Firefly urged to build community terminal in Penang Oct 27, 2008
Lim also urged Firefly to introduce flights between Penang and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam ... Ho Chi Minh City was initially in our plan but we took it out. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Rock bands - next stop is Vietnam Oct 24, 2008
Ngu Cung won Tiger Beer's countrywide "Rock Your Passion" band competition at the beginning of this year, earning the honor of supporting US rockers My Chemical Romance during their one-off concert in Ho Chi Minh City, which traditionally has hosted larger events than its northern sibling. Holy Red Cross were runners up. (Asia Times Online)
New MasterCard Research Ranks 65 Cities in Emerging Markets Poised to Drive Long-Term Global Economic Growth Oct 23, 2008
To assist him in this research, Dr. Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, Economic Advisor for MasterCard Worldwide, APMEA Region, initially assembled and chaired a panel of leading experts in economics, urban development and social-science from around the world, including the following: -- Professor Fan Gang, Director, National Economic Research Institute, Beijing -- Mr. Manu Bhaskaran, Partner/Head, Economic Research, Centennial Group, Singapore -- Professor William Lever, Emeritus Professor of Urban Studies,... (PR Newswire)
Energy and macronutrient intakes in preschool children in urban areas of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Oct 19, 2008
An increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity has been documented in preschool children in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. However, little is known about what preschool children in HCMC eat or how well their nutrient intake meets nutrient recommendations. (BioMed Central)
Matchmakers left heartbroken by finance crisis Oct 17, 2008
If he does not fancy the women in the shop, he can pay another about $1,400 to fly to Ho Chi Minh City and meet 50-100 women in a hotel, but Lin warns customers this is illegal. "My customers are usually over 35. That is when they get disappointed with Singapore women, whom they say have too high expectations," he said. (MSNBC -- International)
Hanoi's path to property crosses Catholics Oct 16, 2008
On the same day, more than 5,000 Catholics gathered for a prayer vigil in southern Ho Chi Minh City to show their support for the parishioners in northern Hanoi ... He also said that the allocation of land to any organization for religious purposes had to be performed in line with the law and cited a number of localities, including Ho Chi Minh City, which has allocated land to the municipal bishopric to build a center serving its activities, where this policy has been successfully implemented. (Asia Times Online)
Vietnams five-year bonds make highest climb in a week Oct 16, 2008
1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Tel: 84 8 8 394 046 Fax: 84 8 8 322 025 Thanh Nien is the tribune of Vietnam s Youth Association. (Thanh Nien Daily)
From Paris, an ad hoc, urban ballet Oct 15, 2008
Belle-Dinh, whose family came to Paris from Vietnam shortly after his birth in Ho Chi Minh City in 1977, trains almost every day in a range of urban and suburban locations. He uses concrete walls, metal railings and public ping-pong tables, to name but a few , in order to slide, jump and climb across his environment. (International Herald Tribune)
Drug traffickers spared as trade talks prosper Oct 14, 2008
Luong was arrested at Ho Chi Minh City airport as she tried to board a flight to Australia on February 13 last year. Customs officials said they found heroin in her shoes and luggage. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Australia's ANZ Bank to open Vietnamese subsidiary Oct 13, 2008
ANZ said it plans to open at least four branches in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City within months and more next year, pending local regulators' approval. Thuy Dam, ANZ's chief executive officer in Vietnam, said the bank aimed to become one of the top four in Vietnam by 2012 through local incorporation as well as growth in retail and institutional banking. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Supportive to set up toy plant in Vietnam Oct 13, 2008
Group executive chairman Lee Kuang Shing told StarBiz the company would initially lease a 10,000-sq-ft plant in Ho Chi Minh City. The rationale for going into Vietnam is that we are finalising a deal with IKEA, the Swedish-based toy and furniture retailer, to obtain a three-year US$15mil contract to manufacture wood and plastic-based toy products, he said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Inflammation and Influenza Oct 10, 2008
From the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. . (New England Journal of Medicine)
Ireka unit to manage Vietnam project Oct 10, 2008
The development for the park in Binh Tan District was licensed and approved on July 10 by the Peoples Committee of Ho Chi Minh City with a development cost of about US$400mil, Ireka said in a statement. Located about 10 minutes drive from the central business district of Ho Chi Minh City, the park would take nine years to complete with the first phase to begin operations in 2011. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Staying one step ahead of the crowd Oct 7, 2008
Some upscale hotel chains, like Park Hyatt, have already raised their flags in Ho Chi Minh City, the country's largest city ... The resort will have 51 villas with private infinity pools (some villas have two) and a private plane to shuttle guests from Ho Chi Minh City, 45 minutes away. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
John C. Lincoln signs agreement with Vietnamese hospital Oct 7, 2008
In Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, there are about 3,800 physicians and 80 million residents. In 2003, the Vietnamese government gave the nod to allow the private sector to offer medical services. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Empowering the deaf Oct 5, 2008
A second trip to Ho Chi Minh City will be held next month. The road ahead. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Yinson to handle Vietnams new port Oct 4, 2008
Managing director Lim Han Weng said its subsidiary Yinson Vietnam Pte Ltd would handle the activities at the new port in Hongtou, about 100km from Ho Chi Minh City ... A small boat sails near a port in Ho Chi Minh City. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Air and lodging packages to Asia Sep 23, 2008
On the itinerary: Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Ho Chi Minh City, Danang, Hoi An, Hue, Hanoi. In addition, youll be able to explore the temples of Angkor and the Cu Chi Tunnels, visit Tonle Sap Lake and its floating villages, and enjoy an overnight cruise of Ha Long Bay aboard the classic paddle steamer, the Emeraude. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Dominant seeks more niche markets Sep 19, 2008
Its Vietnam plant in the Vietnam-Singapore industrial park in Ho Chi Minh City is under construction and is expected to be commissioned early next year. Under its distribution division, the company imports, exports and distributes MDF, plywood, particle board, printed plywood and building materials. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Weight loss plan for Elaine Sep 14, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Taekwondo exponent Elaine Teo has to lose weight to compete in the 51kg category competition at the Vietnam Open in Ho Chi Minh City from Oct 24-26. Elaine was on a weight gain programme for the Olympics last month because she was mistakenly penned in for the 57kg competition instead of the below 49kg category in a qualifying event in Ho Chi Minh City last November. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
"The Forever War" Sep 13, 2008
How necessary it seemed to many to defend what was claimed to be "democracy" in Asia against "totalitarianism." So American tourists in backcountry Vietnam happen on rusting tanks and mortars and buy Zippo lighters with forged inscriptions in the Ho Chi Minh City war museum in a town where socialism is a joke, and which plenty of people don't even call Ho Chi Minh City. Tendencies and elements in certain societies that seemed marginal before a war turn out to be much more significant. (International Herald Tribune)
Jolie in Vietnam to collect child Sep 13, 2008
Three-year-old Pax Thien - who is Jolie's fourth child - had been living in an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City. US agency Adoptions From The Heart has rebutted a claim by a Vietnamese official that she was "fast-tracked" to complete her application more quickly. (Yahoo News -- Vietnam)
Negroponte hails Vietnam ties Sep 13, 2008
He is to visit Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) to meet business leaders on Saturday before going on to Cambodia. Regional pressures. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
* World News Quick Take Sep 12, 2008
Airport officials in Ho Chi Minh City said they found a dead baby in the suitcase of a passenger who was about to board a flight to Hanoi on Wednesday. Nguyen Van Quat of the airport authority said Vu Van Dat, 20, told investigators that the day-old baby girl belonged to one of his relatives and had died of natural causes shortly after it was born. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
U.S. diplomat revisits a fast-changing Vietnam Sep 12, 2008
Negroponte worked at the U.S. embassy in the former Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, during the Vietnam War ... He praised Vietnam's economic growth, which has averaged roughly 7 percent a year for the last decade, describing it as an "economic miracle'' that had lifted millions of Vietnamese out of poverty. Negroponte's is the most recent in a series of high-level visits between the two countries. U.S. President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Hanoi in 2006, and... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Asian Coast May Raise $1 Billion in Hong Kong IPO to Fund Vietnam Casino Sep 11, 2008
Aymong in May said the company received a license from the Vietnamese government to build the Ho Tram Strip complex near Ho Chi Minh City, after three years of negotiations. To contact the reporter on this story: in Hong Kong at. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Jetstar resurrects mega-cheap fares Sep 10, 2008
The daily Ho Chi Minh City-Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City- Siem Reap services are on offer for just $US2 ($2. 50) one way until 5pm (AEST) today, and are exclusive of surcharges, fees and taxes. (NEWS.com.au)
Vietnam to Control IPO Prices, Set Timing to Lift Stocks, Regulator Says Sep 9, 2008
They need to get the pricing right,'' said , Ho Chi Minh City-based chief executive officer of PXP Vietnam Asset Management, which manages $300 million in Vietnamese equities ... The bank hasn't met the requirement of selling 20 percent of equity needed to list on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, Vietnam's biggest exchange, Bang said. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
HSBC, Standard to open banks in Vietnam Sep 9, 2008
HSBC Vietnam, to be headquartered in southern commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City, will have legal capital of $183 million while Standard Chartered's unit, to be based in Hanoi, will have legal capital of $61 million, it said. The banks can start their Vietnam operations within 12 months, it said. (CNN -- International)
Best Way To Treat Malaria: Avoid Using Same Drug For Everyone, Scientists Say Sep 9, 2008
"What we found is that using multiple first-line therapies is the best way to avoid treatment failures and to delay the development of resistance for as long as possible," said Boni, who recently has joined the staff of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. One catch to the researchers' strategy is that multiple effective therapies may not always be available. (Science Daily)
HSBC and Standard Chartered get OK to open units in Vietnam Sep 9, 2008
Two European banks, HSBC Holdings and Standard Chartered have won approval to be the first foreign banks to open wholly owned units in Vietnam, as the communist-run state opens up more to foreign investment (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Mah Sing sees better outlook for property margin Sep 6, 2008
We are looking for potential landbanks in Ho Chi Minh City now, he said. . (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Sau Wah wins two golds and two silvers at Vietnam Open Sep 2, 2008
PETALING JAYA: SEA Games gold medallist Chan Sau Wah did the country proud in the Vietnam Open gymnastics championships in Ho Chi Minh City last week by winning two gold and two silver medals. She led the women's team to the gold with a combined score of 199. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Following her heart Aug 31, 2008
So from January 2002 to September 2006, Hiliary worked as its program director based in Ho Chi Minh City. She was part housemother, part friend, part confidante, part family. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
* Business Briefs Aug 30, 2008
74 million in its plant located in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The plant is scheduled for commercial operation in 2011, the company says on its Web site. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Vietnam central bank resists calls to cut interest rates Aug 30, 2008
"Keeping interest rates at this level shows that the government is ready to sacrifice economic growth and prioritize fighting inflation," said Huynh Thi Thanh Van, head of the capital markets division at Sacombank Securities in Ho Chi Minh City ... "We've seen some signs that inflation is slowing down, but it hasn't been that long since they last raised the base rate," said Kevin Snowball, the chief executive of PXP Vietnam Asset Management in Ho Chi Minh City. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
* Fuel increases speed up Vietnamese inflation rate Aug 26, 2008
Its a good sign for the Vietnamese economy, because a lot of investors thought the CPI for August was going to be 3 percent, said Nguyen Pham Quoc Phong, an investment specialist at Cathay Life Insurance in Ho Chi Minh City. Declining global food prices also meant inflation quickened less than expected. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Vietnam to test dengue fever vaccine Aug 26, 2008
The trial will be conducted among 180 healthy people at different ages in southern An Giang province by the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute. It will use the ChimeriVax vaccine developed by Acambis, a leading vaccine company based in the United Kingdom. (Xinhuanet, China)
Glitter to return to London: Thai police Aug 26, 2008
Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter sits on a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok after his release from a Vietnamese prison on Tuesday ... On Tuesday, Vietnam deported him and authorities took him from prison straight to a Ho Chi Minh City airport. (CBC.ca)
Vietnam dissident lawyers jailed Aug 25, 2008
A court in Ho Chi Minh City convicted three other activists on similar charges on Thursday ... Another dissident, Tran Quoc Hien, is scheduled to go on trial in Ho Chi Minh City next week. (Yahoo News -- Vietnam)
World's most unwanted man Aug 24, 2008
After being tracked down in Vietnam by a British newspaper which alleged he was living with a 15-year-old girl, Glitter was arrested at Ho Chi Minh City airport in November 2005 while trying to leave for Thailand. He was charged with molesting two girls aged 10 and 11 and, in a two-day trial in March, was convicted. (iAfrica.com)
Gary Glitter: At Home and Shamed Aug 23, 2008
Gadd's crisscrossing of Asia started on August 19 when Vietnamese authorities deported him from Ho Chi Minh City after he served 27 months in prison for sexually abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11. But Gadd didn't want to go home to Britain. (Time.com)
Shamed Gary Glitter returning to UK Aug 22, 2008
Gary Glitter on a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok after his release from a Vietnamese prison, Tuesday. The British Embassy in Bangkok told the UK Foreign Office that Glitter left Thailand early Friday morning. (CNN -- International)
* Gary Glitter back in Thailand after Hong Kong refuses entry Aug 22, 2008
On Tuesday night, Glitter, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, was taken from his prison cell to a Thai Airways flight out of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. He had been booked to change planes in Bangkok en route to London, but refused to board the flight to Britain, complaining of an earache. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Gary Glitter Arrives in London After Being Barred From Thailand, Hong Kong Aug 22, 2008
He was deported three days ago from Ho Chi Minh City, though refused to board a connecting flight to London at Bangkok's international airport. Glitter then spent more than 12 hours in transit in Bangkok before flying to Hong Kong, where authorities denied him entry and sent him back to Thailand. (Bloomberg -- UK)
War in Georgia Aug 22, 2008
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Disgraced ex-rocker Gary Glitter returns to UK Aug 22, 2008
Gary Glitter on a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok after his release from a Vietnamese prison, Tuesday. Glitter, born Paul Gadd, served nearly three years in a Vietnam prison on a child molestation conviction and was deported Tuesday from Ho Chi Minh City. (CNN -- World)
Entertainment Report Aug 21, 2008
Ho Chi Minh City - Authorities freed British glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison in southern Vietnam on Tuesday, after nearly three years of confinement on child molestation charges. Glitter, 64, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, was convicted in March 2006 of committing "obscene acts with children." In his 1970s heyday, Glitter performed in glittering jumpsuits, silver platform shoes and bouffant wigs. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Gary Glitter turned from Hong Kong and sent back to Bangkok Aug 21, 2008
The 64-year-old, whose real name is Paul Gadd, departed from Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday on a flight to London, via Bangkok. But once in the Thai capital, he refused to board the transfer flight to Heathrow, claiming he was suffering a heart attack and earache. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Students travel to Vietnam to see fruits of their labor Aug 21, 2008
They visited Ho Chi Minh City, spoke to farmers and leapt into the Ha Long Bay. Richard Wolfgramm, a former Green Beret who served in Vietnam, went on the trip to see the places he fought in and to try to heal wounds: both his and others. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Chapman remorseful Aug 20, 2008
Guards transported Glitter, 64, to the Ho Chi Minh City airport, where he boarded a plane to Bangkok. (AP). (Boston Globe)
Freed Gary Glitter stuck at Bangkok airport Aug 20, 2008
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Glam rocker Gary Glitter was stuck at Bangkok airport on Wednesday after refusing to board a flight to Britain following his deportation from Vietnam, where he had spent nearly three years in prison for child sex abuse ... He was arrested at the Ho Chi Minh City airport, where he was trying to board a flight to Bangkok. (MSNBC -- International)
Glitter refuses to go home Aug 20, 2008
British rock star Gary Glitter boards a plane to Bangkok at Ho Chi Minh City airport - but he has reufsed to fly back to Britain ... Having settled in Vietnam, where a British newspaper reported he was living with an underage girl, Glitter was arrested at Ho Chi Minh City airport in November 2005 while trying to leave for Thailand. (Sydney Morning Herald)
HIGH AND DRY Aug 20, 2008
From June to November, most regions of the Mekong Delta face three threats of flooding, according to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) of An Giang Province (southeast of Ho Chi Minh City and bordering on Cambodia): heavy volumes of upstream Mekong water that sweep down into the delta; tidal flooding where water from the South China sea surges into the area; and flooding caused by continuous heavy rainfall over the delta region. Flood-proofing projects. (AlertNet)
Glitter held at Thai airport after prison release Aug 20, 2008
Glitter flew out of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on Tuesday and was booked to change planes in Bangkok en route to London after serving almost three years of a prison sentence for molesting children ... He was arrested at the Ho Chi Minh City airport. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Glitter 'persona non grata' Aug 20, 2008
Having settled in Vietnam, where a British newspaper reported he was living with an underage girl, Glitter was arrested at Ho Chi Minh City airport in November 2005 while trying to leave for Thailand. In March 2006 he was sentenced to three years in prison, the minimum term under Vietnamese law, which was later cut by three months. (iAfrica.com)
Glitter refuses to board UK flight Aug 20, 2008
Glitter left Vietnam and arrived in Bangkok after a 90-minute Thai Airways flight from Ho Chi Minh City. He was released from prison after serving two years and nine months of a three-year sentence for abusing two girls aged 10 and 11. (Ananova -- World Headlines)
Vietnam Freed Gary Glitter Aug 20, 2008
He was arrested at the Ho Chi Minh City airport, where he was trying to board a flight to Bangkok ... AP writer Ben Stocking in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, contributed to this report. (Time.com)
Gary Glitter leaves jail and heads to the UK Aug 19, 2008
The former glam rock singer, who has served nearly three years in prison for molesting two girls aged 10 and 11, left Thu Duc prison early this morning and was escorted to Ho Chi Minh city to board a flight to Britain. His lawyer, Le Thanh Kinh, said that Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was free to live anywhere outside of Vietnam, but that he wanted to return to the UK to take advantage of the health service. (Times Online)
Gary Glitter leaves Vietnam jail Aug 19, 2008
And he told AP that guards were in the process of transporting Glitter to the Ho Chi Minh City airport, about three to four hours away from the prison in Binh Thuan province. The former star had been expected to be driven under police escort to Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City. (BBC News)
Huynh's victory both physical and emotional Aug 18, 2008
Trinh, the mother, was born in Vietnam; Viem was born in China, but moved to Ho Chi Minh City when he was 3. The two met and married there and had two children before deciding to flee the country. (Globe and Mail)
Golden triumph for Canada Aug 17, 2008
Trinh and Viem met in Ho Chi Minh City and left the country to pursue a better life for their two children. The family was sponsored by a church group in Hazelton, B.C., and lived on a native reservation. (Globe and Mail)
Jetstar Pacific to cut flights to Vietnam's Nha Trang Aug 16, 2008
Instead, the unlisted airline would open three flights in late October and early November to link Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's commercial centre, with Bangkok, Cambodia's Siem Reap and Singapore, it said in a statement ... Nha Trang is a popular beach resort in central Vietnam, 450 km (280 miles) north of Ho Chi Minh City. (Reuters UK)
Police to meet Gary Glitter on UK return next week Aug 15, 2008
Le Than Kinh said last week that the fallen star, who had a cult following with songs such as Leader of the Gang , would be escorted directly onto an aircraft by police and with a British official from the Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. He confirmed yesterday: Police booked his ticket from Ho Chi Minh City to London and I have already paid for the ticket on his behalf. (Times Online)
* Vietnam deporting former glam rocker Glitter back to UK Aug 15, 2008
Police booked his ticket from Ho Chi Minh City to London and I have already paid for the ticket on his behalf, Le Thanh Kinh said ... He has been serving his term at Thu Duc prison in Binh Thuan Province, 140km north of Ho Chi Minh City. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
