The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on June 26 presented the Vietnam Tourism Award 2010 to 30 hotels, 20 travel agencies and 15 tourism service enterprises at a ceremony in Hanoi. LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on June 26 presented the Vietnam Tourism Award 2010 to 30 hotels, 20 [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has become the champion of the National Women’s Football Championship 2010 after they defeated Hanoi Trang An I 2-1 in HCM City on June 26. National women’s football championship kicks off Traditional prejudice obstacle to women’s football: FIFA expertHCM City women’s football squad gets Chinese coach The two teams started [...]
Deputy PM Nguyen Sinh Hung approved some major activities to celebrate Thang Long-Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary. LookAtVietnam – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung, head of the National Steering Committee for Thang Long-Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary, approved some major activities to celebrate Thang Long-Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary. The 1000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi An [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court of Ca Mau province on June 29 sentenced a couple to jail for 23 years each for torturing a 14-year-old boy. Criminal charges proposed against Ca Mau child abuse couple Officials under scrutiny in Ca Mau child abuse case Thousands of people stood outside the court to follow [...]
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has issued a new regulation calling for stricter meat import inspections. VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has issued a new regulation calling for stricter meat import inspections. Vietnam returns to frozen meat imports Imported ‘dirty meat’ scandals bring opportunities to [...]
LookAtVietnam – Two students passed 350 contestants from 35 universities and colleges in Vietnam to win the tickets to the “Microsoft Office World Champion 2010″ in the USA this August. Vietnam, RoK sign IT cooperation document HCM City forges ahead in IT Program offers IT support to youth Nguyen Tran Duy Phuong [...]
LookAtVietnam – Police on June 29 arrested three people who are accused of causing wave disturbances at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport, affecting aircraft landings and takeoffs. Noi Bai International Airport, the second largest airport in Vietnam. According to investigators, since late 2009, Vu Duc Trung, director of the Vietnam Technological Service 1 [...]
LookAtVietnam – ‘Vietnam Idol’ will be going back on the airwaves in August after a year’s absence. Tryouts are underway in four cities. Vietnam Idol returns Quoc Thien crowned Vietnam Idol 2008 Phuong Vy tops Vietnam Idol 2007 Youngsters participated in the preliminary round in Da Nang city on June 27. Under a new [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Power cuts have caused serious losses to industries in Ba Ria – Vung Tau and to the tourism sector in the Nha Trang region. Foreign newswires comment on Vietnam’s power crisis In Ba Ria-Vung Tau, southeast of HCM City, steel producers and seafood processors complain that power cuts have reduced [...]
The operator of MobiFone, the Vietnam Mobile Service Company (VMS) will be restructured as a one-member limited liability company. LookAtVietnam – A draft decree guiding implementation of the Telecommunications Law will limit foreign investors to no more than 30 percent of the chartered capital of Vietnamese telecoms companies. PetroVietnam restructures in conformance with Companies [...]
