Archive for June, 2009

Northern universities stressed about exams

June 30, 2009
Northern universities stressed about exams

VietNamNet Bridge – Universities just have three more days to get ready for the university entrance exams. The Hanoi University of Technology said that it has to rent rooms for exams at 200,000 dong per room, an increase of 50,000 dong from last year. An enrolment officer of the university said that owners of the rooms [...]

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Binh Dinh province an exciting discovery for tourists

June 30, 2009
Binh Dinh province an exciting discovery for tourists

LookAtVietnam – The central province of Binh Dinh entices nature lovers with its diversity of coastline, mountains, rivers, swamps, lakes, islands, fields, countryside villages and traditional festivals.  A view of Banh It Towers.Thi Nai Lagoon is the largest lagoon in Binh Dinh at more than10 kilometers long and 4 kilometers wide and is a source [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/6

June 30, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/6

Largest commercial complex under construction; More eight projects in Ninh Binh province licensed; Contract for providing gas compressor module signed; Bumper crop of winter-spring rice The country has finished harvesting the 2009 winter-spring rice with an output of 18.6 million tonnes, up 312,000 tonnes compared to the last crop, according to the Ministry of Agriculture [...]

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Northern universities stressed about exams

June 30, 2009
Northern universities stressed about exams

VietNamNet Bridge – Universities just have three more days to get ready for the university entrance exams. The Hanoi University of Technology said that it has to rent rooms for exams at 200,000 dong per room, an increase of 50,000 dong from last year. An enrolment officer of the university said that owners of the rooms [...]

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Aviation industry still not ready for ‘golden air route’

June 30, 2009
Aviation industry still not ready for ‘golden air route’

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has officially refused to open a Hanoi-HCM City air route along the 106th meridian, saying that it is not the right time to open the route. In the Dispatch No 1704 sent by CAAV to Mai Trong Tuan, the author of the project, Bui Van Vo, Senior Official [...]

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Vietnamese artists favour foreign names

June 30, 2009
Vietnamese artists favour foreign names

Innumerable Korean, English, Japanese and British names have appeared in Vietnam’s music scene. But who are they? They are Vietnamese singers. Singer Wanbi Tuan Anh. Singers with Vietnamese-Korean, Vietnamese-American and Vietnamese-Japanese names are abundant on Vietnamese music websites and on various TV channels, such as: Wanbi NAT, Kiwi NMT, Akira Phan, Mickey TMH, Hamlet T, Nadan [...]

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43 provinces register information to export fruit to China

June 30, 2009
43 provinces register information to export fruit to China

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Agro-forestry and Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (Nafiqad) has sent an official letter to the Chinese side, providing a list of fruit-growing areas, fruit-packaging establishments and exporters of five types of fruit to China. The official letter was sent on June 29 by Nafiqad to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, [...]

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Hanoians like products with well-known brand names

June 30, 2009
Hanoians like products with well-known brand names

VietNamNet Bridge – An interesting absurdity has been revealed: Though Hanoians are thought to be thrifty, they are easily attracted to products like mobile phones and cosmetics with famous brand names. According to a survey conducted by A.C. Nielsen in Hanoi and HCM City in April and May 2009, Hanoians are more influenced by others [...]

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Hanoi: Cuttlefish freshened with chemicals

June 30, 2009
Hanoi: Cuttlefish freshened with chemicals

Hanoi authorities on June 29 detected serious violations at Long Bien wholesale market, where frozen cuttlefish has been being treated with chemicals. Processing cuttlefish on the market’s floor. According inspectors, some traders turn frozen cuttlefish into fresh cuttlefish by soaking it in a solution of ice, salt and hydrogen peroxide for several hours. Long Bien market [...]

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Tech-rubbish – a threat to Vietnam

June 30, 2009
Tech-rubbish – a threat to Vietnam

Vietnam could become a dumping ground for electronic waste with hi-tech products of all kinds flowing into the country, especially cell phones, said an expert on China Duong Danh Dy. Nokia representative, vice chief of the General Department of Environment Bui Cach Tuyen (middle) and Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Van Duc [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...