Petrol prices, loose trading band aid VN-Index (Vietnam Net)

17 August 2008, 12:27 am

VietNamNet Bridge - Share prices soared on both Hanoi and HCM City markets on August 15 following Thursday’s news that petrol prices had been cut – and that the daily trading band had been loosened.... read more

Strolling through Sydney (The Star)

15 August 2008, 5:13 pm

Sometimes adversity brings its own rewards. Flying via Sydney from Melbourne to Saigon, I found myself stranded in the New South Wales capital for two nights. I had forgotten to get a visa for Vietnam!... read more

Remnants of Hanoi's French Colonial Past (The Salt Lake Tribune)

13 August 2008, 6:19 am

HANOI, Vietnam - A tall, blond woman in black and a small Asian girl stand at the prow of a gilded barge moving slowly over a wide, jungle-banked river. The woman is Catherine Deneuve, star of the 1992 movie "Indochine" about the war for independence in French colonial Vietnam.... read more

Settling for a staycation? Hardly. There's lots to do in the area (Daily Herald)

6 August 2008, 10:07 pm

Have kids, will travel - or so we thought. Despite plans to visit the Smoky Mountains this summer on our continuing "Kapolnek National Park Tour," soaring gas prices and an uncertain economy had us square in the middle of our own "staycation," emphasis on the "stay."... read more

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 5/8 (Vietnam Net)

5 August 2008, 3:57 am

A World Bank arm will continue to help the National Registration Agency of Secured Transactions (NRAST) increase access to finance in Vietnam through improved and secure lending.... read more

Hotel dealings: Quiet but hot! (Vietnam Net)

31 July 2008, 3:25 am

VietNamNet Bridge – Many big hotels in Vietnam recently have been the subjects of big deals – big, quiet deals.... read more

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