LookAtVietnam – Already looking older than his 42 years, Nguyen Van Quy has unsettled his younger colleagues by coughing ceaselessly throughout the day. Quy, a scrap metal recycler at a small private workshop on Ha Noi’s La Thanh Street, says he is fed up with medicine. Ha Tu Coal Company in northern province Quang Ninh [...]
LookAtVietnam – Scientists from the HCM City Agriculture-Forestry University have discovered vanilla orchids in Khanh Hoa province, central Vietnam. This is the first time this species is found in Vietnam. The orchid was discovered on the height of 200m, during a survey at the Hon Ba Nature Reserve. At first, researchers could not identify this [...]
LookAtVietnam – In big cities, children have many choices for the summer holiday. Meanwhile, in rural areas, parents feel worried that their children would have nowhere to play. Summer camps, live skill courses awaiting urban students The summer holiday would come only in one month, while general schools are still busy reviewing lessons to prepare [...]
LookAtVietnam – Awakened by the sounds of birds and frogs in the early morning after escaping from the rapid pace of city life, I started my new day in Ba Be National Park, a massive nature reserve in the northern province of Bac Kan and home to magnificent Ba Be Lake. Located some 240km from [...]
Ninh Binh Province has many beautiful landscapes that can surprise tourists on their first visit, with the most famous sight Tam Coc (Tree Caves). At Dinh Cac wharf. The Tree Caves belong to the historic limestone mountains of Ninh Binh Province, which is known as Halong Bay on land, and are located in Hoa Lu [...]
“Truyen Kieu” (The Tale of Kieu) is considered the most significant work of Vietnamese literature because it not only has cultural value but also goes into the life as well as cultural consciousness of Vietnamese people. It has also been an endless inspiration of many researchers and collectors who want to preserve the precious national [...]
“Truyen Kieu” (The Tale of Kieu) is considered the most significant work of Vietnamese literature because it not only has cultural value but also goes into the life as well as cultural consciousness of Vietnamese people. It has also been an endless inspiration of many researchers and collectors who want to preserve the precious national [...]
LookAtVietnam – Four types of modified trucks are to be refused from being granted their certificates for operation because of overloading highways, damaging roads and other safety risks. Illustrative image. These new regulations have been lined out in a new document issued by the Ministry of Transport because of the safety risks they pose and [...]
As many as 16% of listed firms on Vietnam’s stock markets incurred losses in 2011, with the results blamed on incompetent leadership. According to statistics released by the State Securities Commission (SSC), 16% of listed firmed in Vietnamese stock market suffered from losses in 2011, and 60% of firms see reduction in their revenues, [...]
Credit supply at affordable lending rates is considered a necessary measure to stimulate the property market, but beyond capital supply, the market also needs a liberal environment with improper regulations removed, experts said. While housing products being developed can easily change hands, trade of completed apartments is being restricted by current regulations. Property developers have [...]
