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Exotissimo unveils two new Vietnam Tour programs in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, featuring cross-cultural exchanges and experiential excursions.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
(RTTNews) - Vietnam's central bank raised its key interest rate on Wednesday. The State Bank of Vietnam hiked the benchmark interest rate to 8% from 7%. Also, the central bank narrowed the trading band of dong against the dollar to 3% from 5%, with effect from November 26.
There are some emerging markets that are still struggling and Vietnam is one of them, perhaps showing the rest of the world what might happen to it without bail-out packages and stimulus measures. The central bank of Vietnam has devalued the Dong by just over 5% and raised interest rates to 8%.
No one could blame Jim Oien for tearing up Tuesday as U.S. Rep.Steve King awarded to him the four medals he earned during his1967-68 tour in Vietnam.
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Foreign investors were net buyers of VND111.4 billion ($ 6.2 million) of Vietnamese stocks out of a total VND2.2 trillion traded Tuesday, the Hochiminh Stock Exchange said.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Sumitomo Corp., Japan’s third- largest trading house, will build a 200 billion yen ($2.2 billion) low-emission coal power plant in Vietnam as part of its plans to expand overseas.
As 300 children with facial deformities underwent life-changing surgery this month in Hanoi, Vietnam, Samantha Coxe, a 17-year-old volunteer, knew her service at the hospital would be life-changing for her, too. The San Clemente High School senior is...
Today is the feast of the Martyrs of Vietnam, including St. Andrew Dung-Lac, St. Jean-Theophane Venard, and 115 others. Click here for some details of their lives, their torture, their writings, their deaths.
The dollar fell versus major rivals Wednesday, allowing the euro to again fetch more than $1.50 as overall economic sentiment rebounded and the U.S. Federal Reserve showed no qualms about the U.S. unit's decline.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam’s dong fell to a record low after the central bank devalued the currency to curb quickening inflation and a widening trade deficit. Stocks extended losses, heading for the worst week since March 2008.
COURBEVOIE, France, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- French supermajor Total announced a new discovery of light crude oil off the coast of Vung Tau in the south of Vietnam in the Mekong delta region.
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