyen Thanh Binh, former chairman and director of Vinashin and his accomplices, have been indicted for causing a total loss of VND910 billion (US$43.3 million) to the state budget

Bank to finance dam project

The Viet Nam Development Bank (VDB) has agreed to lend VND441 billion (US$21.2 million) to build the Hua Na Hydropower Plant.

One more bank official seized in $240 mln swindle

The deputy head of a Vietinbank branch in Ho Chi Minh City has been taken in following the earlier arrest of an alleged accomplice

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ASEAN task pressure talks about mental health

The very first meeting from the ASEAN task pressure on mental health has been heldin Hanoi from May 23-25, with associates from regional and globalorganisations participating. Addressing the openingceremony, Deputy Minister of Public Health, Nguyen Thi Xuyen stated theevent offers nations an opportunity to share good practices in protectingmental health, adding to strengthening cooperation within the regionand fulfilling the aim of “Healthy people, healthy ASEAN”. Xuyen known as on nations to

Desperate people get free facial, eye surgery

Forty-two kids with harelips and cleft palates within the two CentralHighlands provinces of Dak Nong and Dak Lak have obtained free check-upsand procedures. The programme for poor children inremote and ethnic minority areas, worth about 500 million VND, wascarried out and based on the Center for Research and Aid forOperation Smile (OSCA) at Dak Nong province’s general hospital from May19-21. OSCA Director Bui Tu Anh stated this isthe very first time the center provides free check-ups and surgical