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More at New World Hotel

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:57:22 +0000

Great food.

Turkish Eid ul Fitr at New World Hotel Great halal food Eid feast at the New World Hotel...
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Turkish Eid ul Fitr at New World Hotel

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:21:21 +0000

Great halal food Eid feast at the New World Hotel tonight. Lots of food.

More at New World Hotel Great food....
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Vietnam jumps up to #59 in the Global Competitiveness Report

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:04:15 +0000

Here is a big shocker, in the latest 2010 Global Competitiveness Report by the World Economic Forum, Vietnam jumped from #75 to #59 in one year. In SE Asia, Singapore (3), Malaysia (26), Thailand (38) and Indonesia (44) rank higher than Vietnam.

Yeah, doing business in Vietnam does seem to get easier and easier day by day but Vietnam still has a long way to go. Government policies are ineffective when their is a lack of transparency among the various government agencies. Corruption and graft are ripe. It is a shame that laundered money is still considered as FDI in Vietnam (I am not pointing fingers but just take a look at the many projects “sponsored” by East European and Chinese Malay “investors” around the country).

If Vietnam signs the Hague Convention, doing business could become even easier but does it really want to at this time? That is for the Vietnamese government to decide…

Anyway, I bet my Turkish friends are wondering how a Democratic Turkey (60) is ranking below a Communist Vietnam in global competitiveness.

View the full report here: -> http://www.weforum.org/documents/GCR10/Full%20rankings.pdf

Despite this report, the Vietnam Index remained unchanged by the end of trading session.

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Ngo Thoi Nhiem Private School

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:25:03 +0000

I visited this gifted school today. It was the first Vietnamese private I ever visited. I wanted to see a live demo of KMS Education’s iSMS school management system. Ngo Thiem Nhiem was one of KMS’s first customer.

This school is located in District 9 of Saigon.

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Cats blocking me in Saigon

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:45:07 +0000

These cats, kittens actually, blocked my motorbike just now. They would not move out of the way since they were eating. Cats rule the world in Vietnam too!

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Another traffic jam in Saigon

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:53:17 +0000

These scenes are quite common in Saigon now. I even have time to take photos.

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Creperie and Cafe

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:50:42 +0000

Meeting Heiko for a chat. Good selection of pastries, crepes and drinks.

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The side of Islam nobody normally sees…

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:06:49 +0000

..including Muslims. It makes you think.

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First day of school at Horizon

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:50:46 +0000

I forgot it was the first day of school today. There were ceremonies at my school as we speak. The picture below is of the primary school students.

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My Ultimate Linux System

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:07:33 +0000

Got some 80s music playing the left, Charice on the right. Installing a program at the same time. Linux has come a long way, hadn’t it?

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