Fidel Castro: 40 years ago on Vietnam’s fiercest battlefield

Ho Chi Minh City Infrastructure Investment JSC (CII) signed a deal to sell a convertible bond volume worth $40 million to KEB Hana Banktrustee and Custodian Business-a custodian of South Korean Rhinos Asset Management Co., Ltd. (RAM). It is a part of CII’s plan to issue a non-guaranteed convertible bond volume worth maximum $60 million to Korean investors, aimed to raise investment capital for the company’s major projects. Under the contract, CII will issue 400 non-guaranteed convertible bonds at the price of $100,000 per unit and an annual yield of 1 per cent for five years. CII is entitled to…… [read more]

VietNamNet Bridge – Taste a steaming hot bowl of gruel with “quay” (breadsticks) and “ruoc” (salted shreedded meat) in Hanoi’s Old Quarter. Tourists come to Hanoi look for special food such as bun ca (fish noodle soup), bun thang (noodle soup), nom (salad), pho cuon (noodle). The Old Quarter is between Ly Quoc Su and Huyen alley. But you can also enjoy “quay ruoc” gruel. Sit down on a plastic stool to eat a “quay ruoc” bowl and see people coming and going on the streets. This dish is processed a bit simply with white well- kneaded gruel with “quay”…… [read more]

Construction has finished on the first phase of a 24 megawatt wind farm in the south-central Vietnamese province of Binh Thuan, the inauguration ceremony of which was held on Friday. Construction has finished on the first phase of a 24 megawatt wind farm in the south-central Vietnamese province of Binh Thuan, the inauguration ceremony of which was held on Friday. About VND1.089 trillion (US$48.6 million) was spent on building the Phu Lac 1 wind farm in Lac Tri Village, Phu Lac Commune, Tuy Phong District. The plant is developed and run by Thuan Binh Wind Power JSC, owned by state-run…… [read more]

A major-ranked border security officer from Cambodia has been detained for smuggling nearly 20 kilograms of gold into Vietnam. A major-ranked border security officer from Cambodia has been detained for smuggling nearly 20 kilograms of gold into Vietnam. Major Rim Ri Linh, 50, deputy chief of the border security office in Phnom Denk, Cambodia, has been arrested for transporting 19 kilograms of gold into the southern Vietnamese province of An Giang, Huynh Ngoc Ho, head of the Customs Department at the Tinh Bien Border Gate in An Giang, affirmed on Saturday evening. The Cambodian officer dressed in his uniform drove…… [read more]

Typhoon Tokage entered the East Sea, internationally referred to as the South China Sea, on Saturday and is moving toward central Vietnam. It is the ninth typhoon to form in the region this year. At around 7 a.m. on Sunday, Typhoon Tokage was about 550km southeast off Hoang Sa (Paracel Islands), gusting speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour. The typhoon is expected to be about 240km southeast of the Hoang Sa islands on Tuesday and then move southwest before scaling down to a low pressure zone. It is forecast to bring heavy rains to the central region from…… [read more]

The Hanoitimes – A business forum yesterday oganised by the Euro Chamber of Commerce and Industry and EU-Vietnam Business Network in Da Nang stressed that European investors keen on Central Region of Vietnam. The central city of Da Nang and its neighbouring provinces of Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam will offer optimal conditions to lure investment from European countries in hi-tech, tourism, logistics, health care and advanced farming. Ba Na Hills Golf Club is one the project focused in Da Nang City The three localities, which connect to the East-West Economic Corridor linking Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam, are considered…… [read more]

Their cooperation has contributed to maintaining peace, security and stability of the Francophone community and the world as well, said State President Quang at the opening ceremony of the 16th Francophone Summit in Antananarivo, Madagascar on November 26. State President Quang affirmed that Viet Nam is ready to be a bridge linking the Francophone community, ASEAN and Asia Pacific to join hearts and minds for the world of peace, stability and sustainable development. He said Viet Nam welcomed the Francophone community’s efforts in accelerating linguistic and cultural diversity and in protecting and preserving cultural identities in the context of globalization…… [read more]

The Hanoitimes – The Republic of Korea led the top largest foreign investors in Vietnam in the first 11 months of this year with 5.29 billion USD (making up 29.2% of the total), followed by Singapore with 2.05 billion USD (11.3%) and Japan with 1.95 billion USD (10.8%). The report of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment pointed out that Vietnam lured more than 18 billion USD in both new and additional foreign direct investment (FDI) in January-November, equivalent to 89.5% compared to the same period of 2015. As of November 20, FDI disbursement had…… [read more]

A boom in construction and quarry mining in some outlying areas in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang has gnawed mercilessly on the local environment, adversely affecting locals’ life. A boom in construction and quarry mining in some outlying areas in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang has gnawed mercilessly on the local environment, adversely affecting locals’ life. Hills and mountains in Hoa Nhon and Hoa Phong Communes in Hoa Vang District are not the only victims of the aggressive expansion of construction projects in the area. From National Highway 14B, neighborhoods in hills once shrouded in greenery…… [read more]

This is just the latest in a string of incidents that have blighted the country’s coast. About 10 tons of fish have washed up dead on the coast of Van Ninh District in the central province of Khanh Hoa, according to local media reports. The fish, mostly deep-water species, have been washing up in communes from Van Tho to Van Thanh since Thursday, the Voice of Vietnam reported on Saturday, quoting district party secretary Vo Hoang Hai. A number of farmed fish and other sea creatures have also been found dead in the area, Hai said, adding that local authorities…… [read more]