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Vietnamese Shipbuilding Industry Aims To Raise Standards (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - Vietnam's educational institutions need to catch up to the shipping industry's demands both in quality and quantity of students, a seminar on workers in the shipbuilding industry discussed on Thursday in Hai Phong.

MCOT English News : Tourism to boost hotel industry (MCOT - English News By Thai News Agency) - BEIJING, Jan 28 -- The country's fast-developing tourism industry is expected to boost the hotel sector, a senior official has said. About 200,000 new hotels, resorts and guesthouses are likely to be built by 2015, head of China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) Shao Qiwei said on Thursday.

Multiple factors challenge industry (BizJournals) - Minnesota's medical-technology industry is entering another year battered by layoffs and product recalls. That, coupled with uncertainty in the public markets and an ongoing shortage of early-stage funding for startups, has left industry observers not entirely optimistic going into 2008.

VIETNAMESE SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY AIMS TO RAISE STANDARDS (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Demographics   Vietnam's educational institutions need to catch up to the shipping industry's demands both in quality and quantity of students, a seminar on workers in the shipbuilding industry discussed on Thursday in Hai Phong.

Forestry industry bracing for lean times (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - The Forestry Industry Association agrees with a report which claims parts of Tasmania's forestry industry will face lean times and will have to shed jobs, even if the Gunns pulp mill is built.

U.S. writers strike threatens Canadian industry (CTV.ca) - As the U.S. writers strike continues, thousands of Canadian filmmakers are concerned about their own careers. Many productions in Canada are on hold as a result of the strike, costing workers income and creating concerns about the entire industry.

Economy Woes Could Affect Tourism Industry (Central Florida News 13) - The downturn in the economy has some wondering if Central Florida's tourism industry would be able to pull in big numbers again this year.

Movie downloading gains popularity, hurts industry (Central Michigan Life) - The Recording Industry Association of America has approached several students concerning illegal downloading of music. The Motion Picture Association of America could be next. College students recently have been prime targets of illegal file downloading.

Delivering critical mega infrastructure: World Bank urges Pakistan to re-engineer construction industry (Business Recorder) - FAISALABAD (January 28 2008): If Pakistan wants to deliver on the planned critical mega infrastructure, there is an urgent need to re-engineer the construction industry and the processes typically followed in delivering to mega projects.

Tourism to boost hotel industry (People's Daily) - The country's fast-developing tourism industry is expected to boost the hotel sector, a senior official has said. About 200,000 new hotels, resorts and guesthouses are likely to be built by 2015, head of China National Tourism Administra ...