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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The 193-kilometer railway can serve high speed trains of 200 kilometers per hour, South Korean consultant company ChungSuk said. The railway route will have seven stations as it runs through the three Mekong Delta provinces of Long An, Tien Giang and Vinh Long.The railway route is expected to cut travel time between HCMC and Can Tho City to between 30 and 45 minutes. It takes more than five...
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
They include 225 Vietnamese businesses and 21 foreign groups from Germany, Japan, China, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan. They showcase various types of products serving the construction sector, including machinery, equipment, materials, electrical equipment, paints, solar energy and water supply systems.During the five-day exhibition, a seminar will be held on the topic “new...
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Spanning the Hau River and located 3.2 kilometers from the Can Tho ferry terminal, the 16km-long four-lane Can Tho Bridge has two 2.75-metre-wide walkways and knocks 32 minutes off the travelling time compared to using the ferry. The key national transport project links Highway 1A from Mong Cai to Ca Mau Cape.The construction of the VND4,800 billion project began in September 2004 with...
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The expansion will enable the airport to accommodate Boeing 777 and Boeing 747 aircraft and open international air routes to other Southeast Asian countries in 2010.When complete, the Can Tho Airport - an expansion of the former Tra Noc Airport - will cover an area of 388,8ha, of which 27,491m2 is for aircraft landing and 2,400m2 for the terminal. The first phase was completed last year with...
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
... contractors including Thang Long and Cienco 6 and 8, is 96% complete. The third package on the Can Tho City side, constructed by a Chinese contractor, is only 75.4% complete, so the builder has been asked to carryon the work, leaving the road work for others.
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
The insurer is a subsidiary of Cathay Financial Group, the flagship insurance company in Taiwan. It entered Vietnam with invested capital of US$60 million and has opened nine branches in big cities nationwide.Cathay Vietnam general director Peter Lai said the insurer had plans to reach out to a huge number of customers in Can Tho, the center of the Mekong Delta with high income per capita.
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Cooking The Books (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Along with the snake another thing that made it onto my heavily food biased 10 things to do whilst away was to visit a floating market somewhere and eat on the river. With this is mind we were always going to visit one down in the Mekong Delta - the mouth of the great river in the south of Vietnam . A quick search around in some guidebooks suggested Can Tho was the best town to start in and...
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holidayindochina | 11/03/2009
The Mekong-Japan Tourism and Culture Festival will open in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 1, one day earlier than previously scheduled. The event will be attended by around 1,000 representatives of the Mekong sub-region countries Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam, as well as Japan. High on the agenda are a workshop underscoring the sustainable development of tourism
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... provinces and cities including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Can Tho, Binh Duong and Da Nang.Nguyen Van Yen, head of VinaPhone’s 3G Department, said the operator would expand its network throughout the country by the year-end, expanding on its current base of 21 million customers.VinaPhone is one of four telecommunication firms selected to provide 3G...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... wireless labs were established last week in the Kaski and Kavre regions of Nepal and six labs in Can Tho Province of southern Vietnam. Damodar Sapkotia, headmaster of the school, said: 'We are extremely glad and thankful that this lab was established. We feel privileged that we are one of the first schools in the country where an innovative idea of using technology for furthering education...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Vietnam will host the Japan - Mekong Tourism and Cultural Festival from Dec. 1 to 5 in the country's southern city of Can Tho, said a report on the website of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Friday. The festival will draw the participation of 300 delegates from Laos, Cambodia, Japan, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, said the report. The festival includes trade fairs, exhibitions...
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
The airline has resorted to a number of cost-cutting measures, including fuel-saving programmes, changing air routes and delaying the delivery of new planes.Vietnam Airlines is not only making profits but also ensuring the incomes for its employees. It is increasing the number of its aircraft and opening new air routes such as Hanoi-Can Tho, Hanoi-Quy Nhon, Ho Chi Minh City-Dong Hoi, Hanoi-Fukuoka...
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... and leaving them open to attack by pestilent insects.Hien won a contest organized by the Can Tho Sugar Company (Casuco) which instructed Hau Giang residents how to plant crops more effectively and yield better results. Casuco engineers taught farmers to use new high-yield seed varieties and organized experience-sharing seminars.A sugar cane club was also formed by residents. Many club members...
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... holds just 35-40% of the market share in favourable localities like HCM City, Quang Ninh, Da Nang, Can Tho and Vung Tau, not big enough to control the priceDeputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Cam Tu said the compilers of Decree 84 hope the document will create a competitive market, which will force the retail prices down to benefit consumers.
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... and to Ho Chi Minh City; a railway system from Ho Chi Minh City to Khanh Hoa province and to Can Tho province; and a road segment in Mekong Delta Kien Giang province.Kim Dong-soo pledged to encourage RoK entrepreneurs to actively invest in projects in Vietnam in a bid to deepen bilateral cooperation.He also informed the PM of his bank’s plan to sign with the Bank for Investment and Development...
