APL Expands to New Ho Chi Minh City Office in Anticipation of Vietnam-US Bilateral Trade Agreement.
New Office Represents the Latest Move in APL's Long Commitment to Free Trade In Vietnam HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- APL, the global container transportation services provider, has expanded to new offices in Ho Chi Minh City in anticipation...

JAL Hotels Announces Luxury Hotel Nikko Saigon Will Open in 2011.
TOKYO, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. announced plans today to open a new Nikko Hotels International luxury hotel, to be built in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest city. Hotel Nikko Saigon, which will be built in a large, newly-developed commercial complex, Royal Centre...

AT&T Vietnam Continues Supporting Christina Noble Children's Foundation to Help Underprivileged Children.
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Vietnam has announced a contribution of US$20,000 (VN dong 336.3 million) to the Christina Noble Children's Foundation (CNCF) to support the Social Centre for Disadvantaged Children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Founded in 1991, CNCF is...

Motorola Deploys Its First WiMAX 802.16e Trial Network in Vietnam.
The Motorola network enables Vietnam Datacommunications to plan ahead for next-generation service offerings to subscribers HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. announced today that the company has deployed its first WiMAX trial network for Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC), a member company of...

Concert reminds Catholics to remember ancestors.
By UCA NEWS HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM. A concert held by a parish here aimed to remind local Catholics to be grateful for their ancestors and to uphold moral and spiritual values. After the evening Mass at Ha Noi Parish Nov. 1, All Saints'...

Lady booters trip Singapore.
THE Philippine women's team blasted Singapore, 3-1, in the Asean Women's Football Championship late Thursday at the Thanh Long Stadium Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Rachelle delos Reyes set the tone by drawing first blood in the second minute with a header from a corner...

Thais drub RP lady booters, 12-0.
The Philippines got a merciless drubbing from Thailand Monday, losing 12-0 in the Asean Women's Football Championship at the Thanh Long Stadium stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. With regular RP goalkeeper Maria Mercado sitting on the sidelines after getting a red card in the team's...

Manila Water bags $ 15-M Vietnam water mgmt contract.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) yesterday, the firm said the project is under the Ho Chi Minh City non-revenue water management sub-project under the Vietnam Urban Water Supply Development Project, and IDA loan from World Bank. Manila Water bested international group Biwater Man...

Pole-vaulting Vietnam.
Byline: Edilberto C. De Jesus HO Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Pole-vaulting was the metaphor favored by former President Fidel V. Ramos to encourage dramatic improvement in performance. Acknowledging that the Philippines lagged behind its neighbors in the region in many areas, he believed that...

Jins aim for Beijing berths.
Three Filipino jins shoot for slots in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games when they compete in the Asian qualifying tournament on Nov. 28-30 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Tonette RiveraAll members of the Smart/Petron national taekwondo team, the three are Alexander Briones, Kirstie Elaine Alora and...