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“As the key investor, we will contribute 20 percent of total capital for the project. The rest will be mobilised from foreign investors as well as from domestic investors through the issuance of stocks and bonds.”

Tan Tao Group is seeking investors to join in a 7.7 billion USD project to build the 4,400MW Kien Luong Thermal Power Centre and Nam Du deep-sea port complex in the southern province of Kien Giang . via VietNamNet

Acute diarrhea has spread to Vietnam's two northern provinces of Quang Ninh and Thai Nguyen, raising the total number of affected localities in the country to 14 since early March. via People's Daily Online

“The government has prepared for the possibility of food shortage”

Tuesday, April 08, 2008 HANOI: Vietnam has given priority to ensuring it has sufficient rice supplies for domestic consumption but has ample stocks for export, the official Vietnam News Agency quoted a ... via The News

Via Thanh Nien Daily : Bird flu hit central province . An outbreak of bird flu is sweeping through a ward in Tam Ky Town in the central province of Quang Nam, forcing authorities to cull a further 100 chickens. via Crofsblogs.typepad.com

There should be appropriate policies to eliminate poverty in the country's 60 poorest districts, delegates told a seminar held by the Government and UNDP in Thanh Hoa Province. via VietNamNet

“It is absolutely possible to curb inflation, to ensure sustainable growth and social welfare and to retain economic stability”

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday called on southern provinces and cities to exert their greatest efforts to beat inflation and achieve their set targets. via Viet Nam News

Speaking at a travel show recently, I was asked to name what I considered the top travel bargains for the year ahead, both in destinations and in facilities for travel. via Chicago Tribune

“Kuwait is committed to secure long-term 100 percent crude oil supply for the project with a volume of about 10 million tons a year for the current stage, potentially increasing to 20 million tons a year”

Vietnam's state oil company on Monday agreed with firms from Japan and Kuwait to build what will be the country's second refinery, a $6 billion joint venture. via The Daily Star

“The most valuable things in my life - my mother and my flag - I lost it”

There seem to be few boundaries when it comes to displaying the South Vietnamese flag on the streets of Little Saigon: the red-and-yellow banner flutters from rooftops and store windows, adorns T-shirts and ... via Monterey County Herald

Q: What will happen to my frequent-flier miles if Delta and Northwest decide to go ahead with a merger? A: Don't worry about losing your hard-earned miles. via Contra Costa Times

“Vietnam has undergone many changes but one thing remains unchanged: Vietnam is still a friend of Belarus”

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko pays an official two-day visit to Vietnam Monday, President Nguyen Minh Triet said. via Thanh Nein News

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome has recently stricken Vietnam's central Nghe An province, raising the total number of affected localities in the country to four. via People's Daily Online

Mozambique National Assembly Chairman Eduardo Joaquim Mulembwe Saturday expressed his wish to learn from Vietnam's experience in economic development and poverty eradication. via Thanh Nein News

“The sad part about it was we got an airplane shot up and didn't accomplish anything”

By Michael Hoffman - Staff writer Posted : Saturday Apr 5, 2008 7:30:09 EDT Retired Chief Master Sgt. via MilitaryCity.com

“Throughout the region, when people do well they like to spend on luxury goods”

In the 1980s, Diep Bach Duong worked for a pittance as a bureaucrat in communist Vietnam. via Business Report

Journalists observe an infringement notice being issued to a taxi with a dodgy meter Ho Chi Minh City traffic inspectors Friday began penalizing dodgy cabs as part of a campaign to round up unlicensed taxis.

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos held high-level talks in Luanda on April 3. The Angolan President welcome General Secretary Manh and the Vietnamese high-level ... via VietNamNet

A Vietnamese-born British citizen condemned to death for heroin trafficking has had his sentence commuted to life in prison by Vietnam's president. via CANOE

About one billion people in 160 countries and territories will watch Miss Universe 2008 taking place in July in Nha Trang City, south central Khanh Hoa province, through live broadcasts on NBC channel. via VietNamNet

The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations is considering financial and monetary cooperation and integration significant to the realization of the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015. via Xinhuanet