 Concurrency of national beauty contests cause confusion
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(7/30/2010 8:23:38 PM)
Organizers of the two national beauty contests, Miss Vietnam 2010 and Miss Vietnam Global 2010, both scheduled for August, are competing intensely to attract contestants. Observers and insiders do not understand the rapid-fire licensing of pageants with coinciding timeframes.
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Vietnamese students win international piano contest
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(7/30/2010 8:20:54 PM)
Students of the Vietnam National Music Institute scooped five gold medals and one silver at the Asia International Piano Academy Festival and Competition in Cheonan in the Republic of Korea from July 20-23.
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Police crack fake resistance war medal ring
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(7/30/2010 8:18:28 PM)
Police from Chau Thanh District in the northern province of Nghe An revoked 19 fake resistance war medals on July 29 and detained four men involved in a ring that makes counterfeit resistance war medals
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140 attorneys help farmers in Vedan lawsuit
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(7/30/2010 8:17:46 PM)
More than 140 lawyers said they would help farmers sue Taiwanese MSG producer, Vedan, which polluted Thi Vai River, causing huge economic and environmental damage.
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UK bank surprised by ‘tame’ inflation in Vietnam
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(7/30/2010 8:16:33 PM)
Standard Chartered Bank economists were surprised by Vietnam’s tame inflation this year, with month-on-month inflation having stayed ‘benign’ at 0.1-0.3 percent over the past three months, the lender said in its H1 report.
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Inherent shortcomings, not crisis impact, limit growth
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(7/30/2010 8:15:48 PM)
Vietnam’s economic growth is unsustainable, not because of the effects of the global economic crisis, but because of the shortcomings inherent in the economy, Dr. Tran Du Lich, deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly Delegation, told Sai Gon Giai Phong.
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VN no longer listed among poor countries
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(7/30/2010 8:14:47 PM)
No longer listed among the poor and backward countries as of this year, Vietnam has become a middle-income country; however, the country’s economic growth is still unsustainable.
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US$9.1 billion of FDI poured into Vietnam first seven months
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(7/30/2010 8:13:47 PM)
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam reached US$9.1 billion in the first seven months of the year, a year-on-year rise of 68.2 percent, reported the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Department.
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Gold sinks to three-month low
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(7/30/2010 8:13:00 PM)
The price of gold in Vietnam dropped by VND250,000 a tael (1.2 ounces) over the previous day on July 28 after the global price lost 1.7 percent.
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