Archive for September, 2011

Primary school students bend beneath the burden of school bags

September 30, 2011
Primary school students bend beneath the burden of school bags

LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Education and Training says that primary school students have to carry no more than 9 textbooks to school every day. However, in fact, in order to fulfill their learning duties, students have to bring up to 20 textbooks to school. Though her house is near the daughter’s school, Lan, an [...]

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Blockhouse coffee shop in Hanoi

September 30, 2011
Blockhouse coffee shop in Hanoi

LookAtVietnam – At this coffee shop, you will sit down near a black loophole to sip a cup of black coffee and see the sunset on the West Lake. At the crossroad between To Ngoc Van and the road around the West Lake, there is a special coffee shop inside a blockhouse. This blockhouse is [...]

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Fashion show for orphans

September 30, 2011
Fashion show for orphans

LookAtVietnam – Many young models and beauty queens will gather in the “Charity Fashion” show to raise funds for orphans on Taboo ship, the West Lake, Hanoi on October 2. Models Phan Thi Ly (right) and Hong Que, who will join the show. The show will introduce the Spring 2012 collection by designers Le Ha [...]

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Culture Ministry seeks way to rescue movie industry

September 30, 2011
Culture Ministry seeks way to rescue movie industry

LookAtVietnam – Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hoang Tuan Anh, will meet with artists to discuss measures to rescue Vietnam’s movie industry, announced Hong Ngat, Vice chairwoman of the Vietnam Movie Association. The recent meeting between Deputy Minister Ho Anh Tuan and artists. On September 25, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ho [...]

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The beauty of Hanoi’s women in the old time

September 30, 2011
The beauty of Hanoi’s women in the old time

LookAtVietnam would like to introduce some photos of Hanoi’s women in the past. DV

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First Fashion Men Show

September 29, 2011
First Fashion Men Show

LookAtVietnam – Fifty male models grouped up at the Fashion Men Show in HCM City on September 28. “Kin Concept Spring-Summer” collection by Le Chau Kha: Duc Tien Quach Ngoc Ngoan Duc Hai Le Khoi Nguyen Ngo Tien Doan Ho Duc Vinh Tran Quy Huynh Minh Dat Five models: Tran Quy, Le Trung Cuong, Ngo [...]

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SOCIETY IN BRIEF 29/9

September 29, 2011
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 29/9

One killed, 23 injured in head-on collision One person was killed and 23 others were injured in a head-on collision between a coach and a semi-truck in central Quang Nam Province early this morning, Sep 29. Photo: VNN The accident happened in Tam Xuan Commune, Nui Thanh District when the coach, which was travelling from [...]

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More kids hospitalised due to viral disease

September 29, 2011
More kids hospitalised due to viral disease

LookAtVietnam – Cold winds and fears of hand-foot-mouth disease spread have caused an increasing number of children to be hospitalised at the Ha Noi National Hospital of Paediatrics for respiratory diseases. A toddler has a medical check-up in central Quang Nam Province. The worsening hand-foot-mouth disease epidemic is driving more and more parents to seek [...]

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New face of Saigon’s most polluted

September 29, 2011
New face of Saigon’s most polluted

LookAtVietnam – Nhieu Loc used to be the most polluted canal in HCM City, with smelly and black water. Thanks to a project to clean up the canal, Nhieu Loc has had a new face. The canal before the clean-up project was implemented. The canal today. VNE

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Mekong Delta: many dikes broken

September 29, 2011
Mekong Delta: many dikes broken

LookAtVietnam – Many sections of dikes in Dong Thap and An Giang provinces were broken in September 28, flooding many roads and thousands of hectares of rice. VNE

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Feature

Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...