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VIETNAM: US federal agencies banned from buying Vietnamese garments

2013-07-23 18:36:20| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

US federal agencies have been banned from purchasing garments from Vietnam after the US Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs said it believes clothing is being produced using forced or indentured child labour.

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U.S. wont fund a massive coal plant in Vietnam

2013-07-19 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: On Thursday, the board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank voted against backing a new coal-fired power plant in Vietnam. The 1,200-megawatt Thai Binh Two plant was the first test of one of the policy changes President Barack Obama laid out in his big climate speech last month. Reuters reports that Ex-Im said the decision came after "careful environmental review." In his speech, Obama called for an end to public funding for new coal plants "unless they deploy carbon-capture technologies, or there`s...

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Ex-Im Bank won't finance Vietnam coal-fired power plant

2013-07-18 20:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The U.S. Export-Import Bank board of directors voted on Thursday not to proceed with the financing of U.S. exports to help build a coal-fired power plant in Vietnam, following a plea from U.S. environmental groups to stop the project. The Ex-Im Bank board decision was made after a "careful environmental review" of the 1,200-megawatt Thai Binh Two power plant, according to a statement from the Ex-Im Bank, citing a bank official. Five environmental groups wrote to President Barack Obama earlier...

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VIDEO: Winners and losers in Vietnam boom

2013-07-17 14:21:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Vietnam is now unrecognisable from the country left impoverished and isolated when war ended in 1975.

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VIDEO: McDonald's to enter Vietnam market

2013-07-17 03:03:32| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Vietnam is to get a taste of McDonald's after the US burger giant says it will open its first outlet there in 2014.

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