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  • RPT-Vietnam gives green light for bad debt bank

    Tue May 21, 2013 7:41am EDT (Repeats to more subscribers) * Asset firm aimed at boosting banks' lending * Experts say Vietnam's real NPL ratio far higher HANOI, May 21 (Reuters) - Vietnam's government approved on Tuesday the formation of an asset management firm to buy bad debt from its troubled banks, an official said, a move that could help stimulate an ailing economy growing at ...

  • Oil production starts offshore Vietnam

    Canadian company Talisman Energy said it expects to produce 15,000 barrels of oil per day from its newly launched development offshore Vietnam. Talisman said it started oil production at the offshore Hai Su Trang and Hai Su Den development ahead of schedule. Once the facilities are commissioned, the company expects gross production to reach 15,000 bpd. "We are delighted to have achieved ...

  • Vietnam Again Escapes Blacklisting As State Dep’t. Cites ‘Positive’ Moves on Religious Freedom

    Ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom Suzan Johnson Cook cited Vietnam as an example of a country where "positive developments" have taken place in the area of religoius freedom. (Image: State Department) (CNSNews.com) - At a time when Vietnam's communist authorities have introduced new regulations placing burdensome bureaucratic restrictions on religious ...

  • Vietnam Stocks Climb to 5-Week High on Signs Inflation Slowing

    Asia , with the benchmark index closing at the highest level in more than five weeks, after a drop in consumer prices in the two biggest cities signaled inflation may slow nationwide. ...

  • Airport customs officers seized over 5kg rhino horns

    HCM CITY (VNS)-- More than 5kg of rhino horns were seized by customs officers at Tan Son Nhat Airport yesterday while being smuggled into Viet ...

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Despicable Me

Despicable Me

Throughout the 3-D computer-animated comedy Despicable Me, the films classically villainous villain, a hunched, bald, heavily accented heavy named Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), is surrounded by a nattering army of minions, which look like yellow pills with goggles and overalls, ... ...

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  • Five arrested for robbing taxi drivers

    HAI PHONG (VNS)-- Police in the northern port city of Hai Phong's Ngo Quyen District have temporarily detained five people who are suspected of being behind a series of robberies targetting taxi drivers in the ...

  • Vietnamese students win fourth prizes at Intel ISEF 2013

    HA NOI (VNS)- Two groups of Vietnamese students from the Ha Noi-Amsterdam and Le Hong Phong high schools have been awarded fourth-place prizes at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ...

  • VNA continues to help AO victims

    VNA continues to help AO victims HA NOI (VNS)-- Vietnam News Agency and the Viet Nam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) yesterday signed an agreement of information co-operation for the next three years. Nguyen Thi Binh, former Vice President of Viet Nam and honorary president of VAVA, said co-operation would help make positive impacts on the community and help people ...

  • Religious freedom in Viet Nam guaranteed

    Religious freedom in Viet Nam guaranteed HCM CITY (VNS)-- The Ordinance on Religion and Belief has created a legal corridor to ensure people's right to religious freedom. Pham Dung, head of the Government's Committee for Religious Affairs, said this at a conference in HCM City yesterday to review the implementation of the ordinance over the past eight years. The Ordinance on ...

  • Vietnam vet gets heros homecoming

    FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A Vietnam veteran finally got the homecoming he never had when he arrived at the Fort Wayne International Airport Monday night. Hundreds of people were waiting for Tim Davis to thank him for her service and welcome him home. Davis served in the Marines in the Vietnam War and lost his legs during his deployment. But, when he returned home in 1968, he wasn't greeted ...

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