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I. Overview
Vietnam's rubber sector has been developing rapidly during the recent years, with the simultaneous growth of cultivated area, output and export turnover. In 2007, Vietnam ranked fourth among the world rubber exporting countries, following Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Rubber product market faces two main challenges: the availability of raw material and production of popular rubber products; however, Vietnam stands out as a country capable of supplying, producing and consuming these products.
Vietnam rubber processing industry emerged in the fifties of the 20th century with some rubber processing brand names and products well known both on domestic and foreign markets. The investment in rubber sector over last several years has focused on the expansion of rubber cultivated area (at present, the cultivated area of the whole country is 500,000 ha), exploitation and preliminary treatment to export raw material. Over 90% of Vietnam's rubber output is exported in the form of raw material, and the rest 10% (over 50,000 tons) is processed for domestic use and export. This rate is low as compared with abundant sources of rubber materials produced annually; therefore, although Vietnam is one of the big rubber exporters, the profit from rubber is much lower than that of Malaysia and Thailand.
Finished rubber output and export value are low due to continuously increasing prices of rubber materials since early 2006. Moreover, it requires a large amount of investment in rubber processing unit (about USD 150 million for a tube manufacturing factory with capacity of 1 million pieces per year), and it takes a long time to recover investment and gain profit. Many companies and enterprises in the sector rarely invest in finished rubber production. As rubber material export is not a long-term trend, enterprises in the sector are boosting processing stage to export high quality rubber products. Vietnam rubber sector has paid attention to investment and the improvement of production capacity of finished rubber.
II. Production
1. Geographical areas of production
Since rubber materials are mainly supplied from Southeast provinces (339,000 ha accounting for 66%) and Highland region (113,000 ha accounting for 22.6%), most of finished rubber producers are located in these regions.
2. Characteristics, categories and composition of products
This report refers to manufactured rubber products under eleven product groups at 4 digit HS code level ranging from HS4006 to HS4016.
In spite of its limited development as compared with natural rubber, finished rubber product lines are diverse, including:
- Bicycle and motorcycle tires and inner tubes and technical rubber lines have been produced in Vietnam for over 25 years with various specifications satisfying consumers of different tastes. Original remolded tires for vehicles brings benefits to consumers by being sold at the price 45% lower than that of finished tires and its value in use is equal to 70% as compared with that of finished ones. In the Southeast area some most advanced and modern technologies and equipment are applied in manufacturing Bias-technology tires and inner tubes such as automatic close treatment 270-liter line from Italy, tire balance tester and 4 automatic component tire surface extruder from Germany, etc.
- Rubber gloves, condom product lines serve in medical sector and for consumption.
- Seals, gaskets, covered cables and rubber gaskets product lines serve in industrial production, construction and consumption.
- Product lines serve sport, entertainment and medical activities.
- Other finished rubber products such as rubber conveyor, etc.
Product structure and investment orientation pay more attention to bicycle, motorcycle and automobile tires. Products made from centrifuge latex such as condoms, medical pipes and gloves have low density in spite of their high potential for development.
Vietnam rubber products are produced with modern equipment lines and advanced technologies from Europe. All products have high quality with outstanding features satisfying customers' tastes. Vietnam rubber products are ensured with quality and can compete with flexible price policy and careful customer care.
Strong points of products in bicycle, motorcycle and automobile tire and inner tube lines are blistering free, heavy load capacity, heat resistance, abrasion proof, no elasticity in friction lining ensuring the stability and safety when running, even at high speed.
3. Scale and production capacity
Contrary to exporting rubber materials, strength of finished rubber processing industry is still limited. By 2007, Vietnam had more than 70 rubber preliminary processing units with capacity from 500 to 20,000 tons per year controlled by Vietnam Chemicals Company (Vinachem) and Vietnam Rubber Group (Geruco). Vietnam Rubber Group has high-tech factories with capacity of 260,000 tons of latex per year located suitably in material regions. Processed products have high quality and reputation domestically and abroad (20% products for domestic use and the rest for exports). About 70% of processed rubber is used for inner tube production, and 15-20% used for the production of mattress, gloves and 10% used for other demands.
The continuous increase in the world demand for rubber and reasonable prices encourage the expansion of the cultivated area in the country and development in foreign countries. Rubber planting area increased significantly from 7,077 ha (in 1900) to 480,200 ha in 1920. New planting area in 2007 is 20,000 ha, increasing the total area to 536,000 ha. Planting area in Lao in 2005-2007 was 20,000 ha, and in 2007, Vietnam enterprise began to plant rubber trees in Cambodia on an area of 300 ha. It is expected that total planting area of Vietnam will reach 700,000 ha by 2010.
However, Vietnam frequently concentrates on unprocessed natural rubber products, with approximate 60% natural rubber standardized in technical features and original natural rubber. The reasons for this are inappropriate processing method and small production scale of finished rubber as well as low production capacity.
At present, Vietnam is investing in a technology line under international standard (ISO 900:2000) to produce finished rubber products to increase economic benefit. Vietnam rubber products for domestic use and exports having good reputation and high quality are inner tubes and tires of automobiles and motorcycles, rubber gloves, etc. According to Ho Chi Minh City Rubber and Plastics Association, Vietnam rubber export value in 2007 was USD 800 million, of which USD 600 million was for tire exports.
The production potential and capacity of rubber products of Vietnam large enterprises are rather high. By the end of 2007, Vietnam Chemicals Group met 100% plan for all rubber products.
Products |
Accomplishment (%) |
Output growth as compared with the same time in 2006 (%) |
DRC bicycle tires |
105.3 |
6.8 |
SRC inner tubes |
105.9 |
(-12) |
CASUMINA automobile tires |
107.0 |
45.0 |
SRC motorcycle tires |
106.5 |
36.0 |
DRC motorcycle inner tubes |
104.8 |
48.0 |
CASUMINA motorcycle inner tubes |
114.1 |
34.0 |
(Source: Vietnam Chemicals Group - Vinachem)
4. Sources of production materials
Vietnam sources of natural rubber materials are diverse.
Main rubber material supply areas are the Southeast (339,000 ha), Highland (113,000 ha) North Central (41,500 ha), and South Central Coast (6,500 ha) accounting for 66%, 22.6%, 8.3% and 1.3% respectively.
It is planned to plant rubber trees with high benefit on poor land in the Northern mountainous provinces (Dien Bien, Quang Tri, Son La, Lai Chau).
Dien Bien will plant on 1,000 ha in 2008 and on 20,000 ha in six years time with latex capacity of 2 tons per year.
Quang Tri plants rubber trees mainly in Vinh Linh with 3,500 ha available for exploitation.
Son La also has a pilot area of 70ha with reasonable result.
Lai Chau has the area of 100 ha.
Nghe An has that of 1,559 ha.
Kon Tum planted nearly 3,000 ha in 2007, mainly in Dak To (885ha), Dak Ha (795 ha), Sa Thay (685 ha), Ngoc Hoi (300 ha), Kon Ray (200 ha) and Kon Tum town (80 ha).
Tay Ninh plants on 52,603 ha.
For small scale rubber planting, the implementation of the project "Diversification in Agriculture" was assisted by the World Bank (WB), French Agency for Development (AFD) and Vietnam government. It started in December 1998 and ended on 30 December 2006. The project was completed after 8 years with total expenses of 86.9 million USD aiming to increase income and create jobs for local people in 12 poor provinces in Highlands and Coastal Central provinces (Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dac Lac, Dac Nong, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Binh Thuan) with good results.
Planting area under the Project: Diversification in Agriculture in 2000-2006 |
Province |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Total |
Quang Binh |
120 |
119 |
83 |
542 |
747 |
259 |
1.87 |
Quang Tri |
190 |
303 |
202 |
1,035 |
1,019 |
1,134 |
3,884 |
Thua Thien Hue |
393 |
1,007 |
1,437 |
1,209 |
916 |
992 |
5,954 |
Quang Ngai |
69 |
98 |
83 |
250 |
Phu Yen |
102 |
266 |
513 |
254 |
322 |
346 |
1,803 |
Binh Thuan |
69 |
27 |
236 |
430 |
355 |
605 |
1,721 |
Kon Tum |
3 |
477 |
598 |
389 |
664 |
957 |
1,589 |
4,676 |
Gia Lai |
58 |
98 |
336 |
768 |
1,446 |
2,412 |
5,118 |
Dac Lac |
36 |
103 |
62 |
101 |
219 |
278 |
800 |
Dac Nong |
37 |
471 |
1352 |
810 |
960 |
313 |
869 |
4,812 |
Total |
159 |
1,984 |
3,934 |
4,069 |
5,964 |
6,292 |
8,484 |
30,888 |
Planned |
532 |
2,354 |
4,243 |
5.800 |
5.900 |
5.900 |
5.300 |
30,029 |
% Accomplished/ Planned |
30 |
84 |
93 |
70 |
101 |
107 |
160 |
103 |
(Source: Report on completion of the Project: Diversification in Agriculture) |
5. Production trend
Thanks to abundant rubber material sources, the price of finished rubber and products made from rubber much higher than that of exported raw rubber, Vietnam rubber sector will focus on rubber products for consumption by applying advanced technology and modern equipment and through activities to attract direct foreign investment.
Moreover, rubber sector will give priority for rubber industrial products as supplementary materials for shoes and garments sectors (shoe soles and tops, elastic threads, etc.)
6. Major producers
Some large-scaled enterprises famous for finished rubber production in domestic and foreign markets are:
+ Vietnam Chemicals Group (Vinachem). This company has three units producing bicycle, motorcycle and automobile tubes, rubber gloves and industrial rubber products, namely Sao Vang Rubber Company, Da Nang Rubber Company and The Southern Rubber Industry Joint Stock Company (CASUMINA). The Group is also a joint venture with foreign partners (Vietnam-Inoue joint-venture and Vietnam-Yokohama) in producing bicycle, motorcycle and automobile tubes and strollers. Vinachem's rubber products for domestic consumption and export generate high profit for the rubber sector.
+ Sao Vang Rubber JSC (SRC) - under direct management of Vinachem is famous on domestic and foreign markets for bicycle, motorcycle and automobile tires and tubes. The Company has increased production capacity of automobile tires, and especially motorcycle tires thanks to investment in equipment, new design and production technology. Quality of these products is stable and has improved with various types to meet consumer demand. Output and consumption of motorcycle tubes and tires of SRC increase sharply. In the first 11 months of 2006, the Company produced and consumed 900,000 motorcycle tires (equal to 101% of the year 2006 plan, increasing by 32% as compared with that at the same time in 2005), 4 million motorcycle tubes (equal to 114% as planned in 2006, increasing by 34% as compared with that at the same time in 2005).
+ Da Nang Rubber JSC (DRC) has 7 sub-units, two of which specialize in finished rubber, namely, Automobile Inner tubes and Tires Enterprise and Motorcycles – Bicycles Inner Tubes and Tires. Established in 1975, DRC is one of the top enterprises in inner tubes and tires production serving Vietnam transport sector. In parallel with the cooperation with European experts in advanced technology, DRC invests in most advanced synchronous production lines. Input materials and semi-finished products are strictly investigated under each production process with modern specialized equipment before brought into production.
Products are tested on mile machines and classified by KSC before launching into the market. Internal and customer quality management is strictly conducted in compliance with ISO 9001 Quality Management System. DRC's automobiles' and motorcycles' inner tubes and tires are certified to meet the Japan Industrial Standard (JIS) by Quacert Vietnam. DRC is the first enterprise in Vietnam succeeding in producing ORT automobile super load solid tires with the following specifications: 12.00-24; 18.00-25; 23.5-25; 21.00-33; 24.00-35; 27.00-49, etc. Large-sized ORT tires are advanced products used for super load trucks in mines; containers at wharfs; tractors and dozers at construction site.
At present, there is no enterprise capable to produce this product. Apart from Bias-technology automobile tires in the South East Asia, DRC has succeeded in producing Radian-technology automobile tires for passenger automobiles, light trucks in Vietnam. With its experience in producing automobile and motorcycle tires, DRC continues to satisfy various demands of domestic and international customers. It is qualified to be the top inner tubes and tires producer in Vietnam. DRC inner tubes and tires account for the biggest market share in the country and are exported to European and American markets.
+ The Southern Rubber Industry JSC (CASUMINA) has 7 sub-units, one of which specializes in rubber gloves, called Viet Hung Rubber Glove Enterprise.
Vietnam Rubber Industry Group (previously Vietnam Rubber Group) has 22 enterprises cultivating, exploiting, processing rubber, and gathering in the Southeast, Highland and Central Coastal areas. Its rubber products have high quality and are famous both in the country and abroad. Its products have been exported to 36 countries and territories and gained good reputation with customers. Inner tubes and tires of CASUMINA are produced under ISO 9001 Quality Management System and comply with Japan and European Quality standards.
7. Well-known product brands
DRC is a brand name famous for automobile, motorcycle inner tubes and tires in the country of Da Nang Rubber JSC (DRC). DRC has succeeded in producing automobile super-load tire of the following specifications: 27.00-49 and 33.00-51 serving mineral exploitation and transport; tires 27.00-49 for 80-ton truck with diameter of 2690mm, weighing 1,300 kg; tires 33.00-51 for 110-ton truck with a diameter of 3040mm, weighing 2230 kg. These tires are produced in Vietnam under the DRC brand name , which are for both domestic consumption and for export.
For many years, DRC has enjoyed success as a Vietnam brand name awarded with many prizes for quality, and impressive business results.
DRC is also a brand name established on careful and professional customer care policy. DRC has established strong distribution channels in all 64 provinces of Vietnam.
CASUMINA is well known both in Vietnam and abroad for automobile and motorcycle inner tubes and tires produced by The Southern Rubber Industry JSC. The company has cooperated with Germany, Indian Groups in development and export products under the brand name CASUMINA or production in CASUMINA.
KYMDAN: Sai Gon Rubber JSC with the trademark KYMDAN is known by customers for high quality, 100% natural latex mattresses. They are consumed all around the world. Combining advanced technology and traditional know-how, all products are made from 100% natural rubber with original quality and 14 advantages, which are not achieved by any other products. KYMDAN has registered for copyright protection in 79 countries and territories.
SRC is a brand name of the biggest inner tubes and tires producer in the North: Sao Vang Rubber JSC (SRC). Bicycle inner tubes and tires are conventional products, with high quality and reliability not achieved in other products of private enterprises
III. Domestic market
1. Market information
With a population of over 80 million people, rubber products are consumed in Vietnam in a relatively high volume. The demand on domestic and export markets is constantly increasing.
Finished rubber products in domestic market are controlled by Vietnam National Chemical Corporation (Vinachem) with three main members: The Southern Rubber Industry Joint Stock Company (CASUMINA), Danang Rubber Joint Stock Company (DRC) and Sao Vang Rubber JSC (SRC).
Since 2005, tires and tubes for motor automobiles and motorcycles faced drastic competition between domestically manufactured products and imported ones. Currently, foreign branded tires and tubes, even those for big trucks and those used for bad, rocky and muddy roads, are losing competition against their domestically produced counterparts.
By 2005, there were 12 brands of tires and tubes for motor automobiles, 50 percent of which are in the form of joint-venture or foreign-invested enterprises located in Vietnam, and imported tires and tubes.
2. Domestic consumption
Volume of domestically consumed rubber of Vinachem, the biggest supplier of finished rubber products, makes up 80% of home market shares and keeps a relatively high annual growth rate. Most of tires for bicycles and motorcycles are consumed right after they are manufactured. All of the three enterprises directly under management of Vinachem usually have to work for three shifts a day, even on public holidays to manufacture and deliver enough tires and tubes for motor automobiles and motorcycles as required.
Since June 2006, domestic consumption of motor automobile tires was back to regular increasing speed whilst many imported tires were of lower quality, thin and not durable enough. Therefore, domestic automobile tires, though adjusted to increase by 5-7% in terms of price, were still in low supply. Volume of rubber enterprises' motor automobile tires sold out is 6% to 66% greater than production volume. As for CASUMINA, only in five first months of 2006, it sold 214 thousand motor automobile tires in the market, increased by 37% in comparison with the same time of the previous year.
In 2007, domestic rubber product consumption continued to grow rapidly. Consumption value of rubber products inland in 2007 reached USD 650 million. Thanks to investment in upgrading products, reducing prime cost, promoting trade names and stable price of rubber materials, production and consumption of rubber products of three Vinachem's enterprises, Sao Vang Rubber, Danang Rubber JSC and the Southern Rubber Industry JSC achieved the best growth rate compared with that of the past years. Especially, motor automobile tires increased by 31.5% in terms of production and by 45.5% in terms of consumption compared with that in 2006. As a result, rubber inventories are in small number; particularly, inventories of tractor tires reduced by 45% compared with that in 2006 and inventories of motor automobile tires by 50% of production and consumption output planned for a month. Remarkably, even Sao Vang Rubber, which has tradition of great inventories, has its inventories in 2007 much lower than that in 2006.
During September and October of 2007, most of the consumers tried to find and buy genuine imported tires and tubes: for instance, buying Japanese tires for Japanese motorcycles, buying Huyndai tires and tubes for trucks manufactured in Korea, etc. Nowadays, however, the majority of consumers choose to buy Vietnamese products as , after four and five years of experience, they realize that domestic products have as good quality as the foreign ones, even better in some factors, and in addition they are 15-20% cheaper. Even such foreign –invested enterprise specializing in manufacturing tires and tubes for motor automobiles and motorcycles in Vietnam as Yokohama has higher price than that of Casumina and RSC, about 5-10%, whereas their products are similar n quality. In fact in the market of motorbike tires and tubes, the domestic products are stronger than foreign ones. Generally, such traditional rubber products for consumption as automobile and motorcycle tires and tubes are popular under brands and trade names of CASUMINA, DRC, SRC and KYMDAN, etc. For motor care tires, DRC holds the largest market share in Vietnam.
3. Consumption trends
Due to the fact that consumption and living standard of the people continuously grow, consumers have stricter requirements for quality, functions and models of products. Demand for high-ranking motor automobile tires shall also develop in near future.
4. Price
To produce rubber products, 20-25% natural rubber is required, the rest 70-75% include synthetic rubber and chemicals. Price of rubber materials constantly grows; this is due to the prices of crude oil, gold prices and several other impacts.
In 2007, although rubber materials of Vietnam increased at a certain point of time, their supply significantly reduced due to the impact of various factors; the annual average price, nevertheless, reached USD 1,944 per ton, increased by 7% compared with USD 1.809% in 2006.
5. Distribution channels
Rubber products for domestic consumption are distributed through various channels, inclusive of trading companies, wholesale and retail agents, shops, supermarkets and markets. Rubber producers also directly supply the market.
Rubber products used as input materials for industrial production sectors are also directly provided by producers to consumers or through trading companies.
IV. Exports
1. Export value and volume over last 5 years
Up to 2007, Vietnamese rubber was exported to more than 40 countries over the world and its export turnover ranked the forth; its output stood fifth following Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and India. Average growth speed of Vietnamese rubber export in the period of 2001-2006 gained 17.66%, the highest in comparison with that of rubber exporting countries such as Thailand (2.37%), Indonesia (5.27%), Malaysia (3.52%). From 2002 to 2007, Vietnam's rubber output increased to 173% or 700,000 tons in comparison with 454,800 tons in 2002, its turnover grew to nearly 600%. In 2002 its turnover was USD 230 million and in 2007 it reached USD 1.36 billion. It is estimated that Vietnam's rubber export will have growth rate increased by 4%, the export turnover increased by 12.4% in comparison with that of 2007.
Output and export turnover of Vietnamese rubber
Year |
Output (ton) |
Turnover (USD) |
2002 |
454.800 |
230.000.000 |
2003 |
433.106 |
383.500.00 |
2004 |
513.252 |
580.000.000 |
2005 |
587.110 |
610.000.000 |
2006 |
690.000 |
1.286.000.000 |
2007 |
700.000 |
1.360.000.000 |
( Source: Governmental Statistical Office)
Among rubber exports, the export turnover of finished rubber gained USD 150 million in 2007, in which tires of all kinds held the majority with 11% total export turnover. Particularly, Vietnam National Chemical Corporation (Vinachem) gained USD 22 million from exporting rubber products in the first nine months of 2007, which was the highest value in the whole chemical sector. In the final three months of the year, enterprises of the sector continuously expanded searching for new markets, intensified advertisement and marketing, and strived for adding USD 30 million into export value of finished rubber products.
2. Export markets
Vietnam exports rubber to 40 countries, in which exports to China account for 60% of total export output. The undeclared cross-border trade with China faces many risks in payment, while export via official channels is limited because of the high export tax from Vietnam to China.
In terms of finished rubber products, Vietnam has exported them to more than 15 countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Pakistan, Argentina, Brazil, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Japan, US, etc.
Rubber export markets of Vietnam in 2006 |
Market |
Quantity (ton) |
Percentage (%) |
Value (1.000 USD) |
USD/ton |
China |
469,975 |
66.38 |
851,379 |
1,812 |
Korea |
32,324 |
4.57 |
50,768 |
1,571 |
The Federal Republic of German |
30,066 |
4.25 |
58,606 |
1,949 |
Taiwan |
22,429 |
3.17 |
44,580 |
1,988 |
Russian Federation |
20,475 |
2.89 |
41,858 |
2,044 |
The US |
17,360 |
2.45 |
27,875 |
1,606 |
Belgium |
12,324 |
1.74 |
18,839 |
1,529 |
Italia |
11,790 |
1.67 |
21,309 |
1,807 |
Japan |
11,563 |
1.63 |
23,823 |
2,060 |
Malaysia |
10,109 |
1.43 |
19,457 |
1,925 |
France |
8,348 |
1.18 |
16,581 |
1,986 |
Spain |
8,079 |
1.14 |
14,590 |
1,806 |
Turkey |
7,482 |
1.06 |
14,157 |
1,892 |
Indonesia |
4,841 |
0.68 |
6,166 |
1,274 |
Canada |
4,043 |
0.57 |
7,906 |
1,955 |
England |
3,818 |
0.54 |
6,216 |
1,628 |
India |
3,750 |
0.53 |
6,914 |
1,844 |
Brazil |
2,866 |
0.40 |
4,685 |
1,635 |
Ukraine |
2,650 |
0.37 |
5,223 |
1,971 |
Slovakia |
2,532 |
0.36 |
4,903 |
1,936 |
Hong Kong |
2,403 |
0.34 |
4,506 |
1,875 |
Argentina |
1,877 |
0.27 |
3,702 |
1,972 |
Holland |
1,622 |
0.23 |
3,269 |
2,015 |
Poland |
1,521 |
0.21 |
3,051 |
2,006 |
Singapore |
1,500 |
0.21 |
2,949 |
1,966 |
Finland |
1,048 |
0.15 |
1,948 |
1,859 |
Sweden |
876 |
0.12 |
1,676 |
1,913 |
Australia |
806 |
0.11 |
1,628 |
2,020 |
Republic of Czech |
644 |
0.09 |
1,294 |
2,009 |
Thailand |
523 |
0.07 |
826 |
1,579 |
Portugal |
497 |
0.07 |
933 |
1,877 |
Cambodia |
461 |
0.07 |
938 |
2,035 |
Republic of North Africa |
282 |
0.04 |
512 |
1,816 |
Republic of Ireland |
238 |
0.03 |
460 |
1,933 |
Greek |
200 |
0.03 |
421 |
2,105 |
Philippines |
179 |
0.03 |
388 |
2,168 |
Slovenia |
121 |
0.02 |
278 |
2,299 |
Sri Lanka |
84 |
0.01 |
87 |
1,033 |
Others |
6,279 |
0.89 |
11,664 |
1,858 |
(Source: Vietnam General Administration of Customs)
3. Major export enterprises
In 2007, there were about 130 rubber-exporting enterprises, some of which have been highly esteemed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade
Southern Rubber Industry Joint Stock Company (CASUMINA)
Address: No.180 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, District No.3, Ho Chi Minh City
Tel: 84-8-9303122
Fax: 84-8-9303205
Website: www.casumina.com.vn
Rubber Industry & Import-Export Joint-stock Company (RUBICO)
Address: 64 Truong Dinh Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City
Tel: 84-8-9327173
Fax: 84-8-9327171
Website: www.rubico.com.vn
Danang Rubber Joint Stock Company (DRC)
Address: No. 1 Le Van Hien, Khue My Ward, Ngu Hanh Son District, Da Nang City
Tel: 84-511-954942
Fax: 84-511-950486
Website: www.drc.com.vn
Geru Star Sport joint stock company (Geru Sport Co.)
Address: 1/1 Tan Ky Tan Quy, Son Ky Ward, Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City
Tel: 84-8-8425110
Fax: 84-8-8425008
Website: www.gerusport.com
Dong Nai Rubber Company (DONARUCO)
Address: Xuan Lap, Long Khanh Township, Dong Nai Province
Tel: 84-8-9400345
Fax: 84-8-9400874
Website: www.donaruco.com
Thong Nhat Rubber Company (RUTHIMEX)
Address: No. 83/3 Luy Ban Bich, Tan Thoi Hoa Ward, Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City
Tel: 9612568
Fax: 9612234
Website: www.ruthimex.com
Apart from the above-mentioned enterprises, Casumina has the rubber export quantity increased strongly. In 2004, its export quantity was 1.5 times more than that in 2003. Casumina also made registration of trademark protection in three countries such as Singapore, Malaysia and Cambodia.
4. Export opportunities and advantages
Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has brought positive effects and has created favorable conditions for exporting of the Vietnamese finished rubber products. For example, before the accession to the WTO, Taiwan imposed discriminatory tax on finished rubber products of Vietnam whereas most of competitors were tax-exempt.
With the accession to the WTO, Vietnam's enterprises were provided the opportunities to sign the finished-rubber supplying contracts with the WTO member countries and to avoid dependence on exporting primarily to the markets with high potential risks.
Furthermore, opportunities of attracting investment, transferring technique and high technology from the developing and developed countries to Vietnam will grow. Joining the WTO and accepting its rules and regulations are considered as conditions assisting Vietnam in gaining reputation with the foreign investors from the member countries of WTO in the field of the finished rubber processing. Vietnam's rubber manufacturers will have opportunities to cooperate with foreign investors in building the rubber latex processing factories in order to produce high-content finished rubber, to modify the structure of production, to create favorable conditions for market shift. Growing investments in Vietnam will increase the value -added of Vietnam rubber sector, reduce rate of raw rubber export, will create favorable conditions to transfer structure from raw-product exports to finished product exports.
Besides, the rubber products made in Vietnam have two competitive advantages. Particularly, sources of materials of natural rubber have great and stable reserves with high quality and an annual stable increase, which effectively serve production of the export rubber. The other advantage is abundant labor force of Vietnam as well as low cost of labor.
V. Imports
1. Import volume and value
As the capacity of the finished-rubber production of Vietnam has been improved, the import density of these articles from the foreign markets is increasingly going down.
2. Import markets
Vietnam primarily imports bicycle tires from Indonesia, motorcycle tires from Thailand and automobile tires from Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, etc. Imported products are diverse (tires for high-speed and long-distance vehicles).
Values of tires and tubes imported from Taiwan and exported to Taiwan by Vietnam were nearly equal in 2006 because many Taiwanese companies have been investing in Vietnam. Up to September 2007, value of rubber consumption products exported from Taiwan to Vietnam was twice as much as that of the same exported from Vietnam.
In 2004 and 2005, foreign tire and tube brands such as Veloce, Cammel (Thailand), Inoue (Japan), Kenda, Shinfa (Taiwan), had a lot of difficulties in expanding market in Vietnam primarily due to high sales prices; whereas, manufacturers with 100% capacity from Vietnam have been intensifying investment in renovating the technology, raising the quality of products meeting international standards.
3. Major importers
Enterprises importing rubber products from foreign markets are mainly commercial ones such as Sai Gon and Daklak Company (SADACO), Tu Thanh Rubber Conveyor Company, Thien Hoa Company Limited, Thien Bao Anh Co., Ltd, etc.
VI. Vietnam's export development policy for the sector
Since the finished rubber brings high economic profit and has export potential, in 2008 Ministry of Industry and Trade has released policies and solutions to promote the development of export. Thereto, the rubber processing sector needs to diversify exports, to reduce the turnover of raw rubber exports, to raise the processing content gradually, to adapt the product structure in order to adapt itself to other markets such as the EU, North America and to reduce dependence on the Chinese market.
Furthermore, the sector will accelerate attracting investment, especially foreign investment in producing the products from rubber such as tires, tubes, gloves, lifebuoys in order to raise the export value in the coming years. The details of some solutions are described below:
- Concentrate sources to evaluate and anticipate the market in the coming years; assess types of tires of automobile, motorcycles, technical rubber products domestically produced and the imported ones in detail for making programs, plans and investment itinerary and diversifying products properly.
-Organize the distribution network; marketing and sales methods with the core understanding of each customer's needs in a specific geographical area and seizing the opportunities for rubber export.
Product diversification:
- Bicycle tubes and tires: continue to produce traditional products; research on producing bicycle tires and tubes for sport and export.
- Motorcycle tubes and tires: continue to produce the existing products; conduct research on producing motorcycle tubes from butyl rubber and some tubeless tires for motorcycles.
- Automobile tubes and tires: continue to diversify models; concentrate on producing tubes and tires for agricultural trucks, medium and small trucks; conduct research on producing proper tires for the express automobiles, the long-distance lorries as well as specific tires, radian tires and motorcycle tires.
- Improve product design and rubber making-up sheets in order to decrease generating heat, increase in stability, adhesion and abrasion resistance.
- Change from motorcycle tire heating process into cure system with high-pressured air.
- Cooperate with developed countries in order to perfect and improve product quality by applying modern technologies.
- Improve operation capabilities of the management, save materials consumption and power, promote incentives for innovating technology; enhance production and capacity in order to improve the product quality and reduce price.
- Apply and implement regulations of ISO 9002 quality management system.
- Allocate more resources for HR training on management and technology.
- Change to flexible training methods (domestic, overseas or on-site training)
VII. Sector development orientation and projection to 2010
The orientation for the development of Vietnamese rubber sector to 2010 consists of transferring material rubber production and export and prioritizing industrial rubber production and export in combination with material rubber export. The details are as follows:
- Change the product structure towards proper integration in developing the industry and related services in order to increase the rubber product value and invest in promoting production and service.
- Diversify investment forms and multiple ownership (including foreign investment) in order to exploit advantages in rubber cultivated areas; enhance the competitive capabilities of rubber products in accordance with the general plan of the sector to 2010 and its orientation to 2020.
- Prioritize investment and development for high valued rubber products.
- Average growth rate of revenue in the period of 2006 – 2010 is 27% per year, to 2015 it will be 12% per year and it is projected at 11% per year to 2020 in the whole rubber sector, including rubber material and finished rubber.
The sector has tried to gradually raise the turnover of rubber products for the industry sector, studying markets, selecting technology, HR training, investing in industrial rubber products, simultaneously developing automobile tubes and tires. Below is the detailed description:
- Setting up joint ventures with domestic and foreign partners to produce 3 million sets of automobile tires and tubes per year from domestic materials.
- Carry out marketing, technology development, and implementing the production methods in order to expand range of producing other industrial rubber products, in many forms such as purchasing production licenses or taking part in the joint ventures or joint stock companies.
By 2010, Vietnam will increase in rubber planting area to 700,000 ha, 1.5 times more than the current area, and the yield is expected to reach about 520,000 tons. With this plan, it is expected that the rubber sector will stably decrease in exporting raw materials and increase the finished rubber exports.
VIII. Useful contacts
1. Relevant ministries and organizations
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Address: 54 Hai Ba Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Website: www.moi.gov.vn
Vietnam Rubber Association
Address: 236 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Website: www.vra.com.vn
Vietnam General Rubber Corporation
Address: 236 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Website: www.vngeruco.com
Vietnam National Chemical Corporation
Head office: 1A Trang Tien, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Website: www.vinachem.com.vn
Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Address: No 2 Ngoc Ha Road, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Website: www.agroviet.gov.vn
2. Trade fairs and exhibitions of the sector in Vietnam
Plastics & Rubber Vietnam 2007 was held from 07 to10 March at the Ho Chi Minh International Exhibition and Convention Centre (HIECC), Ho Chi Minh City.
Import-export reports published by the Vietnam General Administration of Customs since 2003 through 2007.
List of Vietnamese trusted exporters posted on Ministry of Industry and Trade Website addressed www.moit.gov.vn
Directory of Vietnamese manufactured rubber product manufacturers, exporters and traders on www.vietnamtradefair.com
Websites of manufactured rubber product manufacturers, exporters and distributors in Vietnam.
News and articles related to manufactured rubber products posted on website of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
News & reports on manufactured rubber products published by Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD) at www.ipsard.gov.vn and Information Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agroviet) at http://xttm.agroviet.gov.vn
Articles on manufactured rubber products published on Vietnam News, Vietnam Economics News, Vnexpress, VietNamNet, Saigon Economic Times, etc since 2003 through 2007.
News and articles from Radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) and Governmental Website.
Annual publication "International Merchandise Trade Vietnam" from 2003 to 2007, General Statistics Office of Vietnam.
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Once upon a time we went to Disneyland, just Jared and me. It was a something I had wanted to do for such a long time. Since baby girl #3 is on her way soon (Oct 4) we figured it was time to finally do it. And we did. Sometimes I cry when I remember it...is that strange? It was such a happy time for me. We had no responsibilities, no time constraints, no chores to do, no going off to work. It was just me and Jared, free to do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. It was one of the most fun weeks of my life since we got married. And I can't believe we finally, actually did it!
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You're pregnant?!! That's awesome, congratulations!!! 3 girls...wow, just the complete opposite of us! haha And I am so jealous you guys went to Disneyland by yourselves! Brandon and I want to do something like that for our 5th anniversary but I don't think I could leave the boys for that long...as much as they drive me crazy, I am completely attached! haha Not that you're not...anyways, congratulations again and we miss you guys!! :)
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When I was four, my parents gave my older brother a 45 of W. C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues". I was so jealous of his listening to the record instead of to me that I broke it and then broke its replacement. The third survived because I was told I couldn't play with Jeremy again if I destroyed it.
Jeremy was the lodestar of my childhood universe. He dressed me in the morning, cut my food for me at dinner, taught me to read and write. We wrote plays together, read aloud together. Whatever games he suggested were the ones we played; his approval mattered more to me than any other person's. His engagement with friends or other siblings made me feel abandoned and angry.
When I met Maggie Tulliver, I felt that George Eliot understood that relationship in a way no other writer ever has. Like Maggie waiting for her older brother Tom, I used to wait on the porch for Jeremy's return from school; our dog Jeff, like Tom and Maggie's "queer dog" Yap, would wait with me.
Maggie Tulliver's childhood is spent in a series of misadventures brought about by her inability to weigh the consequences of her actions. When her aunts and her mother criticize her thick black hair, eight-year-old Maggie recklessly chops it off—only to endure more criticism for her strange appearance from Tom and her censorious aunts.
Maggie's adoration of Tom includes jealousy of his relations with others. When he turns to their cousin Lucy after he and Maggie have been quarreling, Maggie can't bear it, and pushes the sweet, pretty Lucy into the mud.
As Maggie matures, she becomes more thoughtful and more capable of controlling her impulses, but she is still an intense, passionate woman. Although she continues to love her brother deeply, Tom is often critical of her behavior and her choices and ultimately estranges himself from her. It is only in the last two pages of the novel that brother and sister are reconciled: Maggie rescues Tom from the mill when the Floss River has flooded it. Tom is awed and overwhelmed by his sister risking her life to save his, but the river sweeps them under and they die in each other's arms.
The sibling bond isn't written about often in English or American fiction. We're more engaged by the loner hero, by Pip or Huck Finn's voyage of self-discovery. Even the heroes of the close-knit Bronte sisters are for the most part women on their own.
Although Mill on the Floss centers on Maggie and Tom, they aren't the only siblings in the book. Their mother and her three sisters are one of the great comic achievements in English writing. They form a croaking chorus that lightens the serious scenes of Maggie's struggle.
Eliot wrote The Mill of the Floss against the backdrop of her own adored older brother's harshness toward her for living with George Henry Lewes. It is not a roman à cléf, however, but an exploration of the issues that always permeate Eliot's work: how does one become a moral person, how does the intelligent, sensitive person make her or his way in the world—Philip Wakem, the artist to whom Maggie is engaged, Maggie herself, Middlemarch's Dorothea Brooks and Dr. Lydgate are all characters who struggle with the issues that also consumed Eliot.
Mill on the Floss deals particularly with the struggle Eliot experienced as a brilliant, intense woman knocking up against a world that judges such women harshly. Both the book and Eliot's life resonated with me strongly, coming of age as I did in a time and place that placed severe constraints on women.
My own older brother is the furthest possible creature from Tom Tulliver: unlike Tom, Jeremy is an erudite and deep-thinking scholar. However, I confess that his judgment of me and my work still matters more to me than that of most people. I hope, if the need arose, that I'd push a boat into the Hudson River and attempt to row to his rescue.
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Wisdom Keys for Unlocking Your Creative Potential was birthed out of my journey and quest for wisdom. In the process, I gained knowledge and understanding and was unleashed into my creative potential. This book provides valuable keys for unlocking your unlimited creative potential. My aim in this book is to help individuals realize and understand the depth of their creative abilities and to use the multifaceted wisdom keys espoused in this book to unlock their creative potential.
Creativity has no doubt become an evasive concept for many. Many people value it, many want it but few ever get to expressing it. Why is it so? The goal of this book is to introduce you to the invaluable nuggets gained from discovering that creativity is not an additional project you add to your already full to do list but springs out of the essence of who you really are. Wisdom is the ability to discern, accept and to work in your creative abilities. In other words, wisdom is simply knowing what to do, when to do it, where to do it, and with whom to do it with. This book also reflects the countless hours spent seeking wisdom steps or keys on the subject matter of creativity.
Using wisdom as a guide and tool in understanding and releasing your creative potential is crucial. I point out in this book, that wisdom is an essential part of the quantum or spiritual level of creativity. Therefore in this wisdom keys and creativity series, I will attempt to begin a dialogue on the role of wisdom in creativity to lay the foundation for continued discourse on the topic. The keys espoused in this book are the same and can be applied in every nation, in every tribe, and for all peoples. This is because there are universal undeniable principles that govern every human being. The wisdom keys espoused in this book are universal for all who will dare to use then appropriately. A farmer in Australia applying these keys correctly will have the same result as a billionaire in Wall Street.
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Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
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Love him or hate him, Karl Rove sums it up accurately here:
It's a whole lot of debt for not that many jobs saved. The White House says they were not involved in the ad in any way, but if you listen to what Rove actually said during the interview, that's not the issue.
Hat tip to John at Verum Serum, who actually likes Clint Eastwood and his ad. But ultimately, reality wins every time, and "halftime in America" is not about reality.
I liked the ad, and I'm inclined to give Eastwood the benefit of the doubt on it. I think his intentions were pure when he agreed to appear in it. It came off to me as more pro-America than pro-Obama or even pro-Chrysler. It did not talk about anything the Chrysler company itself is doing to respond to customer needs or leap ahead of competitors like Toyota or Hyundai. The theme of the narrative was that America in general (and its auto industry in particular) is down, but not out.
Watching the ad, all I could think about was Eastwood's role in "Gran Torino," in which everyone around him wants the car that he built while working in one of those Detroit factories. I'm surprised no one has mentioned this in all the hubbub since Sunday.
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I hate doing research.
Actually, and here's the thing, I don't hate doing research. I think I just hate the idea of doing it. The idea of sitting with thousands of books trying to fill in some little gap.
Actually, and this is weird, I do like that idea but I don't have the time to spend on that. I want to write – now. I don't want to have to wait before I'm educated enough to write about something. I want do dive in and have the words pour from me freely already endowed with the knowledge.
It's my muses fault. It must be. I remember a time when my muse was wide awake and every little thing triggered something deep within me that begged to be written down. I carried a pen with me everywhere and poetry found its way from that pen and onto everything from the College Rule Notebook I tried to keep handy to bar napkins and coasters that were within reach.
Then, somewhere along the lines, my muse died – or, maybe, fell asleep. The question would be: how do you wake up or resuscitate a muse?
At one point, the oppression of the military and the newness of alcohol (with, possibly, the faraway mentality of Southeast Asia) were enough to turn the typewriter over and pluck out a few noteworthy ideas. Sometimes it was poetry and other times it was prose.
There's really only so much patience I have for my typewriter. It's ancient and lacks the ability of "Shift" which means no capital letters. I became e.e. cummings.
Then, I found drugs. I don't know if they helped or hurt the muse but I'm pretty sure I cranked out a steady stream of bad writing around the time I was groovy. Let's see… this would've been 1999 mostly but especially one crazy summer.
It was the summer of '99.
I think I actually started with Ecstasy which is weird if you think about it. My roommate had just discovered it and you know how those kids can be. I lied and said that I'd done it before and that I'd love to do it with him. I don't even think I'd really smoked pot or anything. I'd gotten drunk a few times and it was fun but I'd never really thought of myself as someone who would willingly eat something with heroin in it. But I did. I have a small notebook full of bizarre illustrations and the hazy memories to prove it. Buy me a drink, give me a smoke and I'll tell you all about it.
Sometime, after the drugs, after the military discharge but before the long, drawn out working stiff years, is when the muse shriveled up and left. I don't know where it went but it's gone. It's been replaced with a sort of nagging yearn to create but without the vivid voice that told me what to say. Instead, I'm left with the memory of writing, a pen in each pocket and track marks, a grim reminder that any smarts I was credited with have since exploded into a red ribbon of blood before the plunger pushes the tainted cocktail back into me for a rush of epic bliss.
Followed by a writer's block that God couldn't cure.
And so I sit, my fingers poised above the Home Row, my eyes staring at those hands. I see faded scars from early stabbing and the tattoos, a cliché attempt to hide them. I see the two watches that I've always worn but still don't have a reason why and I see the ring.
She picked it out and married me, knowing what I was and loving me anyway. Her hands are the ones that trace the scars and feeble tattoos and her voice is the one I hear. Even though she's at work, while our baby sleeps soundly in the next room, it's her voice that I hear, telling me to keep trying.
To just type.
As I watch my hands, poised over the Home Row, I see that I've been typing; I've been writing. And I think I might have just found my hiding muse. She wasn't sleeping or dead, she's just at work – but she'll be home soon.
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...Perhaps Life, after all, is a problem better left...
I have been without a TV for upwards of 4 years. Recently, with my new living accomodations, I was not only provided 'net access, but cable TV came knocking on my doorstep. I pulled my old WinTV card out of mothballs and installed it back into my computer system. The reimmersion back into TV-topia has been somewhat painful- news, schedules, sit-coms, edited movies, commercials... everything I once hated about TV is not only still there, it has gotten worse. It's an ugly thing to remind one's self exactly why they were so happy to be without a certain thing in life.
Luckily, there is still Comedy Central to bail me out when times get tough. Alas, not tonight. Tonight Comedy Central slapped me in the face with the first pilot episode of The Critic, the one I've never seen before. I dunno if anyone remembers that show, but I certainly do. Film critic Jay Sherman (voice acted by Jon Lovitz) stumbles through life, love and horrible movies while desperately trying to bring down his wall of cynicism, one brick at a time... and consistently fails. Within the heart of Jay Sherman is a romantic, trying to get out, but the romantic within just can't seem to get past the layers of fat.
Anyway... the pilot episode... Jay meets a new starlet, Valerie Fox. Ms. Fox, who has just wrapped on her first movie "The Kiss of Death", has taken a surprising interest in our Mr. Sherman and sets herself to the task of wooing him, quite successfully I might add. Meanwhile, Jay has not yet seen his new girlfriend's soon-to-be-released film. He does his best to avoid it, knowing that his integrity as a film critic may move him to give nothing less than an honest and absolutely brutal review. To no avail, though. He sees the movie and, true to form, shoots it full of holes- along with a pretty scathing review of his One True Love's (tm) performance. Needless to say, Ms. Fox flies the coop ASAP.
I don't know why this particular show struck such a chord within me. It just did. I mean, I've seen lots of episodes of The Critic in the past- I knew that Sherman would somehow end up alone by the end of the show. It's just that... something within me groaned right along with the character, when his Miss Wonderful left him. I felt cheated, alone, betrayed and forlorn. Cast aside and forgotten. I actually empathized with a frickin' cartoon character. How far have the mighty fallen?
I've been thinking a lot, lately, about the state of Things in my life. Getting older. Getting grayer. Falling apart slowly, as people tend to do over the years. Wanting to share the remaining years of my life with someone and finding empty air, mostly.
Of course, I am mostly to blame for my loneliness. I know this. I don't go out. I don't socialize. I don't make an effort. I'm not particularly charming. I don't like being in crowds of people. I sure as hell don't go to parties- never have. I don't push myself forward with ambition or vigor- never have done that, either. I smoke. I tell the truth. I look as lost as I feel. These things I know and I do nothing to change them.
But it still sucks, being lonely. Having the want for something, or someone, and not being able to satisfy that desire.
Last night she called me, asked me if I was going to the cafe. I told her that I hadn't been to the cafe for weeks and that I was probably going to stay home. Every other time she's called, I jumped and would be only too glad to go meet her somewhere. Last night I didn't. It was a conscious effort. I actually thought about going out, but decided, definitively, not to. Certainly, I wished her a good time with her friends, but I just wasn't up for it. I called her up tonight, left a message on her voicemail. Told her that I was going out to a movie, which would be starting at 9:30, 10:00 and 10:30. The Punisher. She called back shortly afterwards and begged off, she had a college paper to work on. She asked if she could call me back at 9:30, in case she could get done in time. Sure, I said, I can hold off 'till 10.
She never called back. So I went to the movie alone. The movie wasn't as good as I'd hoped. The experience of it was like a massive underpinning of my current love life: when I say that I saw the move alone, I mean that the entire theater was empty- I saw it alone. When I got home and saw The Critic, in the hopes of getting a few laughs, things just got worse... the show got to me, showed me what loneliness really is.
There are days, mi amigos, when I want to cry.
One of the last things you gave me (and one of the things I cherish most) was a copy of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. At the time I thought I was a Buddhist, just as young people all over America do when they're in high school and fancy themselves more wise than their peers. If I'd actually taken that book to heart then I'd not have behaved like such a fucker.
When I was an asshole, I spake as an asshole, I understood as an asshole, I thought as an asshole. When I became a man I tried to put away asshole-ish things.
It wasn't until I graduated college and was living on my own that I was forced to do some very deep thinking. Thinking about who I was and what I really wanted and needed out of life. Thinking about what life was, in itself. I haven't really come to any serious conclusions on this, and I expect I probably never will. One thing I have come to understand, though, is that we're all in this together. We're responsible for everything that we do, and we should feel responsible for the things that happen that we don't try to stop.
And I do. I recall one of the things I thought (if not said; I don't remember every word I ever uttered) before I left for college was that I couldn't feel responsible for you. That I had to worry about my own future over yours, which is of course common-sensical and practical. It's also quite cruel. You guessed right in that there was something I wanted to tell you, and it was this: I'm sorry, and I don't expect forgiveness.
I'm sorry for seeing you as little more than easy sex.
I'm sorry for not wanting to have sex with you.
I'm sorry for ignoring you for going on 5 years now.
I'm sorry for abusing your trust so many times.
I'm sorry for that "I love you like a sister" bullshit.
I'm sorry for making you listen to me drone endlessly on about myself over the phone, through IMs, and earlier in this email.
Most of all, I'm sorry for not returning the love you gave to me.
In one of the break-up letters you wrote me, you said that one day I would realize that I'd lost someone who would love me no matter what, and that I would regret it. Your clairvoyance is formidable.
In my quest to own one of every type of instrument - except for those which require the player to drain out surplus phlegm - I have ordered a lap steel guitar from an online music shop which I will not name. There are a surprising dearth of online musical instrument shops in the UK. Christ, Google have just done their IPO, four years late, although with a more plausible figure of two point seven billion dollars, which is nothing. I want to stress as a British person that the word 'billion' means 'thousand million' in the UK. It never, ever means 'million million', despite what is written elsewhere. 100,000,000. When The Times and The Daily Telegraph write about something being worth or consisting of billions of things, they mean 'thousand million'. I did not know the word 'milliard' until I read Erich The Viking Von Braun Daniken Skywalker's 'Chariots of the Gods?', admittedly I was six at the time but I was reading books before then. Billion has nine zeroes. It has nine zeroes. It has nine zeroes. If you visit the UK and write out a billion with twelve zeroes people will think you are writing about hundreds of billions.
Right now the top headline on Yahoo.com is "9/11 panel quizzes Bush, Cheney for hours", a phrase which I find surprisingly erotic entirely for the phrase 'for hours'. It is the extended and inescapable suffering of individuals that excites me.
Lap steel guitar, but in blue: http://www.musiccorner.co.uk/acatalog/Lap_steel_Guitars.html
Lap steel guitars impress me because they can be rested on a table. Growing up as both a computer user and a frequent eater of food from plates, I am naturally drawn to things which sit on a table. Lap top computers for example; as with lap steel guitars they are supposed to sit on one's lap, but make more sense on the table. I find lap top computers extremely hard to use whilst sitting in my lap, especially given that I am prone to involuntary erection of the penis.
If I was really crude and/or drunk I might add that women are, however, equally fine whether on the lap or on the table but I can't say that, I can't, because it's terrible. Before you write in saying that I'm being sexist - I'm not. For a start, I've just bought a lap steel guitar, a guitar unlikely to attract women. Women flock to guitar players because guitars are like big cocks, whereas lap steel guitars are like big baguettes or stools or salami, and women prefer human flesh to that of the animal. Flesh flows from the organs of woman, and in turn they consume flesh. This explains the female desire to be penetrated, an activity which would otherwise be as horrific as the naked lunch which so disgusted William Burroughs. But how to explain the lesbian, that bathes in blood? Homo-superior, or effective way?
I know very little about the history of lap steel guitar. The instrument is used a lot in both country and western, to produce the twangy, 'eeewww-wahhh-eeewww' sound that precedes tales of brides dumped at the altar and/or the bad man who rode into town and/or realising that one will never be driven through Paris in an open-topped sports car, with one's hair streaming in the wind...
Because of course there is no Paris. Not the Paris of the imagination. Even if one were to hire a Triumph Herald convertable and drive down 1 Rue Paris through the gate that's in those photographs with the Nazis, it would not be Paris. City of urine and subways and rain and the echoes of Stuart Wyatt's digital delay unit. Modern city of Hondas and mobile telephones and People Who Are Relatively Atypical. Ernest Hemingway is dead. Killed himself. No-one like him today, not writing great works of literature at any rate. The dragons that made men heroes have all been slain, and we have slain the heroes ourselves.
I plan to use the guitar to create ambient music, perhaps even ambient C&W, as in the case of the KLF's 'Chill Out'. I will fail. But it will be more exciting than playing 'Close Combat : Invasion Normandy' over and over and over again, playing on the side of the Nazis, who have appeared once before in this message.
In the UK from about 1936 to the mid-80s the Nazis were essentially comical figures, on account of the UK's distance from Nazi occupation, and from the works of Giles, the cartoonist for the Daily Express. The death and destruction of the 'blitz' was terrible, but impersonal; the bombers did not have faces, the bombs came from the black night sky and the damage was only visible in the morning. And of course we won, it's hard to hate somebody who you've smashed. It is hard to have hate without fear, and who feared the Nazis in 1946? I count 'loathing' as something separate from 'hate', it's closer to nose-wrinkling 'disgust' than the active will-to-kill of 'hate'. I speak as someone who is filled with hate, someone who identified too much with 'Seul Contre Tous' and the first half of 'Full Metal Jacket' - I hated Private Pyle - and for that matter 'Taxi Driver'. By 1946 we had other fish to fear, but even then the fear was not so much of the Soviets but of their bombs.
My slogan for today is therefore 'it's not the man, its the megaton'.
Lap steel guitar, etc. There is such a thing as a pedal steel guitar about which I know little - another WW2 reference there - and also there is just 'steel guitar'. There is one of the cover of Dire Straits' 'Brothers in Arms'. The thing that dates that album cover is not the picture, which has a 'Tubular Bells'-esque timelessness to it, but the pink border around it: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004Y6NP.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Also, whilst we're on the subject of Dire Straits, has anybody else here considered suicide? No, I'm joking. I mean to say 'has anybody else here wondered exactly how a photograph of a steel guitar in front of some sunlit clouds illustrates the phrase/concept/song 'Brothers in Arms''? It's striking that the one thing you'd expect to see holding a guitar - arms - are absent, insofar as 'the one thing' can be 'are' rather than 'is'. Although I think at the time that Mark Knopfler's brother was in the band. He must be so bitter and hate-filled right now, for his own brother, too. I don't have a brother, but to be so angry that you'd consider torturing and strangling your own brother must be very angry indeed.
I find myself opening many of my writings with 'In my quest to X'. Dearth, phlegm, diverse, precedes, surplus, all of these words are signs of a large and diverse vocabulary, or at least one which is slightly above-average.
I have discovered Television, the band. They used guitars - two of them, and a third doing the bass. I believe my next writeup will be a more accurate, more forceful translation of 'The Horst Wessel Song'. Oh, to have been a part of it. Even if it was doomed, and evil. To have been there, to have been a hero, if only for one day and in one's own mind and the mind of others similarly deluded, and with the dread fear of the biggest hangover in history after the party.
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Hotels Near Presque Isle, Erie
Jutting out into Lake Erie, Presque Isle State Park on the edge of Erie, Pennsylvania, provides visitors with 14 miles of waterfront trails and opportunities for bird watching, boating, scuba diving, fishing, ice skating and cross-country and water skiing. After exploring Presque Isle's 3,200 acres, you will be happy to know the comfort of your hotel room is just a short drive from the park's main entrance, located in the far western section of Erie.
Closest to the Park
The Inn & Cottages at Presque Isle (innatpresqueisle.com) is just one minute from Presque Isle State Park. Family suites have private balconies, kitchenettes, DVD players and video game consoles, with free movie and game rentals. The inn also includes a large heated outdoor swimming pool, kiddie pool and shuffleboard. Reserved for guests 21 and older, romance packages include souvenir wine glasses, wine gift certificates and dinner at a nearby Italian restaurant. El Patio Motel (elpatiomotelerie.com) is a two-minute drive from the park. On-site recreational amenities include horseshoe pits, shuffleboard, basketball courts, a swimming pool, picnic facilities and barbecue grills. The hotel has 83 guest rooms and suites, including a honeymoon suite with a whirlpool tub. The adjacent Choo Choo's Pub serves finger food and an array of imported beers.
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Comfort Inn Presque Isle (comfortinn.com) is about five minutes from the state park. The hotel has 100 guest rooms, and you must be 21 or older to rent a room. Some guest rooms include microwaves and refrigerators. You receive free Continental breakfast and a pass to a nearby gym during your stay. You can also walk to a host of sit-down restaurants and city parks. Thunderbird Motel (thunderbirdmotellakeerie.com) provides basic single and double room accommodations, as well as one-, two- and three-bedroom mobile homes for rent. Management discourages pets and charges a fee should you bring an animal. The parking lot provides ample space for boats. The motel is less than five minutes from Presque Isle.
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Clarion Hotel Lake Erie (clarionhotel.com) is approximately two minutes from Presque Isle State Park. Most of the 131 guest rooms include microwaves and refrigerators. The hotel charges a nominal rate for a hot buffet breakfast and the on-site restaurant includes a cocktail lounge. The hotel also provides free airport transportation and complimentary weekday newspapers. Bay Front Inn (bayfrontinnerie.com) is three minutes from the park. The hotel permits pets but charges a per-pet, per-night fee. From mid-May until late September your room rate includes a free breakfast. The hotel also has a playground and seasonal outdoor saltwater swimming pool. An array of fast food restaurants are within walking distance.
On or Near Pennsylvania Route 832
On Pennsylvania Route 832, the main highway on Presque Isle, Lake Erie Lodge (magnusonhotels.com) is a three-minute drive to the state park. Discounted room rates apply to military personnel, senior citizens and government officials. The hotel is within walking distance of the city's Scott Park and Yorktown Shopping Center. The Erie International Airport is just a few blocks away as well. One block west of Pennsylvania Route 832, Riviera Motel (rivieramotel.net) is just three minutes from Presque Isle. The motel is also across the street from Waldameer Park and Waterworld, a seasonal water park open from May through September and home to over 75 water slides, rides and attractions. The motel includes a room with a heart-shaped whirlpool tub. The staff will decorate the room for special occasions, such as weddings, anniversaries or birthdays.
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One Lap of the Web: Hockey players' rides, the Alaskan Land Train and Mini versus shopping carts
August 8, 2013
Hockey players go fast and hit hard, but ever wonder what cars they choose to drive to and from the rink? Here is former Detroit Red Wing forward Ray Whitney's muscle car collection.
A massive land train used to haul goods and people across the vast open land of Alaska
In its glory years, the mighty Alaskan Land Train could haul 150 tons of cargo across the frozen northern wastes. Sadly, helicopters -- cool as they are -- rendered the monster obsolete. The Land Train no longer exists, but its legend lives on: it still holds the world record for the longest off-road vehicle.
There may be some changes coming to the Mini lineup in the near future, so now's a good time to look back at a commercial that flew under our radar when it was released a few years ago. We have to wonder: is the ad implying that the Mini Cooper handles just barely better than possessed, territorial shopping carts?


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I have taken a chunk out of the side wall on my Whyte 529 29er and so need a replacement. Can anyone recommend a good replacement for a mixture of mainly singletrack and some road commuting.
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Rocky or rooty singletrack - what type of soil?
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I'm currently using a Specialized Ground Control tyre. It says 2.1" but looks like it comes up bigger, tubeless ready and only £30. I like it! Fairly fast rolling and whenever it has broken away it has always found some grip again very quickly (so far anyway!!) Probably best in the dry though to be honest
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Rapid Robs for that, cheap and cheerful, basically the old style Racing Ralph pattern and only £13.
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I've got a pair of Racing Ralph TLR Evos you can have for £35 delivered if you like.
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Its mainly rocky trails with the addition of mud when the rain comes
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Slide in U.S. infrastructure stocks sign of 'Trump trade' weakness
NEW YORK If the swoon this week in financials was one sign of the Trump trade running out of fuel, recent weakness in transportation and infrastructure shares is another.
The New York Times Co has tapped Mark Thompson as its next president and chief executive, capping an eight-month search for an executive to lead the company as more people get their news through digital products.
Thompson, 55, will report to the New York Times board of directors and to its chairman, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., starting in November, the company said on Tuesday.
"Our board unanimously concluded that Mark is exactly the right person to lead The New York Times Company at this particular moment in time," Sulzberger wrote in an internal email to employees.
Thompson will lead the New York Times, publisher of its namesake newspaper and the Boston Globe, during unprecedented challenges facing the publishing industry as advertisers place their dollars elsewhere and readers favor smartphones and tablets over the printed page.
Thompson most recently served as director general of the BBC, one of the most powerful television positions in Britain. He announced in March that he was stepping down from that post at the end of the London Olympics after serving in the top job since 2004.
Thompson guided the BBC with its eight TV channels, 50 radio stations and extensive website through morale problems, assaults from Rupert Murdoch's media empire and threats to the corporation's funding by the British government.
"It's a positive," said Doug Arthur, an analyst with Evercore Partners. "He's run a big time operation that certainly gets a lot of scrutiny."
Indeed, the New York Times is one of the most prominent newspapers in the world and is considered a thought leader in the news business. Last year, it rolled out a pay model for its digital products that so far has been hailed for its success in getting readers to pay for news.
The company has also weathered its share of scrutiny with its depressed stock price, canceled dividend and troubles increasing advertising revenue. Not to mention the departure of Thompson's predecessor, former CEO Janet Robinson, a 28-year Times Co veteran who abruptly left the company in December.
Guessing who would be named the Times Co's next CEO was a parlor game among media observers though Thompson's name surfaced as a potential candidate.
Reed Phillips, managing director with media investment bank DeSilva & Phillips, said that "the fact that they would hire someone completely outside of print and completely outside of the U.S. was surprising."
But one newsroom source said Thompson's possible appointment was already "baked-in" to their thinking once his name was floated in the press earlier this year.
"There's not a lot of whispering going on like, 'Oh my God, he's going to save paper' or 'Oh my God, he's going to destroy the paper,'" the source said.
One of Thompson's big achievements at the BBC was the development of the iPlayer, which enables viewers to catch up on missed programs for free online. It was considered a huge hit among those viewing the Olympics.
"His take in that news is the heart of that big organization and he was completely, thoroughly protective of the journalist and news operation," said Garth Ancier, former president of BBC Worldwide America.
Thompson will become head of a much smaller company that once was a sprawling media conglomerate with TV and radio stations, magazines, dozens of newspapers scattered throughout the United States and ownership stakes in cable networks and sports teams from the Boston Red Sox baseball team and Liverpool soccer club.
Over the years its has been shedding its assets - last week, the company said it was in discussions to sell its Internet property About.com - and will soon be down to only a handful of newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune and Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
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About meds and hair loss Dec 6, 2000 I have been on Combivir and Viracept since July, and never had any side effects, however, lately, since November, I've experiencing some hair loss, however, I'm not flipping out yet, the doctor wants to wait a little longer before he changes my meds (Combivir, I guess) and I'm OK so far. It falls when I wash it, but not in huge amounts, and when it's styled, it still looks full and healthy, I already own 2 cool wigs, and 1 extension that I used 4 years ago, when I had hair loss also, much worse than now, but I wasn't on any meds back then, I had seborrhea and also, I had just had surgery and was in a stressful relationship, so at the time, all that could have contributed to the hair loss. But, now, the only thing other than the meds, I'm thinking, about 1 1/2 months ago, I had a relapse of my PCP infection back in June, and they performed a bronchoscopy, though it was just local anesthesia, I was totally out, didn't hear them speak, or anything, so I'm wondering, could that be the cause? In either case, I'd like to be prepared and stop the loss if it's going to keep coming. I've read a few suggestions on the Forum and will keep them in mind. Thank you, I would appreciate a prompt response! |
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Hair loss is a difficult problem and may be related to medications, including combivir (AZT/3TC). Several prior questions have addressed the common causes of hair loss in HIV patients and are available for your review. If the hair loss is significant or worsening, I'd suggest that you see a dermatologist. BB Brian Boyle, M.D., J.D. |
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Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham called the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "Stalinistic" on Sunday.
WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham defended his vote to block confirmation of a director to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by comparing it to something out of the reign of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
In an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press, Graham accused the bureau of being "something out of a Stalinist era," because it has no board monitoring it and it doesn't have to go through the congressional appropriation process.
"The reason Republicans don't want to vote for it is we want a board, not one person, making all the regulatory decisions, and there's no oversight under this person," said Graham of South Carolina. "He gets a check from the Federal Reserve -- we want it under the Congress so we can oversee the overseer."
When the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created, as a popular part of the Wall Street reforms, Democrats specifically intended the consumer bureau to be an independent agency. That way, the agency wouldn't have to ask Congress for money every year or butt heads with other banking regulators, who spent the years leading up to the financial crisis ignoring consumer complaints.
At the time, three Senate Republicans agreed and voted for it. Now Republicans maintain the bureau is too powerful and refuse to confirm a nominee. Democrats say the bureau has the same checks and balances as other banking regulators who don't have to ask Congress for money.
Last week, the fight over confirming former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to be the consumer bureau's first director became the latest in a string of partisan stalemates that have marked this Congress.
President Obama said he would considering sidestepping Congress with a recess appointment.
A so-called recess appointment of Cordray, while Congress isn't in session, would allow him to run the bureau through the end of 2012.
At stake are vast new powers the consumer bureau can't wield without a confirmed director, especially regulating financial products from non-banks, including student loan providers, debt collectors, payday lenders and check cashers.
Without a chief, it also can't regulate mortgage originators and servicers, which played a big role in the financial crisis for providing subprime mortgages to families who couldn't afford them in the years leading up to the financial crisis.
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Child's Play Charity has broken it's annual record in 2010. Gamers all over the world have raised $2,294,317 million for the charity making the lifetime total donation of toys, games, movie and books reach $8,998,564 million. All contributing towards sick children in hospitals all over the world.
"I could not be happier with the record shattering results of our incredible Charity," said Mike Krahulik, Storm Wizard.
"I hardly know how to respond to it," exclaimed Jerry Holkins. "The world may be a better place than I previously thought."
"Jerry's comment is better," remarked Mike Krahulik, Storm Wizard.
Gamers in their thousands contributed and fund-raising events were organized by groups to help support Child's Play. If you remember The Fate of Carmine campaign that Epic Games did for Child's Play, you'll be glad to know that it raised about $150,000 which is a fantastic total. Although the actual fate of the third Carmine brother won't be known under Gears 3 comes out. (I voted that he lived. One of them has to survive, right?)
Child's Play are aiming to raise more and more each year and as more and more people hear about it, I have every faith that next year will be even bigger. Don't forget that Child's Play continues to take donations throughout the year to contribute to hospitals in the U.K, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Egypt.


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Higher Speed Limits May be Coming to a Roadway Near You
More than 600 miles of state highways likely to see speed limits increase
(Friday, September 20, 2013) – For the second time this year, speed limits on some Ohio roadways are about to go up, this time on certain sections of U.S. Routes and State Routes. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is increasing some speed limits on 607 miles of roadway as a result of new legislation passed by the Ohio General Assembly earlier this year, which becomes effective on Sunday, September 29.
The legislation increases speeds on:
"Rural divided highways" to 60 miles per hour (194 miles of roadway)
"Rural expressways without traffic control signals" to 65 miles per hour (15 miles of roadway)
"Rural freeways" to 70 miles per hour (398 miles of roadway)
"Raising speed limits is not something the state takes lightly," said ODOT Director Jerry Wray. "We put much time and consideration into identifying roadways where speed limits could increase while maintaining a safe commute for Ohio motorists."
The legislative changes require ODOT to produce 1100 new highway signs at a cost of $114,845. Most of the signs – 580 – will be completely new and placed along the roadway, while the rest – 520 – are simply overlays that will cover a portion of an existing speed limit sign. The costs include materials and labor for producing the new signs. Most of the signs are expected to be fully installed and visible to motorists by Friday, October 4.
A link to regional maps highlighting changes to speed limits as required by the legislation is available
The legislation also establishes uniformity in speed limits for both cars and truck so that each vehicle is permitted to go the same speed on any Ohio roadway. In order to comply with the legislation, speed limits on some roadways may stay the same for cars, but will increase for trucks.
Seventy mile per hour speed limits are not new to Ohio. On July 1, speed limits on 570 miles of rural Ohio interstates increased from 65 to 70 miles per hour for both cars and trucks. Motorists were already legally permitted to drive 70 miles per hour on all 241 miles of the Ohio Turnpike. And according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 34 other states in the nation have some posted speed limits of 70 miles per hour or higher including Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky and West Virginia.
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