Thi Thanh Nga is the daughter of a South Vietnamese official who moved his family from Saigon to Washington, D.

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Media trainers Dinh Thi Thuy Hang (Institute of Journalism and Communication) and Do Anh Duc (Vietnam National University) facilitated the training and subsequent discussions.

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In Hanoi, Bui Vu Thi has a new apartment in a good neighborhood with two bedrooms, one bath and a great view of the lake.

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The bond's real significance is that it diversifies Vietnam's sources of financing and establishes a benchmark for future capital raisings, says Le Thi Bang Tam, the vice-finance minister.

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What makes "The Quiet American" so compelling this time around is the drama of two men bewitched, or besotted, by a beautiful woman (played with affecting simplicity by Do Thi Hai Yen).

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The boom is good news for people like apartment owner Bui Vu Thi, but it's bad news for people like 48-year-old Nguyen Anh Tuan, a security guard at a state-run school in Hanoi.

NPR: Real Estate Booms in Communist Vietnam

He convinced the company to spin off coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons (nyse: THI - news - people ) and got some of his handpicked candidates on Wendy's board.

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"The enormous file sizes of modern HD movies, music, and photos continue to push the need for greater storage space and faster file copy speeds, " said Thi La, Senior VP and GM of Memory and Enthusiast Component Products at Corsair.

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Along with E-L Financial, the other newcomers were chemicals group Methanex (nasdaq: MEOH - news - people ) at No. 1978, construction company SNC-Lavalin Group at No. 1791 and hotel and restaurateur Tim Hortons (nyse: THI - news - people ) at No. 1931.

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