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05-02-2006, 07:30 AM
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#1923
05-02-2006, 09:20 AM
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Singviet,
yes I only got 2 weeks holiday, then when working won't have time for lessons will have to learn from work colleagues. I tried the same with Thai - hard to concentrate for 4 hrs but good for beginner.
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#1924
05-02-2006, 11:44 AM
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Speaking Vietnamese , one need to learn the difference tone .
It take some time to master it. A crash course might not be useful. Quote:
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#1925
05-02-2006, 12:11 PM
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When i learn vietnamese some time back, the teacher wanted to teach me the different tones. But i was so confused man... hahahha But its always good to be able to master the different tones, as one word of same spelling, but different tones... represent different things. 
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#1926
05-02-2006, 12:56 PM
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Thai also got tones, so hoping I will catch on a bit quicker. Also I hope (but could be so wrong!) that the writing will be easier to learn than Thai and that could help with learning speed. Thing is I only have 2 weeks then will have to practice on my own. I live in Penang so can find Vietnamese speaker in KTV...
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#1927
05-02-2006, 07:07 PM
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Vietnam's Strong Economic Growth
Just a piece of news for bros who still doesn't have much idea on the economic growth of Vietnam.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southeast Asia's key economies are in for robust growth this year, with Vietnam on track to catch up to its wealthier neighbours but Indonesia hobbled by lingering domestic issues, analysts say. They say risks of a bird flu pandemic, higher interest rates and volatile oil prices remain but regional economies are better prepared than before to withstand any adverse impact. Singapore, the region's most advanced economy, is expected to continue last year's strong growth momentum, while the Malaysian and Thai economies are also forecast to be on firm footing. The Philippines is expected to remain buoyant, thanks to the billions of dollars in remittances by overseas Filipino workers, the analysts said at a forum organised by the Singapore-based Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) last week. Song Seng Wun, a regional economist with CIMB-GK Research, expects Singapore's economy to expand by seven percent this year and about five percent over the next two years "on the back of sustained regional and global growth." The 2006 forecast is well above the government's growth target of three to five percent for gross domestic product (GDP), the total value of all goods and services produced in the country. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the city-state's economy grew by a better-than-expected 5.7 percent in 2005. "We are seeing more broad-based growth, especially within the services-producing sector," Song told the forum of academics, diplomats and business leaders. "After seven years of decline, the construction sector should return to the black from 2006 onwards." He expects the Philippines to achieve 4.6 to 4.8 percent GDP growth this year, buoyed by foreign worker remittances, which accounted for 11 percent of GDP and 18 percent of current account receipts in the first half of 2005. The country has about 10 million citizens working overseas. Malaysia's economy should grow five to six percent this year from an expected 5.3 percent expansion in 2005 due to a recovery in external demand and sustained domestic demand, Song said. In neighbouring Thailand, Supavud Saicheua, managing director of research group Phatra Securities, forecast that country's economy to grow 4.5 percent this year from a projected 4.3 percent in 2005. Growth in the March quarter should be boosted by a pick-up in agricultural production, tourism and exports. Investments in some mega-projects should help Thailand's economy in the second half, he said. Supavud cited prolonged political tensions arising from challenges to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as well as unrest in southern Thailand, as among the domestic risk factors. Communist Vietnam's rising economic star should also provide a bright spot for the the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a 10-member regional bloc. Adam McCarty, the chief economist of Hanoi-based Mekong Economics, said Vietnam's GDP is expected to have grown at a blistering 8.4 percent in 2005 and will continue to expand above eight percent this year. "I don't know if 'tiger' is the right label, but it (Vietnam) certainly is a developing country on the path to catching up with the richer ASEAN countries," he told the ISEAS forum. "In macro-economic trends, Vietnam is exceptionally stable even relative to other ASEAN countries." McCarty said that looking forward, "I can't see any real indicators of a serious problem" for the country, which has been scarred by decades of war. "I look for imbalances in the political situation (but) there doesn't seem to be anything... I don't see any economic imbalances either in the sort of things that caused the (1997-1998) financial crisis in Asia," McCarty said. Corruption remains a "very significant problem" in Vietnam but progress has been made to fight it, he added.
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#1928
06-02-2006, 04:57 PM
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You have evolved from cheongster, to service provider, and now to newcaster...clap clap clap. 
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我每日也想著你 靠在这街中等你 遥远张望随你悲喜 视线人浪中找你
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#1929
07-02-2006, 10:57 AM
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#1931
08-02-2006, 06:59 PM
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Hi to all bros in Vietnam...
Will be posted to HCM starting 20th Feb for a year...hope I can join you guys for drinks & some fun.... CHEERS
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#1932
09-02-2006, 07:20 AM
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Welcome to the Land of Sin....
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#1933
09-02-2006, 11:33 AM
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I truly applaud the people of vietnam. After visiting HCM, my perspective on vietnam change completely. Like many others, I dont have high and good thoughts of them in the past. Having gone thru wars for so many years, and seeing their very positive hardworking attitude, they are the next rising sun.
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#1934
09-02-2006, 11:36 AM
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S'porean always think SG is the best in this region.
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Ma sao khong the tha thu cho nhau mot lan
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#1935
09-02-2006, 11:42 AM
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