Vietnam news
First national break-dance festival
The first-ever national break-dance competition took place at the Cau Giay Sports...
‘Green’ bags to end piles of retail plastic
LookAtVietnam – As many as 10,000 households in Ha Noi will be supplied with...
Obama presses the case for health care reform
U.S. President Barack Obama pressed the case for health care reform at a town-hall...
Black box of Airbus A310 located under Indian Ocean
The black box of the Yemeni Airbus A310, which crashed early on Tuesday off the Comoros,...
Men given years in jail for killing langurs
While hunting in the forest in Ninh Hoa district, Khanh Hoa province, two men shot...
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Speculators squeezing world coffee market, say Vietnam’s exporters
VietNamNet Bridge – It’s said that Vietnamese exporters have fallen into...
Hanoi to have two more theatres
VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi is about to have two new theatres after artists complained...
Hydropower projects drying up Central Vietnam’s water supplies
In the central Vietnam, around 200 hydro-power projects have been built, are being...
Time for small mobile networks to “soul-search”
Afflicted by the charge-slashing campaigns of the three “giants”, MobiFone,...
Experts warn that southern Vietnam aquifers seriously depleted
Southern scientists and officials agree that at present rates of consumption, aquifers...
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What’s On June 29 - July 5
LookAtVietnam - Weekly exhibition, performance, cinema and dining out information at your fingertips. Plus a list of local festival of the month: time, locations and attraction. - 17 Again (US, OV)- State of Play (US, OV)- Terminator Salvation (US, OV)- Hannah Montana (US, OV)- I Love You, Man (US, OV)- Angels & Demons (China, OV)- X-Men Origins:... Read more
What’s On June 22-28
LookAtVietnam - Weekly exhibition, performance, cinema and dining out information at your fingertips. Plus a list of local festival of the month: time, locations and attraction. - 17 Again (US, OV)- State of Play (US, OV)- Terminator Salvation (US, OV)- Hannah Montana (US, OV)- I Love You, Man (US, OV)- Angels & Demons (China, OV)- X-Men Origins:... Read more
What’s On June 15-21
LookAtVietnam - Weekly exhibition, performance, cinema and dining out information at your fingertips. Plus a list of local festival of the month: time, locations and attraction. - Terminator Salvation (US, OV)- Hannah Montana (US, OV)- Knowing (US, OV)- I Love You, Man (US, OV)- Angels & Demons (China, OV)- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (US, OV)- Look... Read more
What’s On June 1-7
LookAtVietnam - Weekly exhibition, performance, cinema and dining out information at your fingertips. Plus a list of local festival of the month: time, locations and attraction. - I Love You, Man (US, OV)- Angels & Demons (China, OV)- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (US, OV)- Look for a Star (Hongkong, OV)- Star Trek (US, OV)- May 1 (US, OV)- Shinjuku... Read more
Libraries call for help to boost reading habits
LookAtVietnam – In the expansive front yard of a beautiful villa in the Cong Hoa Commune in Kim Thanh District, 18 people of all ages gather around a large wooden table with piles of books. They are too busy reading to talk. Readers browse at Hai Duong Province’s Tam Thanh private library.Since its establishment about four years ago amid... Read more
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