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VN’s resorts ranked as top destinations in Asia
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam ’s five resorts and hotels were listed among top 20 best resorts and hotels by the US ’s Conde Nast Traveler Magazine.
These hotels and resorts that won the magazine’s Readers Choice Award included the Life Heritage Hoi An, the Nam Hai (Nam Hai hotel), the Evason Ana Mandara & Six Senses Spa, the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and the Park Hyatt Saigon .
The Life Heritage Hoi An, the Nam Hai (Nam Hai hotel), the Evason Ana Mandara & Six Senses Spa are in the list of top resorts in Asia while the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and the Park Hyatt Saigon are among top hotels in the region.
This year’s award drew almost 26,000 votes with five items covering food, place, architecture, the room and service quality.
The list of best resorts in Asia also covers five resorts of Bali ( Indonesia ) and Thailand.-Enitem.
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SeABank receives ASEAN Business Award
Hanoi (VNA)- The Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank) was the only representative bank in Southeast Asia to receive ASEAN business awards ( ABA ) for its achievement in innovation on Oct. 31.
ASEAN- ABA 2010 drew 65 outstanding enterprises with 110 nominees to various categories including innovation, growth, employment and corporate social responsibility. Among eight winners this year, Vietnam has two awardees, including the Thu Duc Housing Development Company.
ASEAN- ABA was first held in 2007 on the occasion of ASEAN’s 40 th anniversary to honour outstanding and successful ASEAN enterprises that have contributed to ASEAN’s economic growth and prosperity.-Enditem
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Military officials visit Portugal, Czech
Hanoi (VNA)- A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Defence Ministry led by its deputy minister Sen. Lient. Gen Nguyen Huy Hieu paid working visits to Portugal and Czech Republic from Oct.24-30.
During its stay in Portugal, the Vietnamese delegation held talks with its Portuguese counterpart headed by Marcos Perestrello, Secretary of State for National Defence and Maritime Affairs and had working sessions with the ministry’s relevant agencies.
In the Czech Republic, the delegation held talks with Michael Hrbata, Czech Deputy Minister of Defence and had working sessions with the General Staff of Czech Armed Forces and Strategic Development Department under the Ministry of Defence.
The Vietnamese delegation also visited a naval base of rescue coordination centre in Lisbon of Portugal and had working sessions with technical and defence-material supplying establishments in Czech.
The visits contributed to promoting bilateral friendly and cooperative ties in defence, inquiring into cooperation opportunities in the field and relevant issues of mutual concern.-Enditem
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New rice export contracts halted
HCM City (VNA) -- Members of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) have been warned not to enter into addtional rice export contracts this year due to dwindling stockpiles.
The nation's rice exports totalled nearly 5.6 million tonnes in the first 10 months of the year, earning 2.35 billion USD, according to VFA vice chairman Pham Van Bay.
Rice exporters were well on their way to reaching the year's target of 6.5 million tonnes for the entire year, Bay said.
They have also already signed contracts to export up to 6.8 million tonnes of rice this year but had only 1.1 million tonnes stockpiled in reserve as of October 15.
To slow the pace of exports, the VFA has increased the floor export rice price four times in the past two months, to 445 USD per tonne for 25-percent broken rice and 475 USD per tonne for 5-percent broken rice – 75 USD per tonne higher than rice prices in July 2010.
Pham Quang Dieu, an economist with the Vietnam Market Analysis and Forecasts Joint Stock Co, called these price levels suitable in light of falling in a number of Asian countries (including leading rice exporter Thailand ) and growing demand in markets from the US to Indonesia , Bangladesh and the Philippines .
He agreed that Vietnam 's rice reserves and anticipated yields were insufficient to meet higher demand.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan said the nation would harvest 40 million tonnes of rice in 2010.
"Without major changes in weather conditions, Vietnam should be able to export an additional 1 million tonnes of rice before the end of the year while ensuring domestic food safety," said Tan.-Enditem
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Bitexco dedicates nation's tallest tower
HCM City (VNA) -- The Binh Minh Import Export Production and Trade Co (Bitexco) on Oct. 31 inaugurated the country's tallest building to date in HCM City , towering 262 metres.
Bitexco chairman Vu Quang Hoi said the 68-storey Bitexco Financial Tower (BFT), bordered by District 1's Ngo Duc Ke, Hai Trieu and Ho Tung Mau streets, offed grade A+ space with facilities for the most demanding tenants.
Advantages of the 270 million USD tower, whose design is said to be inspired by the lotus flower, include a helicopter pad on the 50th floor.
The building is also built to withstand earthquakes that measure up to eight on the Richter scale.
Around 40 percent of BFT's 37,000sq.m. of office space are under procedures for lease to tenants and contracts are expected to be signed in a month. The chairman said he hoped up to 90 percent of the space would be leased out over the next 12 months.
Architect Carlos Zapata, whose works include the Cooper Square Hotel in New York and the Soldier Field in Chicago , designed the tower, while the US-Korean Hyundai E&C was its main contractor.
Bitexco was set up in 1985 as a textile and garment firm, and it has since developed itself into a group with diverse activities including real estate, hydropower, mining and investment.-Enditem
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