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  • Quang Nam mineral water plant targets 100cu.m per day

    Quang Nam mineral water plant targets 100cu.m per day DA NANG (VNS)-- The central Quang Nam Province inaugurated the Mineral Water Plant in Phu Ninh District on Saturday. The VND43-billion (US$2.05-million) plant is located on 5,700sq.m of land. It will exploit 100cu.m of mineral water each day from a mine in Phu Ninh Lake. At the ceremony, Hung Cuong Tourism investment joint stock company, ...

  • Largest poly-metallic mine to be operational soon

    Largest poly-metallic mine to be operational soon THAI NGUYEN (VNS)-- The country's largest poly-metallic mine in the northern province of Thai Nguyen is set to roll out its first products, deputy director-general of Nui Phao Mining Company Limited Vu Hong said. Hong said construction on Nui Phao poly-metallic mine in Thai Nguyen's Dai Tu District had been completed, three years ...

  • FPT targets Myanmar broadband

    FPT targets Myanmar broadband HCM CITY (VNS)-- Viet Nam's software giant FPT Corporation will open an office in Myanmar soon as it prepares to develop ICT infrastructure for providing internet broadband services in the country. Truong Gia Binh, co-founder, chairman and CEO of the Vietnamese corporation, revealed this in talks with Myanmarese reporters after the closing ceremony of the ...

  • Projects presented to Japan investors

    Projects presented to Japan investors HCM CITY (VNS)-- A delegation from the central province of Binh Dinh introduced 21 projects needing investment during a visit to Japan last week. Japanese investors targeted for these projects include Pacific Development, Elliott, Mitsui Sumitomo Finance & Leasing Bank, Sumitomo Corp, Tokyu Land, Mitsubitshi Estate Co, Recof Corporation, and Itochu ...

  • Inspectors slam manufacturers of poor quality black boxes

    Inspectors slam manufacturers of poor quality black boxes HCM CITY (VNS)-- Transport officials inspecting 19 manufacturers of black boxes - devices installed in vehicles to supervise their operation - have discovered nine of them to be falling short of national standards. The Ministry of Transport's inspection campaign, which runs until June 29, is concentrating its investigations in ...

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Wild Wild West

Barry Sonnenfeld's "Wild Wild West" is a giant, bombastic flop of a movie. It's a $100-million science fiction-Western-comedy-action hybrid with elaborate special effects and big name stars that never manages to balance itself, let alone gain momentum. It just sort of chugs along on good intentions and the hope that some of its tedious jokes might land with something other than a thud. ...

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  • Low-income buyers shun social housing apartments

    Low-income buyers shun social housing apartments HCM CITY (VNS)-- Commercially built apartments have become more popular with low-income buyers than social housing, as prices of the former have dropped substantially in recent years, according to real estate experts. Many commercial, or non-government-funded, housing projects in Ha Noi and HCM City have lowered prices to VND10-14 million ...

  • Small firms need more support

    A pumping machine is assembled at the Hai Duong Pump Manufacturing Co. The Government is considering improving its support and incentives for small- and medium-sized enterprises. -- VNA/VNS Photo Hoang ...

  • Retail giants target Viet Nam

    Retail giants target Viet Nam HA NOI (VNS)-- Foreign retail giants have shown their hunger to develop modern retailing in Viet Nam by pouring money into trade centres and supermarkets. According to the Institute of Information and Business Research (IIB), the retail industry in the country, which has a population of 88 million, holds huge potential despite local consumers tightened their ...

  • City to focus on safe vegetables

    A farmer waters his safe vegetables in Tam Phu Ward, HCM City. The municipal agriculture department plans to expand the application of VietGap standards to 1,730ha, or 50 per cent of the city's vegetable gardens, by 2015. -- VNA/VNS Photo Pham ...

  • Petrol price hike spooks markets

    HA NOI (VNS)-- The unexpected rise in petrol prices late on Friday hit the stock market yesterday with indices falling on both major exchanges. Steeper declines for large-cap shares in the afternoon pushed the VN-Index down by a further 11 points, or 2.06 per cent, to close yesterday's session at 498.52 points. On the HCM City Stock Exchange, up to 25 of the top 30 shares by market ...

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