South African army soldiers patrol at Matiga military airport in Tripoli, as part of a security delegation accompanying South African President Jacob Zuma, who held talks on ending the conflict in Libya. NATO pounded Libya’s capital on Tuesday, only hours after South Africa’s president left following talks that produced only a commitment to a peace [...]
President gives judicial reforms positive review The implementation of Politburo Resolution 49-NQ/TW on the Judicial Reform Strategy up to 2020 over the last five years has brought many positive results, said President Nguyen Minh Triet. It has helped to strengthen public trust in the leadership of the Party in terms of investigation and prosecution, he [...]
LookAtVietnam – Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong has emphasised the need for a detailed analysis of the result of the May 22 elections of deputies to the NA and people’s councils. Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong at the session. (Source: VNA) At the fifth session [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Several accidents caused by these “nooses” have been reported, but Hanoians neglect dangers from the these buns of electric and telecom cables. Many families in Hanoi are using electric and telecom cables as clothes-lines. In Hoang Sam street. An apartment block in Hoang Sam street. An apartment block in Cau Giay district. [...]
LookAtVietnam – Mai Hoang Nhan, a talented hairdresser in the central city of Hue has made many paintings on hair. Thien Mu pagoda. Nhan, 27, is among leading hairdressers in Hue city. He won the “Golden Scissors” Award for outstanding hair designer of the Young Fashion Magazine and Wella Company in 2007. Nhan is the [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Krump dances by leading Australian dancers were warmly cheered by students at the yard of the Hanoi-based National Economics University on May 27. Grrilla Step is one of Australia’s leading dance groups, bringing together DJ Dexter Fabay, with four members of the Melbourne krump crew, Royal Fam, and four Papua New Guinean [...]
LookAtVietnam – World famous Canadian Vietnamese bubble artist Fan Yang, who made 16 Guinness records, performed at the Hanoi Friendship Culture Palace on May 27. World famous bubble artist to perform in Hanoi Fan Yang was born in 1962 to a Hungarian father and a Vietnamese mother in the northern port city of Hai Phong. [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of children joined the program called “” at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi this weekend. From the early morning, “running in a sack” attracted hundreds of kids. Many little girls played the game. Tug of war. Walking on stilts. Passing a bamboo bridge. Children of less than 3 like [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign shipping firms’ high surcharges will continue hurting Vietnam’s enterprises amid shortages of state management protection mechanisms. Nguyen Hong Truong, Deputy Minister of Transport, said foreign shipping firms’ collection of big surcharges would continue causing big woes to Vietnam’s exporters and importers. “This will consequently belittle the competitiveness of export-oriented, made-in-Vietnam goods,” [...]
LookAtVietnam – The two national stock exchanges last week saw a heavy plunge in the first three days but trades on Thursday picked up, reaching over VND1.3 trillion (US$62 million). Two indicators, the VN-Index and HNX-Index, continued to rise the next day but with much lower liquidity as investors hesitated to sell. “This was because [...]
