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Therapeutic visit to Linh Ung-Bai But Pagoda
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Wednesday, June 20,2012,20:35 (GMT+7) |
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Linh Ung-Bai But Pagoda on Son Tra Peninsular gave me a pleasant and peaceful welcome to a rainy summer afternoon after an horrendous bumpy plane ride to Danang City for my first-ever visit. |
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FIEs honored for energy efficiency drive
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Wednesday, November 23,2011,21:12 (GMT+7) |
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HCMC - Best performing foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) who have successfully applied solutions in their businesses for the sake of sustainable development were honored in the Saigon Times Top 40 Awards-Green Values 2010 ceremony in HCMC on Tuesday. |
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In Defense Of Seals
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Thursday, November 10,2011,15:15 (GMT+7) |
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The article “The Real Deal With Seals” by Nguyen Tan has stirred up controversy among many readers of the Weekly. A number of them agree that seals have bred problems regarding economic management and corporate governance. However, jurist Vu Xuan Tien begs to differ as follows. |
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When FoodIs Crowned
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Friday, July 15,2011,17:07 (GMT+7) |
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In the current difficult times when room occupancy is not as high as expected, many hotels try to boost their business with food and beverages |
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Positive Responses To Environment Protection
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Wednesday, November 24,2010,15:57 (GMT+7) |
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As environment protection becomes increasingly imperative, many organizations especially manufacturers have responded positively to the popular movement. At the least benefit, the awareness keeps them away from multiple troubles like inspections and penalties from authorities, and raises their prestige in doing business with partners, while on the other hand, the biggest rewards are lower costs and higher profits. |
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Pursuing green values in urbanization
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Monday, November 15,2010,21:30 (GMT+7) |
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Besides comfort and beauty, many property developers these days have another feature to boast: green values. And in the process of fast urbanization in major cities around the country, such a feature is worthwhile, as it add dimensions to comfort and beauty. |
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Response to environment call
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Thursday, November 11,2010,21:36 (GMT+7) |
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As environment protection becomes increasingly imperative, many organizations especially manufacturers have responded positively to the popular movement. The awareness keeps them away from multiple troubles like inspections and penalties from authorities, and raises their prestige in doing business with partners. That is the case at industrial parks and export processing zones in HCMC. |
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Keeping the environment clean
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Monday, October 25,2010,23:36 (GMT+7) |
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For a manufacturer of cleaning products like Procter & Gamble Vietnam, the ultimate goal as a matter of course is to turn out products and deliver services of superior quality. But at this Binh Duong-based manufacturer, the goal is not merely confined to manufacturing products that help keep the environment clean. Rather, the company is striving to make itself green and clean, from the workplace to the awareness among all its staff and management. |
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Energy saving: a profitable choice for enterprises
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Thursday, September 30,2010,22:06 (GMT+7) |
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As power outage becomes more frequent these days and is seen unsolvable in several years ahead, the way to lessen impacts by the power shortage is to save on energy. The Saigon Times Daily has an interview with Mr. Huynh Kim Tuoc, director of the HCMC Energy Conservation Center, on solutions to energy saving. Excerpts: |
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Making green money
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Friday, September 24,2010,00:08 (GMT+7) |
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Green products are becoming much more favored by consumers all over the world. That’s why green values, including the manufacturing process that leaves little impact on the environment and energy-saving products, are recognized not only as social responsibility but also a new promising area of doing business. |
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In support of the green lungs
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Monday, September 20,2010,21:09 (GMT+7) |
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Over the weekend, around 400 DHL employees descended upon the Can Gio Biosphere Reserve in HCMC and Tam Dao National Park in northern Vietnam to plant trees to help the nation’s green lungs function well and keep the flora and fauna in biodiversity. |
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The community responds
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Monday, September 13,2010,21:29 (GMT+7) |
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Pham Xuan Thu, a student of law at Can Tho University, joined the Green Day at Victoria Can Tho Resort in 2009 and returned this year last Saturday to team up with the hotel’s staff to take the rubbish from the Hau River’s section that flows by Cai Khe Ward, Ninh Kieu Wharf and the main market of the Mekong Delta city. |
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Rallying community actions for the environment
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Thursday, September 9,2010,23:59 (GMT+7) |
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ANZ Vietnam and HSBC Vietnam are the two foreign-invested banks in Vietnam that have in recent years been pioneering to carry out many programs to save on energy, water and paper materials during their banking activities as practical commitments for a cleaner environment. The two banks have in common the core approach: rallying community actions for environment protection. Their efforts have seen a positive response, especially from their staff. |
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In harmony with nature
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Tuesday, September 7,2010,00:22 (GMT+7) |
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For Six Senses Con Dao Resort, which is going to open this December, nature is its greatest value. The resort developer, therefore, has managed to retain great natural values of the landscape although it is never easy to strike a balance between bringing comfort to lodgers and ensuring environment protection. |
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LaVie targets saving on 10% of energy
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Tuesday, September 7,2010,00:17 (GMT+7) |
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For big energy consumers like mineral water processor LaVie, saving on energy by 10% really counts, so the company’s management has made energy saving a full-fledged campaign for now and in the coming years. The company, headquartered in the Mekong Delta province of Long An, currently consumes some 3.6 million kWh a year, and is determined to cut power use by some 400,000 kWh this year following the initial but encouraging success in energy saving in the recent past. |
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Benefits for all
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Tuesday, August 31,2010,22:09 (GMT+7) |
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Going green is easy to say but it is tough for those designing a plan to embrace green values. In the wake of climate change, sustainability and ecological responsibility have emerged as two of the green values. For many, environmental protection and saving energy are no longer topics of discussion but they require prompt action to look for solutions. |
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TANNER Vietnam joins WWF Green Office list
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Friday, August 27,2010,00:56 (GMT+7) |
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HCMC - The World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam, better known as WWF Vietnam, has coffered the WWF Green Office certificate on TANNER Vietnam Ltd. to recognize its successful implementation of an environmental management plan in the workplace. |
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Time for sustainability
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Monday, August 23,2010,23:58 (GMT+7) |
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Dragon Capital is an investment fund that has been active in Vietnam for many years. Dominic Scriven, managing director of Dragon Capital, talks about the fund’s contributions to environmental protection in Vietnam. |
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Shedding light on costs
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Thursday, August 19,2010,22:49 (GMT+7) |
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When deciding to outpour a huge sum of up to VND13 billion, or some US$700,000, to invest in an energy-saving program, the operator of the stores chain Big C must have foreseen the benefits. The well-known retailer says that this investment project in the long term will enable itself to cut costs, reduce prices and thus sharpen its own competitiveness. Furthermore, energy saving is also one of the several activities being taken by the stores chain to contribute to environment protection in Vietnam. |
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Investment in energy saving is wise money
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Tuesday, August 17,2010,01:05 (GMT+7) |
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If, in common sense, a buck saved is a buck earned, this proves all the more significant in energy savings, when a sum invested may result in higher profits and higher benefits. If, for an individual, energy saving merely means to avoid money burning big holes in his or her pocket, then for a company, it means better returns and better business efficiency, and for an economy, there are even greater dimensions of cost-effectiveness. |
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Green ambassadors
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Friday, August 13,2010,02:10 (GMT+7) |
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Environment protection has become urgent and critical not only in Vietnam but also elsewhere the world over, and authorities and environmental organizations are joining forces with the community for the purpose. In Vietnam, the matter has drawn much attention from all walks of life, especially young people. |
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Small action makes big difference
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Monday, August 9,2010,23:18 (GMT+7) |
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Thomas Schmelter, regional general manager of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) for Vietnam, and his team are accelerating application of modern communications technology at the InterContinental Asiana Saigon, as this will result in major contribution to saving the energy and above all the environment. |
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MIC mulls new project to save digital resources
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Monday, April 5,2010,21:48 (GMT+7) |
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HCMC- The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) is surveying ideas of telecom providers to map out a project to allow mobile users to change mobile networks but retain their mobile numbers. The project aims to save national digital resources when the industry is growing on the fast track. |
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ASEAN to set up infrastructure fund
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Monday, March 29,2010,20:28 (GMT+7) |
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HANOI – Establishment of the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund will be discussed at the 14th ASEAN Financial Ministers Meeting (AFMM 14) held in Nha Trang City on April 5-8. |
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Devoted to environment protection
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Tuesday, March 23,2010,20:27 (GMT+7) |
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Just imagine millions of plastic bags could have been stacked up in huge amounts in the environment if the Big C supermarket chain had not taken the action to introduce reusable bags to shoppers. The program to protect the environment, started by the store chain since last March by launching the reusable bags, has therefore had huge significance at a time environment pollution is becoming a big headache for the country. This activity, however, is just one of the many activities by the giant retailer to lend its hand to the great cause of the country, the other activities including the collection of used batteries and the selection of only environmentally friendly suppliers. |
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A day in Hoi An
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Tuesday, March 9,2010,22:52 (GMT+7) |
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People know Hoi An City is a world cultural heritage site with ancient houses and an ancient town. To me, spending a day in Hoi An, I find out that the city is worth to visit not only by its ancient cultural and historical works but also by rustic images of craft villages living hard with ups and downs of modern life, embankments which is always bustling with noise of tourists as well as traders, and old streets blanked in shimmering rays of lanterns as well as images of where local people are always gentle and hospitable with a great smile on their faces. |
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Northern Ireland seeks trade opportunities in Vietnam
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Tuesday, March 9,2010,14:08 (GMT+7) |
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HCMC - A trade delegation of businesses from Northern Ireland will visit HCMC March 10-12 to establish relationships with Vietnamese companies, says the British Consulate General in HCMC. |
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Venues for Women’s Day celebrations
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Friday, March 5,2010,16:20 (GMT+7) |
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International Women’s Day is marked on March 8 every year, a day of global celebration for the economic, political and social contributions and achievements of women. To celebrate this meaningful day for women, hotels, restaurants and tourist areas in HCMC, under Saigontourist Holding Company, offer many culinary and entertainment programs. |
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MBV - the manufacturer of green cars
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Thursday, March 4,2010,14:52 (GMT+7) |
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Mercedes-Benz has always been proactive about environmental protection and its Vietnam-based company in particular aims to be a leader in green technology, while retaining the luxury brand’s virtues. |
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Luong Stream – an exit of bustles and hustles
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Thursday, March 4,2010,00:43 (GMT+7) |
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Once visiting Danang, the Luong River is suggested as ideal for exploring new tourist sites in the city in a short time. About 15 kilometers from the center of Danang City, the Luong Stream eco-tourist site sits gently under Hai Van Pass as a green mountainous sanctuary of murmuring streams and birdsong. |
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Power price hike not a threat to CPI, says pricing chief
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Thursday, February 25,2010,23:36 (GMT+7) |
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HANOI – The power tariff will increase by an average 6.8% from next Monday, but the chief pricing official said this should not be a major threat to inflation and there is no need to resort to urgent measures to cope with rising prices. |
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