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Govt Launches Energy Saving Campaign

Govt Launches Energy Saving Campaign

Original post: Govt Launches Energy Saving Campaign Real GDP fell 6.3 percent between the third quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, as global demand slumped, before rebounding 6.9 percent through the end of 2009. The rebound was due to a recovery in global demand, an end to inventory ...

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Vietnam remains indecisive in choosing sets of indicators to assess FDI

Vietnam remains indecisive in choosing sets of indicators to assess FDI

State management agencies and experts still have not agreed on the methods of assessing the efficiency of foreign direct investment (FDI). Read More: Vietnam remains indecisive in choosing sets of indicators to assess FDI

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US lifts travel ban on Burmese officials

US lifts travel ban on Burmese officials

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says some senior Burmese officials and parliamentarians will now be allowed to visit the United States and that Washington will lift its ban on the export to Burma of U.S. financial services and investment to help accelerate modernization and reform. Visit link: ...

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First Budget Store to Open after Songkran

First Budget Store to Open after Songkran

The rest is here: First Budget Store to Open after Songkran At the end of 2009, real GDP was back at pre-crisis levels, as measured in seasonally adjusted terms. All in all, a more favorable external environment should help boost real GDP growth to 6.2 percent in 2010. After this year, ...

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Children of China’s Future – Part I

On tour in Europe, China’s privileged children reflect inequality and self-confidenceBRUSSELS: On a blustery February evening in the Tyrolean town of Kufstein, pandemonium reigned inside the usually lugubrious Thaler Hotel. Gaggles of Chinese children swarmed the corridors. “Hi!” one called out. My Chinese was rusty, but adequate. “Ni hao,” I ...

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FDI firms less optimistic despite revenue rise

FDI firms less optimistic despite revenue rise

Foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises have become less optimistic about their business outlook in Vietnam though their revenues still continue growing, according to a survey of 1,970 foreign-invested firms. More: FDI firms less optimistic despite revenue rise

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Small states, high oil prices: renewable technologies in the Pacific

Small states, high oil prices: renewable technologies in the Pacific

Authors: Matthew Dornan and Frank Jotzo, ANUHigh oil prices are disproportionately affecting Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific, while renewable energy could replace oil used for power generation and help reduce the risk of cost blowouts.In Fiji, the oil import bill was around 14 per cent of GDP ...

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EVN in the reign of Dao Van Hung: the telecom, finance disillusion

EVN in the reign of Dao Van Hung: the telecom, finance disillusion

EVN on the watch of President Dao Van Hung once rushed headlong into the investments in non-core business fields, including telecom and finance. However, the investments have disillusioned EVN, because they have become burdens on the power group. See original article: EVN in the reign of Dao Van Hung: the telecom, finance disillusion

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