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Mekong Housing Bank to Sell $123 Million in Certificates of Deposit
2008-06-09 08:38:00 Mekong Housing Bank, a Vietnamese state-owned lender, said it plans to raise 2 trillion dong ($123 million) selling certificates of deposit to ensure it has sufficient working capital. The Ho Chi Minh City-based bank will sell dong-denominated certificates of deposit which yield as much as 15.8%, and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
SeABank expands to Mekong Delta
2008-05-16 07:02:00 Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank) on May 15 is to officially inaugurate Can Tho branch, marking the first branch in the Mekong Delta area. At present, the bank's dong deposit interest rate is 12% per year for terms of 7, 9, 12 and 13 months and 11.5% for 1, 3 and 6 month terms. That interest rate... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Power station approved for Mekong Delta
2008-04-28 13:05:00 The Tan Tao Group has received approval for blueprints for a new power station, industrial zone and a new urban area in Kien Luong District in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang. The Tan Tao chairwoman, Dang Thi Hoang Yen, said relevant agencies and ministries had agreed with the designs made by the group in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Mekong Housing Bank grows up
2008-04-08 06:41:00 The Mekong Housing Bank (MHB) achieved an annual growth of 60% in 2007 and exceeded the target 18.6 trillion VND (1.16 billion USD), which has been set by the Government by 2010, said Huynh Nam Dung, chairman of the bank. The total loans until the end of 2007 reached 57.63 trillion VND (3.6 billion USD). In the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A Day on the Mekong--Chiang Khong, Thailand to Luang Prabang, Laos
2008-04-06 13:48:00 An American-style Breakfast was waiting for us when we woke this morning at 8:00a.m.at the Namkhong Guesthouse in Chiang Khong (ChiangKhong.com, iChiangRai.com, Wikitravel, Wikipedia, Travelfish.org. The breakfast and a take away lunch were included in the price of the package that we had purchased from Sabai Tours to get us from Chiang Mai, Thailiand to Luang Prabang, Laos. After breakfast a 9:00 a.m. ferry (also included in the package) took us to Laos across the the Mekong River (Wikipedia.com, Mekong River Commission, InternationalRivers.org, InfoMekong.com, MekongRiver.org), World Wildlife Fund). We obtained Lao Visas at the border for $36.00 (only U.S. dollars are accepted), and a taxi (included in the package) had us on our way to the fast-boat docks in by 10:00 a.m.When we saw what we would be riding in for the next 6 hours, Kim, Tyler, Sonja and I all took a second look. The low-riding boats were made to seat 8 (plus a driver). However, there didn't appear to be much leg r...
Mekong Delta Housing Bank joins Banknet system
2008-04-05 04:48:00 Mekong Delta Housing Development Bank (MHB) recently officially connected its card system with Bannknet system, marking the sixth bank joining this system. Up to date, the Banknet system includes Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank), Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (Bidv), Industrial... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
William Goldstein - The Great White Shark - Mekong: a Tribute to Jacques Co
2008-04-01 15:54:00 Track: Great White Shark Main Title (The Great White Shark - Lonely Lord of the Sea)Extract from IODA:Both scores on this CD were very much inspired by the work of Jacques Cousteau, as he brought us to a world of wonderment and exploration, and his fascination with the sea became our own.Jacques-Yves Cousteau 1910-1997Jacques Cousteau was born in St. Andre de Cubzac (Gironde) in 1910, and entered the French Naval Academy in 1930. After serving as chief of the French naval base in Shanghai in 1935, he trained as a Navy flier. A serious automobile accident ended his aviation career. Assigned as a gunnery officer, he used his free time to start diving experiments. In 1936, he began experimenting with various prototypes of breathing apparatus, and by 1943, had invented the Aqualung. This invention, for the first time, gave humanity the possibility of truly exploring the sea.Personal opinion:After some time here we have a soundtrack piece...it is short but nice and over the blog you can ...
By: 60 Were Enough
Mekong Housing Bank does its bit to steady market jitters
2008-03-30 15:49:00 Mekong Housing Bank (MHB) will set aside VND1.5 trillion (US$93.3 million) of the State stake in its charter capital during its initial public offerings, according to the bank?s Government-approved equitisation plan. From a total charter capital of VND1.5 trillion (US$93.8 million), the State owns 68.10 per cent,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
PM approves equitisation of Mekong Housing Bank
2008-03-25 13:17:00 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung gave the nod on March 24 to a plan to equitise the Mekong Housing Development Bank (MHB). The State will hold 68.10% of the bank?s chartered capital of nearly 94 million USD (1.5 trillion VND) with the remaining 31.90% going public through share issuance. The State Capital Investment... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Mekong Capital invests in local fashion firm
2008-03-13 12:54:00 Mekong Capital Wednesday announced that it has committed US$5 million from its Mekong Enterprise Fund II to invest in MAISON Joint Stock Co., the sixth local firm to receive the fund?s investment. Mekong Capital will assist the local fashion retailer, which opened its first outlet in Ho Chi Minh City in 2004... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Cocktails at the Mekong Deck
2008-02-16 07:01:00 The Mekong Deck restaurant is a new dining option in Vientiane. A small restaurant, it is for those small groups looking for a casual atmosphere with a touch of sophistication. Local bands play cover songs of past and present pop hits. Its location with views of the Mekong (and Thailand beyond) makes it the perfect ...
Cocktails at the Mekong Deck
2008-02-16 07:01:00 The Mekong Deck restaurant is a new dining option in Vientiane. A small restaurant, it is for those small groups looking for a casual atmosphere with a touch of sophistication. Local bands play cover songs of past and present pop hits. Its location with views of the Mekong (and Thailand beyond) makes it the perfect ...
Tan Tao plans US$2.6b Saigon-Mekong urban zone
2008-02-15 06:13:00 Tan Tao Industry Investment Joint Stock Company (Itaco) under the HCM City-based Tan Tao Group on February 13 received approval from the People Committee of the southern province of Long An to build Saigon-Mekong Urban Zone with the total investment... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Mekong Capital invests in PNJ
2008-01-30 07:30:00 Phu Nhuan Jewelry Joint Stock Co., a Vietnamese maker and retailer of jewelry, has raised approximately $12 million from the Vietnam Azalea Fund, which is managed by Mekong Capital. Mekong Capital announced that Vietnam Azalea Fund Limited ("the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Mekong Capital makes new investment
2008-01-29 13:14:00 Mekong Capital has invested more than US$3 million in Traphaco Joint-Stock Company with funds coming from its Viet Nam Azalea Fund Limited. Traphaco was previously a State-owned pharmaceutical company and was equitised in 1999. Viet Nam Azalea... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
$312 mln project kicks off to beef up Mekong Delta traffic - Kh?i ??ng d? á
2008-01-23 15:54:00 The Ministry of Transportation Tuesday unveiled a US$312 million project to develop road and river transport infrastructure in the Mekong Delta. B? Giao thông V?n t?i v?a công b? D? án 312 tri?u ?ô la M? Phát tri?n giao thông ???ng b? và ???ng thu? vùng ??ng b?ng sông C?u Long.
ANZ, BVIM, Mekong Capital buy into Traphaco
2008-01-23 04:07:00 Traphaco Joint Stock Co is to officially announce the list of three strategic shareholders including Mekong Capital, Australia & New Zealand Bank (ANZ Vietnam) and Bidv Vietnam Partners (BVIM). With a combined holding of 10.63% in the firm's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Sinking Boat In The Mekong Delta - Photo Of The Day
2008-01-14 14:00:00 This looked really funny, but I shouldn't really laugh at it. In 2004 I was traveling in south east asia and was on a tour of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. As we boated along the river we came across this scene. There were a crew of guys quickly working to do something. I'm assuming to try and float it again. It looked like a nasty predicament either way. I snapped this with my Canon S50 point and shoot camera. Published on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:00:26 MST. - 0 Comments
Mekong Securities has a good feeling about 2008
2008-01-14 11:00:00 Though the stock market has been in a downward spiral for months now, Mekong Securities Company thinks 2008 will be a good year following a recovery beginning in the second quarter. Its Market Outlook Report 2008 released last Friday forecasts the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Stock market to prosper in Q2: Mekong Securities
2008-01-14 08:20:00 Mekong Securities Company has released the report on 2008’s stock market prospect which gives optimistic information, though the market remains lackluster with the VN Index staying at one-year low level. The report says that the VN Index will reach... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Tourists see Mekong Delta in a day, by water and land
2008-01-14 08:17:00 Children swam in the river. People bathed in the river. Men sat drinking on the terrace of their stilt houses near the riverbank. Women washed clothes in the river. A big stuffed bear was hanging to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
VN-index will hit the 1,140 point in 2008, reported Mekong Securities
2008-01-13 20:06:00 Mekong Securities Company?s ?Prospect Study 2008? report released on January 11 said that Vietnam?s economic growth rate will reach 8.3% in 2008. The report also believes that the VN-index will hit the 1,140 point this year with an average profit... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Homestay tourists give thumbs-up to Mekong Delta farmers
2007-12-25 03:18:00 The dim light from a candle on a wooden table placed in a fruit orchard was just enough for two people.Two Australians, a man and a woman, burst out crying and hugged each other.A guide in the Mekong Delta tells foreign visitorsabout animal habitats and biological features ofthe area, and shows them a boa constrictorThanh, the owner of the orchard, runs up to them and asks what is wrong.They say: ?We feel sorry because we are leaving this lovely place tomorrow. We will miss this unusually peaceful place which exceeded our expectations.?This is a story that plays out often in the Mekong Delta where foreign tourists make homestay visits, living with local farmers.They have the opportunity to live like their hosts, picking their own vegetables and cooking themselves.Thanh tells me the story about the two Australians, adding: ?It was not easy to create attractive tours for foreign tourists. I had to read books and search the Internet to get information about lifestyles in different coun...
By: for ALL to ALL
Mekong Securities flows with the market
2007-12-18 23:05:00 Established in 2002 to provide a wide range of capital market activities, Mekong Securities aspires to become Vietnam?s premier securities firm. Mekong Securities? CEO Nguyen Viet Ha talks to VIR?s Trung Hung about his company?s ambitious... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Các Ä‘áºp nÆ°á»›c Ä‘e dá»a sinh thái sông Mekong
2007-11-15 01:43:00 TT - Các Ä‘áºp ngăn nÆ°á»›c sắp sá»a được xây dá»±ng trên sông Mekong có thể khiến 75.000 ngÆ°á»i mất nhà cá»a và hủy hoại tá»›i 1.300 loà i sinh váºt, trong đó có những loà i quà hiếm nhÆ° cá da trÆ¡n lá»›n và cá heo Irrawaddy.
Mekong Giant Catfish-Pangasianodon gigas
2007-10-30 17:44:00 Fast FactsType: FishDiet: HerbivoreAverage lifespan in the wild: More than 60 yearsSize: Up to 10 ft (3 m)Weight: Up to 650 lbs (295 kg)Group name: SchoolDid you know? The largest freshwater fish ever recorded was a Mekong giant catfish caught in northern Thailand in 2005. It was nearly nine feet long (2.7 meters) and weighed 646 pounds (293 kilograms).Mekong Giant Catfish ProfileThe world?s largest scaleless freshwater fish lives a tenuous existence in the murky brown waters of Southeast Asia?s Mekong River. Capable of reaching an almost mythical 10 feet (3 meters) in length and 650 pounds (295 kilograms), Mekong giant catfish live mainly in the lower half of the Mekong River system, in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.Once plentiful throughout the Mekong basin, population numbers have dropped by some 95 percent over the past century, and this critically endangered behemoth now teeters on the brink of extinction. Overfishing is the primary culprit in the giant catfish?s declin...
Chiang Saen, a orillas del rio Mekong (Tailandia)
2007-10-21 07:44:00 Seguiamos nuestra ruta hacia el norte haciendo pequeñas paradas para ver lo mejor de la zona cuando llegamos a la pequeña ciudad de Chiang Saen. Aunque oficialmente no se encuentra en el llamado Triangulo de Oro, Chiang Saen es todavia una pequeña e interesante ciudad a orillas del Mekong. Si no tienes mucha prisa, uno ...
Mekong River
2007-10-08 15:38:00 The last two days have been amazing. We just spent two days traveling down the Mekong River, from Thailand to Laos. We travelled for 7 hours yesterday and 7 hours today. Last night we spent the night in a village of only 1000 people called Pakbang.The village was very muddy and there wasn't much going on, but Ian and I were able to find a place selling 1 hour massages for the equivalent of $6. How could we say no?I am now in a city called Luang Prabang in Laos. It is so beautiful. How have I never heard of this city?One of the first things I saw when I arrived was two young boys fishing with a talaya. They hold and throw it exactly the same way we do in Saipan. Unbelievable! How cool is that?We are in Luang Prabang for the next three days. We've only been here for about 5 hours, but I'm already planning a return trip. It is just that beautiful.
By: The Saipan Blog
At least 52 dead in Mekong Delta bridge collapse
2007-09-27 03:22:00 The death toll in Wednesday morning?s Can Tho bridge collapse in Vietnam has risen to least 52 with more than 150 others injured, police have said. More people remain stuck in the rubble, officials at the scene told Thanh Nien. However, with just one crane arriving at the disaster scene by Wednesday evening to move the rubble, ...
Mekong Delta bridge collapse kills 11
2007-09-26 08:47:00 At least 11 people died and 100 were injured when a section of a bridge under construction in the Mekong Delta collapsed Wednesday morning. Over 70 workers might be still trapped under the debris of the cable-stayed Can Tho Bridge over the River Hau which some sources said crashed after an abutment collapsed, destroying a scaffolding. There ...
Bangkok Airways Pushes For Mekong Visa
2007-09-26 06:27:00 Bangkok Airways is lobbying hard for the creation of a Mekong Visa, to make traveling throughout the region much easier. Instead of having a variety of different visas, visitors to our part of the world will instead just use one visa and one air ticket. President and CEO, Mr Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, said the airline had been ...
Bangkok Airways Pushes For Mekong Visa
2007-09-26 06:27:00 Bangkok Airways is lobbying hard for the creation of a Mekong Visa, to make traveling throughout the region much easier. Instead of having a variety of different visas, visitors to our part of the world will instead just use one visa and one air ticket. President and CEO, Mr Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, said the airline had been ...
Mekong River boat ride
2007-09-14 12:49:00 During my second day in Vietnam, I decided to go on a Mekong River tour. The thing I like about mainland Southeast Asian destinations is that it?s so easy to book tours even if you?re just alone.I spent US$7 for a whole day tour which included lunch. I was picked up at my hotel at 8 a.m. and we were off to My Tho City, one and a half-hours away.We took a small roofed pump boat a few minutes from the city center. The river was very wide and we got to see many fishing boats, ferries and floating houses. Most of the tour was going to be in Ben Tre province across the river. Our first stop was a small coconut candy factory in Turtle Island where we got to see how they made the local delicacies.From there, we went back to the boat and stopped over a fruit orchard where to my surprise, we were given bicycles for a ride around the area. Nothing fancy actually, it was the typical rural life in Vietnam which one can see here in the Philippines. But I?m sure the other foreigners in my group w...
By: Ivan About Town
Mekong Delta - Lurking Fear
2007-07-29 00:48:00 The sickeningly underrated German Technical Thrash monsters are back and what joy!
By: kvltblog
THE MOODS OF THE MEKONG
2007-06-20 16:33:00 THE MOODS OF THE MEKONGChiang Saen. Chiang Khong. Chiang Khan. Nong Khai. Nakhon Phanom. Mukdahan.By Steve Van BeekStand on the banks of the Mekong at Chiang Saen at the northern edge of Thailand. Compare this with the Mekong 1,300 kilometres downstream at Ubon Ratchathani. Same river, two different personalities, two different cultures, enough so as to be two different rivers entirely. It has been instrumental in shaping the lives of the people of both regions?North and Northeast?who hug its banks, fish its waters, and regard it as their lifeline and lifeblood.The Mekong rises 1,800 kilometres upstream of Thailand in China?s Qinghai province. Its ferocity as it spills off the Tibetan Plateau is legendary; only a few stalwarts have ventured to run it. By the time it passes Myanmar (Burma) to become the border dividing Thailand and Laos, it has been robbed of much of its feistiness by a quieter gradient. Yet its roiling waters, especially during the rainy season, betray the turbulenc...
By: inside Thailand
Travelling down the Mekong in Vietnam and Cambodia
2007-04-18 06:39:00 By Thomas Gross, Saigon/Siem Reap, April 18:The mighty Mekong river runs nearly 5,000 km through Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam and while it may not be the longest river in Asia, it is certainly the most beautiful.
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