Vinaconex-ITC is rich in potential (Vietnam Net)

5 July 2008, 11:01 am

VietNamNet Bridge - As Oman's State General Reserve Fund makes a $20 million strategic investment in Vinaconex Investment and Tourism Joint Stock Company (Vinaconex-ITC), the local partner's general director Tran Ngoc Quang said he believes there are good experiences to be had in attracting overseas... read more

First festival to be held on Long Bien Bridge (Vietnam Net)

4 July 2008, 12:02 pm

VietNamNet Bridge – Memories of Long Bien Bridge of several generations of Hanoians, the historical and cultural values of this over-one-century-old bridge will be showcased at an upcoming festival named “Long Bien memories”.... read more

Plying the waters of Halong Bay in luxury (The Salt Lake Tribune)

4 July 2008, 9:27 am

As Vietnam modernizes, vestiges of the French colonial era are fading fast, except for the return of the Emeraude to Halong Bay. Since 2003, the beautiful, wood-lined paddle steamer has been taking guests for one-night cruises in a wonder-world of towering limestone islands, inlets and fiords off Vi... read more

Remnants of Hanoi's French Colonial Past (The Salt Lake Tribune)

4 July 2008, 9:27 am

HANOI, Vietnam - A tall, blond woman in black and a small Asian girl stand at the prow of a gilded barge moving slowly over a wide, jungle-banked river. The woman is Catherine Deneuve, star of the 1992 movie "Indochine" about the war for independence in French colonial Vietnam.... read more

Viet GDP slows to 6.5% amid stock market slump (The Star)

1 July 2008, 4:30 pm

HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnam's economy grew at the slowest pace in at least seven years, as slumping stock and property markets prompted building companies to halt projects amid the fastest inflation in a decade and a half.... read more

Vietnam Economic Growth Slows to 6.5% Amid Inflation (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)

1 July 2008, 2:12 am

July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam's economy expanded at the slowest pace in at least seven years, as slumps in the stock and property markets prompted builders to halt projects amid the fastest inflation in a decade and a half.... read more