th Asian Games by Ngoc Truong from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has won an award at the "21st Century photos world news agencies". The photo contest is part of the second congress of world news agencies held in Spain last week. Entries were pictures on sports, festivals and disasters. The first prize for sports photo went to a photographer of Spain's EFE News Agency and awards for the two remaining categories went to VNA and TASR of Slovakia. Source: HNM Translated by Hoang Anh … [Read more...] about VNA wins prize at world news agencies photo contest
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Bad world news hits local stocks
Bad world news hits local stocks Kim Ngan By Kim Ngan - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Domestic stocks took a big hit on January 7 as unfavorable global market movements dampened investor sentiment, with the VN-Index of the HCMC exchange losing a hefty 9.21 points (1.6%) at 565.36. Asian markets opened amid grim news that oil prices had fallen off the current sideways trend to a new low. Brent crude futures slumped to approximately US$32 per barrel with worries over weaker demand from China and an oversupply on the global market. According to Reuters, China’s highly volatile Shanghai Composite Index once again suffered a 7% slide, forcing the stock exchange to suspend trading for the second time this week. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 2% to its lowest since late September. A number of world stock markets also ended down. Viet Capital Securities Company (VCSC) said domestic investors started a selloff, especially in bank stocks, … [Read more...] about Bad world news hits local stocks
BBC World News program to feature Vietnam
Vietnam and its transformation from a war-traumatized country to a "one of the most dynamic societies" in Asia will be featured on the upcoming season of a BBC World News program. The episodes of Vietnam Direct, the new season of the Country Direct program, will air from August 24, the channel has recently announced. Between August 19-23, reports on the country that cover stories and interviews with people who shape the country's business world will also be presented on the channel's regular news programs, it said. In an interview with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Monday, Nguyen Van Tinh, head of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's International Cooperation Department, said the director of BBC Asia - Pacific is meeting with the ministry on a project to promote the country on BBC channels. He said they have yet to sign any agreement. Therefore, the upcoming programs on BBC World News play a more meaningful role in promoting the new image of Vietnam as an "open, … [Read more...] about BBC World News program to feature Vietnam
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: The US government demanded that the international community act to prevent Iran from making nuclear weapons, with a senior official saying Tehran had already "crossed the international red line". THE HAGUE: Former Croatian Serb leader Milan Babic, 50, who was accused of crimes against humanity perpetrated during the 1991-95 war in Croatia, committed suicide in the detention centre of the UN war crimes court in The Hague. DUBAI: The supremo of the Palestinian radical group Hamas vowed to continue armed struggle against Israel and declared that the Palestinian Authority had accomplished nothing by recognising the Jewish state. ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf called neighboring Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai oblivious to events in his own country, stepping up a war of words between the two US allies in the "war on terror." LONDON: The takeover of British port operator P and O by Dubai Ports World became definitive here when the Court of Appeal denied … [Read more...] about World News Summary
Nation’s stories on BBC World News
Tuong Vi The season of Vietnam programs will inform audiences how the country has tried to recover from its tragic past and thrive to be one of the most dynamic societies in Asia 40 years after gaining independence. Vietnam Direct features several topics such as how some areas have recovered from the horrific effects of Agent Orange; the rise of youth culture; the role of workers in Vietnam's economic development and the latest technology helping to keep the country's mode of transport on the road. The Country Direct season gives BBC audiences worldwide the chance to see daily life in a particular country. Through BBC World News programs like Fast Track, One Square Mile and Working Lives, the BBC journalists explore issues faced by the country and its people - from the economic opportunities and challenges to living life at every level of society, to its traditions and history, future plans and innovations. Recent Country Direct seasons have focused on Croatia, Mozambique, … [Read more...] about Nation’s stories on BBC World News