I've been waiting for Bill Gates to come to Vietnam for a long time. Hopefully this will boost IT development in Vietnam.

Instead of focusing on pulling something down, we will build something up for people to look at.

By the time I got back from three years in Vietnam, I was fainting at the sight of blood.

The third judge and the referee will be from the Philippines. At least they're not from Cambodia, or Vietnam, or some other neighboring country. But I told Carina we probably need to knock her down a couple of times to get the decision. And they'll definitely have the home turf and the weather on their side, too.

Certainly the measures that have been taken [in Vietnam] will have contributed to the [improved] situation, but there may be other factors that we're not yet aware of.

The tax will reduce our competitiveness against producers such as Australia, South Africa and newcomers such as Vietnam. It will add further to our costs after a sharp rise in fuel prices.