Lao Dong was at a conference where various experts argued about where Vietnam’s groggy investors ought to put their money, if they still have any. Stocks, gold, real estate or dollars – what’s best for Vietnam’s investors?All investments are risky The gyrations of the world gold market recently have helped many Vietnamese earn a fortune, but [...]
Vietnam’s representative at the Miss World 2009 pageant in South Africa ranked only behind Miss Mexico in the Top Model competition on November 28. Huong Giang (white gown) The three top contestants in the Top Model competition. From the left: Huong Giang, Miss Mexico and Miss Martinique. Huong Giang and Miss World 2008. Huong Giang (left). Huong Giang in [...]
Hanoi will launch its first project to treat drug addiction with methadone next Tuesday, according to Le Nhan Tuan, director of the cityâs HIV/AIDS prevention center. The pilot program will begin at Tu Liem District and be expanded to another four – Hai Ba Trung, Dong Da, Long Bien and Ha Dong as well as [...]
Foreign Ministryâs spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga Vietnam was âvery disappointedâ with the European Parliamentâs recent resolution about its human rights and religious freedom status, foreign affairs departmentâs spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga said last Friday. The resolution, which was passed on Thursday, makes âabsolutely wrong judgments about Vietnamâs real status without goodwill and objectiveness,â Nga said.âHuman [...]
Viet Nam’s U23 team had their first two-hour training session as soon as they arrived in Vientiane, Laos on Saturday in preparation for the 25th Southeast Asian Games. Earlier, Portuguese coach Henrique Calisto and his 22-member crew left with a warm farewell from over 100 fans at Ha Noi’s Noi Bai Airport. The team is [...]
Photographer Tran Viet Van portrays the life of Vietnamese military commanders through his recently opened solo exhibition entitled Generals in Peacetime. Old soldiers never die, they just fade away: General Vo Nguyen Giap in a contemplative moment, captured by Tran Viet Van.Through 65 colour and black-and-white photos captured at different times and places, the lives [...]
Major river polluter Vedan Vietnam has paid its pollution fine and part of the environmental protection fee of more than a hundred billion dong, according to the Dong Nai Department of Natural Resources and Environment. The Taiwanese-invested monosodium glutamate maker has paid the fine of more than VND267 million (US$15,000) and more than VND111 billion [...]
Vietnam now has 12 million gamers, the majority of whom are students and office workers, Truong Hoai Trang, vice chairman of Vietnam Software Association (VINASA) told a recent conference in Ho Chi Minh City. Results of VINASAâs latest survey were released at the conference that discussed the development prospects of Vietnamâs game industry.The survey of [...]
Hanoi police are investigating a case where a staff member of the transport police department caused a string of accidents injuring four people on Friday, a local official said on Saturday. According to witnesses, Pham The Dung, who was later identified as an employee of the Hanoi Department of Road and Railway Transport Police (C26), [...]
Le Van sits next to a womanâs statue which he claims encases his dead wifeâs body A man in the central province of Quang Nam claims he has been sleeping next to his dead wifeâs body, which he himself encased inside a plaster statue, for more than four years. Le Van, 56, told Thanh Nien [...]
