2010 April
Steel sector told to play straight
Vietnam Steel Association chairman Pham Chi Cuong said local steel manufacturing enterprises were jockeying for market positions, with demand growing until July when the rainy season arrived.
LookAtVietnam - An iron hand will come down on construction steel speculators. Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) chairman Pham Chi Cuong said local steel...Rate talk continues to simmer
LookAtVietnam – A floating interest rate mechanism can only be a matter of time, but calls for raising policy rates continue.
LookAtVietnam - A floating interest rate mechanism can only be a matter of time, but calls for raising policy rates continue.
Govt leaders discuss inflation
Bankers and businesses want interest rate ceiling gone
Businesses...Lucky
In the ‘middle of nowhere’ Time-out discovers the joys of an open air bath and a square meal of sticky rice in ‘the middle of nowhere’.
LookAtVietnam - In the ‘middle of nowhere’ Time-out discovers the joys of an open air bath and a square meal of sticky rice in ‘the middle of nowhere’.
Mu Cang...SOCIETY IN BRIEF 24/4
National week on safe water, rural sanitation begins; Two more cases of acute diarrhoea in HCM City; EU helps make small enterprises go green; Cisco helps Da Nang develop IT system
National week on safe water, rural sanitation begins
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) launched an annual national week on rural clean water and...SPORTS IN BRIEF 24/4
Volleyball Grand Prix 2010 kicks off in Phu Tho; WGM Tu invited to Chinese Chess tourney; Vovinam artists to compete in France; Vietnam to play in German’s shuttle cock tourney
Volleyball Grand Prix 2010 kicks off in Phu Tho
The Vietnam Volleyball Grand Prix 2010 will be held at Viet Tri Gymnasium in the northern province of Phu Tho from...POLITICS IN BRIEF 24/4
Vietnam concerned about violence Thailand; Defence minister visits China; AIPA discusses combating drug-related crime; EU assists Vietnam’s legal reforms; PM Dung to attend Shanghai World Expo; Lenin’s 140th birthday celebrated
Vietnam, Laos enhance comprehensive cooperation
Vietnam and Laos will take advantage of each other’s...ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 24/4
April 24, 2010 Filed under Uncategorized
Vietnam shines at Cyprus int’l photo contest; Mexico publishes Ho Chi Minh’s political writings in Spanish; Special exhibition asserts Vietnam’s sea, island sovereignty; Exhibition on 1975 victory opens in HCM City
Vietnam shines at Cyprus int’l photo contest
Tran Viet Van, a reporter of the Lao Dong (Labour) daily newspaper,...Star striker recovers from scandal, succumbs to injury
Recently he injured a ligament in drills with T&T Hanoi club and now the national football team’s star striker will not play in the friendly match against Germany’s Frankfurt on May 12.
LookAtVietnam - Recently he injured a ligament in drills with T&T Hanoi club and now the national football team’s star striker will not...3G network targeted by hackers
LookAtVietnam - The 3G network, commonly used for wireless phones in Vietnam, is the next target for hi-tech criminals, warn police engaged in combating cyber-crimes.
Mobile hacker fined VND15mil
Nigerian hacker hunted in Vietnam
VN websites face hacker onslaught
At a seminar on combating hi-tech crime in HCM City on April 21, police...Vietnamese singers don’t do “singles”
April 24, 2010 Filed under Uncategorized
A single has proven very popular in the international music industry but it was imported into Vietnam late. In 2002, the ‘single’ was warmly welcomed but now has been all but “boycotted”.
VietNamNet Bridge – A single (a disk recording only 1-2 songs) has proven very popular in the international music industry but it was imported...
