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  • TienPhong raises charter capital

    TienPhong raises charter capital HA NOI (VNS)-- TienPhong Bank has raised its charter capital from VND3 trillion (US$142.9 million) to VND5.55 trillion ($264.3 million). The bank recently received permission from the central bank to trade Government and corporate bonds on the domestic market. Last month it signed an agreement with the Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam (BIDV) ...

  • New insurance firm opens doors

    New insurance firm opens doors HCM CITY (VNS)-- The PVI Sun Life Company has become the latest life insurance company to do business in Viet Nam, launching its operation and sales on Sunday in HCM City. The company, which received its licence in January, has a charter capital of VND1 trillion (US$48 million) 51 per cent of which is accounted for by local firm PVI Holdings; and the remaining ...

  • Nippon Paint factory building begins

    Nippon Paint factory building begins VINH PHUC (VNS)-- Nippon Paint yesterday began construction of its new factory that will produce industrial paint for automobiles and motorcycles, heavy duty coatings, decorative paint, marine coatings and resin in northern Vinh Phuc province. Covering a 60,000 square metre area in Vinh Phuc's Ba Thien II Industrial Zone, the plant has registered ...

  • BKAV offers early warning system against cyber attack

    BKAV offers early warning system against cyber attack HCM CITY (VNS)-- The Bach Khoa Anti-virus Centre has promised to help companies and other organisations combat cyber attacks by providing them early warning systems. Its Network Inspector will look for signs of an attack and warn administrators through text messages or email. "In fact, online attacks are happening quietly around the ...

  • NZ group to sell colostrum supplements in Viet Nam

    NZ group to sell colostrum supplements in Viet Nam HCM CITY (VNS)-- New Zealand's New Image Group, which sells nutritional supplements made from cow colostrum, says its plan to penetrate the Southeast Asian market by starting a representative office in Viet Nam. Colostrsum, also called foremilk, is a thin, yellowish fluid secreted by the mammary glands at the time of parturition that is ...

Movie Review

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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  • 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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