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Market Watch - Wed Nov 25, 6:10 am ET
Vietnam's central bank devalued its currency and raised interest rates Wednesday, moves that were seem as necessary to relieve pressure on the currency and protect the nation’s foreign reserves.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 24, 4:11 am ET
Hanoi - Vietnam's National Assembly will likely vote to approve two projected nuclear power plants Wednesday, a deputy said, despite concerns over safety and costs. It is not worth building nuclear power plants at this time, because the country is n...
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The Washington Times - Wed Nov 25, 3:13 pm ET
Forty-three years after Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point that the war in Vietnam was essential to the stability of Asia, President Obama will use the same venue to pitch his plan to salvage the war in Afghanistan. The president will unveil his new strategy for the Afghanistan war in an 8 p.m. address to Americans on Dec. 1. The ...
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Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 5:07 am ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam’s benchmark stock index fell the most in seven months, the world’s worst performance today, after the central bank devalued its currency and raised interest rates to rein in inflation and a widening trade deficit.
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Nasdaq - Wed Nov 25, 4:32 am ET
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Foreign investors were net buyers of VND221.4 billion ($ 12.4 million) of Vietnamese stocks out of a total VND3 trillion traded Wednesday, the Hochiminh Stock Exchange said.
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Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 4:41 am ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam’s central bank devalued its currency and raised interest rates to rein in accelerating inflation and a widening trade deficit that is eroding confidence in the dong.
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Fox News - Wed Nov 25, 1:27 am ET
Vietnam Devalues Currency To Protect Reserves
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Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 12:14 am ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam raised the benchmark interest rate to 8 percent, the first increase since January, and narrowed the dong’s trading band to 3 percent from 5 percent.
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 11:43 pm ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam raised the benchmark interest rate to 8 percent from 7 percent, according to a statement on the central bank’s Web site. The State Bank of Vietnam also narrowed the dong’s trading band to 3 percent from 5 percent.
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 11:06 pm ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam’s inflation accelerated to the highest level since May, driven by faster-than-targeted credit expansion, quicker economic growth and higher oil prices.
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Gothamist - Wed Nov 25, 4:13 pm ET
A disabled Vietnam veteran who defied the city Parks Department by setting up a hot dog stand on prime real estate outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art was carted off in handcuffs yesterday. Dan Rossi, 69, was charged with obstructing traffic and disorderly conduct after he refused to relocate his stand during an enforcement sweep. The area outside the Met has been a lucrative location for the ...
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GoldSeek.com - Wed Nov 25, 10:12 am ET
By: Trace Mayer, J.D. On 26 November 2009 the State Bank of Vietnam devalued the dong by about 5%. This is the third instance of currency devaluation in two years. The FRN$ is likewise being devalued against gold.
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Zionsville Times Sentinel - Wed Nov 25, 2:14 pm ET
The atmosphere in the Boone County Courthouse rotunda was heavy with emotion Tuesday evening, Nov. 10, as Vietnam veterans, families, friends and supporters crowded together to finally welcome home these veterans properly, perhaps for the first time ever.
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Nasdaq - Wed Nov 25, 4:32 am ET
The dollar slipped against its major rivals in Asian trading Wednesday, while Vietnam's currency took center stage as the country's central bank said it would again devalue the dong.
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CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 23, 4:00 pm ET
CIBT Education Group Inc. is pleased to report that its subsidiary, Sprott-Shaw Degree College Corp has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hanoi Tourism College located in Hanoi, Vietnam.