2009 February
14th ASEAN Summit opens in Thailand
February 28, 2009 Filed under International, News
The 14th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit opened here Saturday afternoon as leaders of the 10 member countries of the bloc began their annual consultation in the coastal town of Thailand.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attends the 14th ASEAN SummmitThe 14th ASEAN Summit is the first meeting at leaders’ level after the ASEAN...1,030 children with heart disease saved
February 28, 2009 Filed under Uncategorized
From 2007 to 2008, doctors and physicians from 10 hospitals, such as Cho Ray, Trieu An, and Tam Duc, have successfully conducted heart surgery for 1,030 children in HCM City and 30 provinces and cities in the southern region.
A doctor and children with congenital heart disease at Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City. 1,030 children with congenital heart disease in HCM...South Central exhibits Champa sculpture
The Da Nang’s People Committee inaugurated a special exhibition of Champa sculpture at the Champa Sculpture Museum in the south central coastal province of Da Nang February 27.
Relics on display at the Champa Sculpture Museum (Photo: SGGP)The event was also co-organized by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, French Embassy in Vietnam and the L’Ãcole...Comedy series moves from stage to TV
February 28, 2009 Filed under Uncategorized
The ever popular comedy series ‘Nhung nguoi thich dua’ (‘Those who love to joke’) is to return in April but on TV instead of the stage, Xuan Huong told SGGP.
Xuan Huong is back with the fifth series of ‘Nhung nguoi thich dua’ (Photo: Courtesy of Xuan Huong)Xuan Huong is a comedy actress and director of the show, she spoke to...SOCIAL IN BRIEF 28/2
Vice President hopes for Japanese assistance to deformed children; Vietnamese guestworkers in the Czech Republic receive support; Resettlement area built in Ha Tinh
An angle of the Vung Ang Economic Zone.The construction of a resettlement area for national key projects in the Vung Ang Economic Zone commenced in Ky Lien commune, Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh province...Technology renovation needs thinking-cap change
A modern production line of Licogi company.LookAtVietnam - The Ministry of Science and Technology is compiling a national technology renovation programme. However, renovation can take place whenever businesses want. Vietnamese businesses lack sci-tech strategies A ‘disease’ of Vietnamese businesses is their sluggishness and dependence on...Kien Giang should make use of its advantages: President
President Nguyen Minh Triet has suggested that Kien Giang province should make full use of its advantages of the lowland, mountainous, marine and island area.
He made this suggestion while working with key leaders of the province on February 26-27. The President praised the achievements recorded by the province in 2008 and applauded the province’s...Supermarkets slash prices
Due to the sharp decline of consumer cash after Tet, supermarkets in the city are competing against each other to attract customers into their stores.
Hundreds of commodites sold offered special discounts at Big C supermarketsThe General Director of Saigon Co.op Mart said that the chain is offering a 10 percent discount on vegetables. The prices of all kinds...Rice exports up, total exports down
The first two months of 2009 have seen rice exports increase in both quantity and revenue, twice as much compared to the same period last year.
Vietnam exported more than 1 million tons of rice in January, worth $479 million, said Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on February 27. Total rice exports in February were 750,000 tons with a turnover...Breeding wild animals, farmers escape poverty
Many farmers are making a fortune by breeding wildlife for their meat. Not only can they escape poverty, farmers also have a hand in protecting the ecological environment and help it develop in a sustainable way.
Boars at Nguyen Van Ky’s farm Nguyen Van Ky, a farmer living in Long Thanh My Ward, District 9, HCM City, started his breeding business in 2005...
