Drugs and human trafficking, money laundering, terrorism and economic crime will be subjects for the Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention, introduced on March 30. This centre was jointly established by the Ministry of Public Security’s General Department for Crime Prevention and the Australian police. Senior Lieutenant General Le The Tiem, Deputy Minister of Public Security, maintained [...]
Around 500 people visit Hue Phuoc pagoda in Ben Tre province daily to see the elderly woman whose hair is over 5 meters long. Miss Tu and her 5m hair. VietNamNet reporters arrived at the pagoda around 9am on a hot day in late March 2010. When they came, several dozens of visitors had already entered [...]
LookAtVietnam – The central province of Quang Binh has been chosen to be the highlighted destination at the HCM City Tourism Day 2010. Open wide: The spectacular Phong Nha Cave in Quang Binh Province has been chosen as the highlight for HCM City Tourism Day 2010.La Quoc Khanh, deputy director of the city’s Department of [...]
LookAtVietnam – Vietnam Football Federation Chair Nguyen Trong Hy reported that the national women’s football team will have a new Vietnamese coach to replace Coach Chen Yun Fat. Chinese coach says goodbye to women’s football team After the Chinese coach left Vietnam, VFF has sought a temporary replacement. Among several candidates, Chen Yun Fat’s assistant, Vu Ba [...]
An accelerated sell-off of shares caused the HCM City Stock Exchange to undergo a correction yesterday with the VN-Index closing off by nearly 1 per cent to 500.72. Sai Gon Cable and Telecommunications Materials Co (SAM) became the most active share, with a volume of 4.8 million, after the company’s shareholders on Sunday voted to [...]
Tu Dam Pagoda restoration completed; Mine Awareness Day set for Sunday; Young southern poet wins competition; City to host Thang Long art competition Tu Dam Pagoda. (Photo: Vietnampathfinder)The Thua Thien-Hue Buddhist Association yesterday, March 30, held a ceremony to mark the restoration of the Tu Dam Pagoda.The restoration of one of the biggest pagodas in [...]
LookAtVietnam – The Italian contemporary dance Touch by the Oplas Danza troupe tonight will be staged at the Tuoi Tre (Youth) Theatre. Artists from Italian dance company Oplas Danza will perform in Hanoi this week. (Photo: Vietnews)With the message “Art is the colour of life, art wherever”, Oplas has been performing since 1993 both in [...]
Millions of people in rural areas are about to benefit from job skills training, . . . through a comprehensive social security project targeted poor rural residents. Teachers guide students in the repair of automotive engines at Vocational Training Centre 10 in Ha Noi.Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said [...]
Journalists based in the south yesterday began a two-day training course and forum on reporting and writing about the health hazards caused by tobacco use. Associate Professor Nguyen Duc Dung, lecturer at the Academy of Journalism and Communication, officials from the Ministry of Health, and WHO experts are among the trainers at the course organised [...]
HAGL squeeze past Binh Duong in National Cup penalty shoot-out; Yamaha sponsors national junior football champs; Vovinam receives $150,000 from Saigoninvest Group HAGL (white) beat Binh Duong in a penalty shootout 6-5 following a 1-1 draw in the quarter-finals of the National Cup. (Photo: VNN)Gia Lai will meet Da Nang, who beat Dong Thap 4-0, in [...]
