December 31, 2011
The Ministry of Transport has given the nod to a project by Viet Nam Railways to boost the carrying capacity of freight trains travelling to and from Hai Phong Port. Additional freight transport between Hai Phong and Yen Vien Station in Ha Noi and Lao Cai Station in the northeastern province of Lao Cai would [...]
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December 31, 2011
Staff training in the tourism sector is a long-term key task of the Viet Nam Tourism Association, according to this organisation. Nguyen Huu Tho, deputy chairman of the association, said yesterday one of the association’s tasks in the 2012-16 period would be to improve training of the industry’s employees. The Government has invested time and [...]
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December 31, 2011
According to Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the top New Year bonus of VND700 million ($33,000) held by a foreign-invested enterprise (FIE), down 2.08 per cent against last year’s figure at the enterprise. Meanwhile, the average and lowest levels at FIEs were set at VND3.89 million ($185) and VND611,000 [...]
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December 31, 2011
LookAtVietnam – The Vietnam Food Association VFA has announced the new floor rice export prices, the move which is believed to help stop some rice exporters who break the commitments and export at low prices. The decision has been made after some Vietnamese rice exporters offered rice to Malaysian importers at the low price of [...]
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December 31, 2011
LookAtVietnam – Traditional festivals will be organised more carefully to improve safety and orderliness, participants at a recent workshop on the management of public celebrations heard. In search of peace: Local elders pray at the Tran Pagoda in Nam Dinh Province. Concerns over safety at traditional festivals were raised following a stampede at the pagoda [...]
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December 31, 2011
GM Hoang Thi Bao Tram (R) won an individual bronze medal at the FIDE Women's World Team Championship 2011 that ended in Mardin, Turkey, on Wedenesday. Photo by chess.com. Vietnamese female chess players won two individual bronze medals at the FIDE Women’s World Team Championship 2011 that took place in Mardin, Turkey, from December 17-28. [...]
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December 31, 2011
Artist Karishma Kannan poses next to a work in progress at her residence on November 23, 2011 It has been said that a picture is a poem without words. It has also been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Karishma Kannan’s pictures live up to both these definitions, telling a poetic [...]
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December 31, 2011
New circular sets out in detail rights of arrestees to demand legal assistance, and for defense lawyers to ask for change of principal investigator A trial in Ho Chi Minh City. A new circular sets out detailed procedures to ensure an arrestee’s rights when criminal cases are being investigated. The Da Lat People’s Court [...]
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December 31, 2011
 Beautiful stalactites and stalagmites inside the new cave in Bac Kan Province Caves always carry an aura of mystery and wonder about them. We were reminded of that very strongly when we visited a newly found cave in the northern province of Bac Kan. The stalactites and stalagmites of different shapes and colors were [...]
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December 31, 2011
White H’mong girls In the high mountains of northern Vietnam, the H’mong are all set to celebrate their New Year next week. Vietnam’s eighth largest ethnic group is renowned for its colorful clothes and the New Year is an occasion for flaunting them. For the H’mong, in fact, clothes do make the man – [...]
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