VietNamNet Bridge – The first documentary film about lesbian communities in Viet Nam titled Duong Nao Di Toi Bien (Which Way to the Sea) has been screened at the second ASEAN Lifescape Festival in Thailand. Source: Internet However, the 35-minute documentary, produced by the Centre for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women and [...]
Venezuela embassy donates books to National Library The Venezuelan Embassy today donated 200 copies of a book entitled Bolivar – Liberator of Nations, Homeland Creator to the National Library. The book, including translations into Vietnamese, Spanish and English, is expected to help local readers learn more about the Venezuelan hero and the country’s history, according [...]
LookAtVietnam – While fishing in the northwestern sea of Song Tu Tay Island in Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, fishermen from the central province of Quang Ngai rescued a foreigner. The rescued man now stays at the guest house of Khanh Hoa province’s border guard agency. This foreign man was brought to the Cam Ranh Port [...]
LookAtVietnam – After Hanoi closed many illegal parking lots on streets, HCM City is also checking thousands of parking lots. The city’s Vice Chair Le Trun Tin on February 28 met with officials of the local Department of Transport and People’s Committees of districts, to discuss measures to improve traffic order and safety and to [...]
Chairman of Vinh Quang Commune Le Thanh Liem. LookAtVietnam – After two senior officials of Tien Lang district were dismissed, two officials of Vinh Quang commune have been punished for their mistakes in the land withdrawal case. The Party Committee of Tien Lang Commune has given a warning to Party Secretary cum Chairman of [...]
LookAtVietnam – The HCM City Cargo Transport Association has lodged a complaint to the Prime Minister, Minister of Transport and Minister of Finance over the high toll on HCM City – Trung Luong expressway. A completely deserted toll station on the HCM City-Trung Luong expressway. The association said that it had received complaints from many [...]
LookAtVietnam – It’s now the most difficult time for the fourth-group banks, the ones that are considered as the worst banks and not allowed to obtain credit growth in 2012. As the names of the banks belonging to the first, second and third groups have been released; the fourth-group banks have also shown their faces. [...]
LookAtVietnam – Vietnam and Chile should consider opening direct air routes to facilitate their trade, State President Truong Tan Sang told visiting Senate President Guido Girardin LavÃn in Hanoi on February 28. Photo: VOV He said these air routes will help not only increase economic, investment and trade ties between Vietnam and Chile, but also [...]
LookAtVietnam – The majority of American billionaires are the “big cheeses” in technologies such as Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. Meanwhile, in Vietnam, the richest people are the ones who have enriched by exploiting the natural resources. The first and the second positions in the 2011 list of 100 richest stock millionaires have belonged to [...]
LookAtVietnam – Over the last two weeks, Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue has been “on the run all day,” because he is invited to a lot of ceremonies held by big state owned economic groups and general corporations, to announce their thrift plans. Replying to the Ministry of Finance’s call to cut down expenses [...]
