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Articles in January, 2002 issue of Vietnam Investment Review

• Euro release of little note to local financial markets. (Banking & Finance).
  by Nguyen Ha
• Investment update: Vietnam's only comprehensive weekly-updated guide to investment.
• `Shooting star' economy shows sign of stabilising: experts say rapid gains in poverty reduction achieved by Vietnam during the nineties may be slowing and that the government should adress widening gaps in wealth, despite the economy growing at an impress
  by Ngoc Mai
• State railways outlines future track. (News).
  by Bich Ngoc
• Raging Bull. (Film).
• Banks to buck trend in year of the horse: the State Bank could be satisfied with what it has done amid the plummeting global economy which has impacted on its monetary controls. But, 2002 may provide further challenges. Vietnam Investment Review's. (Banki
  by Nguyen Ha
• `Abide by the law or else', prime minister warns administrators.
• Nikko: the forested getaway provides a historic -- and picturesque -- respite from the grey modernity of the Japanese capital, if not from its crowds. (Getaways Gateway).
• WTO struggles to find balance between members. (Insight: an inside view on the stories behind the headlines).
• Oz bluntly refuses aid to Solomons. (Asia news: a summary of the top stories in the Asia Pacific region).
• Indonesa's economics chief defends performance. (Asia News).
• Teaching the children to reap what they sew: you wouldn't know Van Lam embroidery village in Ninh Binh was there unless you stumbled across it on a trip to nearby Tam Coc National Park. And that's the problem. Ngoc Son met some charmed foreigners who felt
  by Ngoc Son
• Socio-economic goals set in south. (News).
• Domestic shipping & forwarding companies & agencies.
• New user fees for fishing frequencies.
• Haiphong launches charm offensive. (News).
  by Son Thuy
• People's committees to bail out needy SMEs. (News).
  by Duc Tho
• Viet Kieu query southern house buying decree.
• Successes of two year-old Enterprise Law toasted. (News).
  by Vu Cuong
• Statues low on Afghan priority list. (Asia news: a summary of the top stories in the Asia Pacific region).
• PM outlines vision for nation in 2002: Prime Minister Phan Van Khai recently revealed the government's 2002 goals for socioeconomic development to Vietnam news agency following the National Assembly's final 2001 sitting. (News).
• The fiery D.I.Y experience: there are some enjoyable aspects to cooking -- browsing through recipes and the half-bottle of red wine before you start. Then come the greasy realities of the kitchen. The great thing about Thong Truc restaurant is that it all
• China's WTO entry to refuel Asia's economic juggernaut. (Insight: an inside view on the stories behind the headlines).
• Me first and the gimme gimmies - blow in the wind: why is it that the golden oldies sound so fantastic when given the left-coast punk treatment? (Music).
• Quang Ninh posts poor foreign investor returns. (News).
• Foreign shipping & forwarding companies & agencies in Vietnam. (Vietnam Shipping Times: your most expansive guide to shipping in Vietnam).
• Insurance companies reap rewards as market grows. (News).
  by Thuy Duong
• Overtime plan `hard on rag trade workers'. (News).
  by Tran Dinh
• State firms await compulsory audits. (Banking & finance: in-depth news, analysis and comment from Vietnam's banking and finance sector).
  by Vu Long
• Handicraft makers toast new complex. (News).
  by Duong Nguyen
• Up minimum wage, says lobby.
  by Mai Anh
• Paper firm wraps up equitisation. (News).
  by Vu Long
• Think twice, say oil refinery experts. (News).
• East Asia `relatively less globalised', economic survey states. (Insight).
• Mixed fortunes on the domestic front: 2001 was an eventful year for the financial and monetary markets of the world. As a contributor to Vietnam Investment Review, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in Hanoi summed up the State Bank's performance over the cours
• Malaysian firm expands flour sector investment. (News).
• Push to increase cargo capacity.
• Hanoi apartment prices up despite construction push. (Property).
• Kim supports US offers of talks with North Korea. (Asia News).
• Footwear sector to step up growth. (News).
  by Tran Dinh
• The banyan tree: the banyan tree features prominently in local folklore. Billy Bob stumbles across a tale which explains why. (Legend).
  by Billy Bob
• Delhi: "if there is paradise on earth it is this, it is this, it is this." (Getaways Gateway).
• Vietincombank to release ambitious growth targets. (Banking & finance: in-depth news, analysis and comment from Vietnam's banking and finance sector).
  by Xuan Ha
• Pakistan advised on justice reform. (Asia news: a summary of the top stories in the Asia Pacific region).
• Pakistan stops Indian humanitarian food aid. (Asia News).
• Trang Tien Plaza, opens its doors. (Property).
  by Tuyet Son
• US firms on historic trade mission. (News).
  by Vu Long
• Korean rice farmers harvest Internet sales. (Asia News).
• Fall in fiscal deficit as revenues increase. (News).
• Upgrades pay off at Ba Ngoi Port. (Vietnam Shipping Times: the most comprehensive guide to shipping in Vietnam).
• Resort retrieved from watery grave. (Exclusive).
  by Nguyen Ha
• US textile agreement needles Cambodians. (Asia News).
• Three drops of blood: in Vietnam, mosquitoes are unbearable at certain times of the year. Everyone detests them, but few know why these cursed insects buzz unceasingly in our ears and attempt to suck our blood. This legend perhaps explains ... (Legend).
• West Lake hotel ups the stakes. (Property).
• No nod, but open zone goes ahead. (News).
  by Kim Giang
• Vinausteel smelts equitisation plan. (News).
• Donors endorse policy to aid SMEs. (News).
  by Nguyen Ha
• Ministry proposes bumper FDI bundle.
  by Duc Hung
• `No report, no licence' law overturned. (Banking & Finance).
  by Vu Long
• Refinery bidding hits boiling point. (News).
• Amber gamblers: if you had to sum up Hanoi in one word, what would it be? For one visitor, the answer was `traffic', and she proceeded to give Thach Thao a tourist's guide to surviving the roaring throng ... (Insight: on inside view on the stories behind
  by Thach Thao
• Halong Bay hotel project bankrolled by Taiwanese. (Property).
• Nation rides out storm: last week, Tran Van Hoa, professor of economics at Australia's University of Wollongong, discussed Vietnam's efforts at global integration. This week, he concludes with a look at what 2002 might bring. (Insight: on inside view on t
• Australia raises glass to `cordial, constructive links'. (News).
• Local firms stiffen resolve to penetrate attractive US market. (News).
• Coastal province rides surging wave in tourist numbers: CocoBeach was the first resort opened in Phan Thiet when it was still off the beaten track. Resort director Daniel Arnaud talks to Son Thuy about resort and hotel development in the area. (Property &
• High-tech software to vault Techcombank into new century. (Banking & Finance).
  by Vu Long
• Manulife buys out partner to increase market foothold. (News).
  by Ngoc Mai
• Competition in Phan Thiet to heat up with new resort. (Property & Construction).
• Philippines: spiritual leaders assail state. (Asia news: a summary of the top stories in the Asia Pacific region).
• Farming loses out in sector funding.
  by Nguyen Hong
• Commercial banks fail to cash in on foreign trade. (Banking & finance: in-depth news, analysis and comment from Vietnam's banking and finance sector).
  by Le Huu
• World Cup Trophy coming your way.
• Survey reports income boost across sectors. (News).
  by Mai Anh
• Central Asian countries pledge to fight terrorism. (Asia News).
• Red River project loan inked by ADB. (News).
• Vinatex sets bigger targets in line with US trade expectations. (News).
• Developer smells promise on a Halong Bay breeze. (Exclusive).
  by Son Thuy
• Foreign shipping & forwarding companies & agencies in Vietnam.
• `Amazing Thailand' show arrives. (News).
  by Duong Nguyen

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