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Articles in December, 2003 issue of Vietnam Investment Review

• Day-tripper
• Highlands climb out of poverty trap: Thu Tra reports on how official development assistance from the European Commission is improving the lives and environmental sustainability of poor families in the highlands of north Vietnam, and finds many residents a
  by Thu Tra
• Becoming part of the world's IT community: in Hanoi for the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (Witsa) steering committee meeting last week, Witsa president Harris Miller talks with Van Anh about the meeting and the opportunities for Vietn
  by Van Anh
• DAF loans to adopt commercial rates
  by Thuy Dung
• World bank rates Vietnam on track
  by Thu Ha
• Hotline for children in difficulty to start buzzing
• Finding a place in a 'brave new world': former US chief textile negotiator, Ronald Sorini, writes exclusively for Vietnam Investment Review on the changes facing the global textile industry as the US prepares to open its market to WTO members in 2005
  by Ronald Sorini
• Girls kick goals: another great victory by the national women's team inspires keen footballer Kirsten Chong and her fellow amateurs
  by Kirsten Chong
• Old golf projects back in the swing
  by Phi Ho
• The Hilton Hanoi Opera scores prestigious award
• Sacom grabs foreign investor interest
  by Duong Nguyen
• Colourful contenders to take on Arroyo
  by Reuters
• Foreign investors may now hold 49 pc stakes
  by Nguyen Hong
• Taste for Tet tickets sets trains on track for transport trauma
  by Duong Nguyen
• Contractor selection delay slows Saigon river tunnel
  by Nguyen Hong
• Vietnam shows promise for Japanese investors
  by Kim Chi
• A two-way game of trade dominoes: AmCham Ho Chi Minh City chairman Walter Blocker comments on Vietnamese, garment exports to the US market
  by Walter Blocker
• Warehouse to help EPZs with exports to Europe head
  by Duong Nguyen
• Solid foundations: using one's property to build new wealth: this article is the first in a series discussing property and its valuation. Dinning & Associates associate director Neil Thurston starts with a look at the advantages and disadvantages of p
  by Neil Thurston
• Vietrade enlists exporters to promote national trademark
  by Hai Van
• Australian offensive to keep asylum seekers at bay
• Investment update: Vietnam only comprehensive monthly-updated guide to investment
• Ministry leads push on biotechnology
  by Bich Ngoc
• Singapore on alert as SARS fears heighten across Asia
• Dalat seeks science park partner
  by Minh Ngoc
• Hair-raising gold, dollar trading returns to normal
  by Duong Lien
• Spain talks of BTA as trade looks to bloom
  by Nguyen Hong
• New policies to put glint in Japanese investors' eyes
  by Tu Giang
• Telco market set for boom
• Thaksin threat leaves Airbus deal up in the air
• Labour export boom: Vietnam's foreign cash cow
  by Vu Long
• Roadshow a financial success
  by Duong Nguyen
• Barbie comes out to play
  by Bich Ngoc
• Australia arms up to fight fish poachers
• Joining hands to promote investment: Fred Burke, managing partner in Baker & McKenzie Vietnam, reviews the recent landmark agreement between Vietnam and Japan for the liberalisation, promotion and protection of investment
  by Fred Burke
• $12m Vegas resort to take shape near Danang
  by Ngoc Son
• Dai Tu IP pulls free of contractor wrangle
• Art for hearts' sake
• Demand fuels top-end market boom.
  by Ngoc Son
• Industrial fair to foster economic cooperation
• E-government up for rethink
  by Trang Anh
• Japan woos Asian free trade partners
• Khmer Rouge trials loom
• Pitch battle
  by Lewis Carroll
• Swimming against the tide: garment producers in developing countries face many challenges in penetrating the global market, including changing trade regimes and meeting international standards, new competitors, lower prices and faster delivery. How will V
  by Tu Giang
• PCR1 grows up to become pilot leader
  by Giang Chau
• State power company backs down in investor refund debate
  by Vu Long
• Supervision and evaluation: the keys to project management
• Tax laws mean a rough ride for auto industry: new tax laws and cuts to import tariffs have forced the country's infant auto industry to grow up quickly in the last year. Kimikazu Mitsuhashi, the general director of car manufacturer Daihatsu, talks with Tu
  by Tu Giang
• Fairway to heaven: the developers of a new luxury golf course in northern Vietnam are hoping locals gets into the swing of things
  by Thu Ha
• Digital futures: lessons learned from the Taiwanese Cyber City
  by Van Anh
• Treasure trove
  by Jasmine Bond
• City told to speed housing projects for low-income earners, students
  by Duong Nguyen
• Branching out with US hardwood: many Vietnamese furniture producers are finding using imported US and Canadian hardwood the secret to accessing the lucrative international market
  by Le Phong
• A helping hand for the hardest hit
  by Viet Hung
• Wood exports rising to penetrate world markets
  by Duong Nguyen
• Safety first in injury prevention scheme
• State Bank says NPLs must be paid by 2006
  by Vu Long
• Quota shortage threatens to unravel US textile deals
  by Vu Long
• Foreign shipping & forwarding companies & agencies in Vietnam
• MPT weighs up allowing firms to set charges
  by Hai Van
• In the swing of it: the north embraces golf: Kings' Island golf course is trying to keep an edge in the face of more competition from new golf projects. Chairwoman of the developer, Kings' Valley Corporation, Nguyen Thi Nga, talks to Tran Ngoc about how t
  by Tran Ngoc
• Second city hits financial hurdle
• Telecom fund to bring greater parity.
  by Trang Anh
• State commercial banks split latest State donation
  by Nguyen Hong
• On the stool redux: the long-awaited return of everyone's favourite Q&A
• Sony: Vietnam safe from worldwide cuts
  by Duong Lien
• Growth gets city backing
  by Nguyen Hong
• Aviation pact to open the skies
  by Trong Minh
• Capital boost for SOCBs ahead of equitisation plan
• Hue tourism makes splash with new beach resorts
  by Kim Chi
• China, US to patch up trade relations
• China-US trade friction reheats
• Investors call for reform to empower holding companies: a popular vehicle for businesses wishing to invest in multiple enterprises, holding companies exist in a legal limbo in Vietnam, neither specifically condoned nor prohibited under current laws. Thu H
  by Thu Ha
• Impacts of small-scale pro-poor projects on locals: findings from field-trips to Hoa Binh province's two hard-hit communes
  by Viet Hung
• Saigon Port gets tick for new sites.
• Investment update: Vietnam's only comprehensive monthly-updated guide to investment
• Five-star facelift for Caravelle hotel
• Newcomers lose as US garment quotas revised
• Homing pigeon?

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