LookAtVietnam – Coach Falko Goetz will not return to Vietnam on January 4, 2012, as scheduled. He will send his assistant to Vietnam to deal with the contract with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). Returning home for the Christmas and the New Year holiday, coach Goetz planned to return to Vietnam on January 4, 2012. [...]
LookAtVietnam – The number of wild tigers in Viet Nam has shrunk from 100 a decade ago to fewer than 50, said Le Xuan Canh, director of the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources. A visitor plays with an Indochinese tiger in Dai NamTourist Area in Binh Duong Province. Experts worry that few number of [...]
LookAtVietnam – State management agencies, local authorities and people all have geared up to get adapted to the climate changes. However, they need to take long term strategies instead of following temporary measures. gioi thieu Lacking long term vision Hearing about the climate changes, orchards’ owners have been trying to do anything they can to [...]
LookAtVietnam – Scientists of the Institute for Science and Technology of Vietnam have concluded that underground explosions in the downstream area of Song Tranh 2 hydro-power plants in Bac Tra My district, Quang Nam province were caused by Song Tranh 2 reservoir induced seismicity, not the operation of volcanoes. Song Tranh 2 reservoir. The conclusion [...]
LookAtVietnam – Educators have expressed their worries about the so called “westernization tendency” of Vietnamese children in urban areas, which may lead them to forget about their original point. Beginning learning English since they get 4-5 years old, watching foreign films and reading foreign literature, listening European music, enjoying Halloween and Christmas more than Vietnamese [...]
A motorbike on fire in Hanoi on October 12 Tests on gasoline samples suspected of being related to recent vehicular fires in Vietnam revealed no excessive additives which might have caused the blazes, Tuoi Tre reported Saturday. The newspaper quoted Tran Van Vinh, deputy chief of the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality, as saying [...]
A file photo shows telecommunications equipment confiscated by Vietnamese police in raids of Chinese and Taiwanese gangs in Vietnam. Police in Ho Chi Minh City have arrested one Taiwanese and four Chinese nationals on suspicion that they cheated people in several countries and territories via the Internet and international phone calls. A report on Tuoi Tre [...]
LookAtVietnam – Thanh Hoa tourism officials are hoping the ancient citadel built during the Ho dynasty (1400-07) that was recognised as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in June will attract more holidaymakers to the area. Arches: The south entrance of the citadel, with three curved gates, used to act as the main entryway, a [...]
German coach Falko Goetz is set to be fired as coach of Vietnam's national football team. Photo by Bach Duong. The Vietnam Football Federation’s National Coaches Council has decided to sack the German coach of the national team, Falko Goetz following the poor performance at the recent Southeast Asian Games in which Vietnam lost in the semifinal. Speaking [...]
Ambassador Andrey G. Kovtun (central) at a Hanoi press conference on December 28 The Russian ambassador to Vietnam said at a press briefing in Hanoi Wednesday that developing relations with Vietnam will be a priority in Russia’s diplomatic policies in Asia in the years to come. Ambassador Andrey G. Kovtun said 2011 was an [...]
