LookAtVietnam – Many Vietnamese steel plants are on the verge of bankruptcy due to unsold inventories and big debts. According to chairman of Vietnam Steel Association Pham Chi Cuong, due to Government Resolution 11 issued in late February, many ministries, agencies and localities have been required to halt non-urgent projects in order to prioritise capital [...]
Quang Tri Province hosts dance, music festival Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia dance and music festival will be held in Quang Tri Province on July 22-26. 12 delegations will present traditional dances and songs honoring the solidarity and relationship between the three countries. The participants will take part in a parade and offer flowers at the [...]
LookAtVietnam – France’s Champs-Ãlysées boulevard will be “rebuilt” in Hanoi’s Intercontinental Hotel to serve the second Fashion Boulevard show on July 19. Fashion Boulevard is an annual fashion show by F magazine. The second show will feature the atmosphere of Paris, the world’s fashion kingdom, with Champs-Ãlysées avenue as the highlight. The show will attract [...]
LookAtVietnam – A local carbon forest investor is stirring Vietnam’s carbon credit market. Hanoi-based Vietnam Carbon Exchange Limited (VCE) and its partner Australian Voluntary Credits Limited (VCL) told VIR they completed a site survey and were implementing project document design, for a carbon-absorbing Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) project in Bach Ma [...]
LookAtVietnam – The government looks set to push ahead with an earlier than planned, fourth quarter rise in the country’s minimum wage. It is a move the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) said would not blunt Vietnam’s competitive edge on labour costs. In a proposal sent to the government early this month, [...]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part II not to be screened in Vietnam Vietnam and China are not releasing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, which will be released internationally on July 15. Representative of Megastar, which premiered Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I last November, said that it [...]
LookAtVietnam – A group of researchers from the Nha Trang Oceanography Institute and four fishermen on July 11, caught a shark in the waters between Hon Ngang and Hon Kho islands in Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province. The shark is nearly 40kg in weight, over 1m long, with white strips on its body. Nguyen [...]
VietNamNet Bridge –Vietnamese diva My Linh sings out her emotions on her newest album Toc Ngan Acoustic – Mot Ngay (Short Hair Acoustic – One Day) released on Monday. Source of pride: The album Short Hair Acoustic – One Day is the product of a five-year collaboration between singer My Linh and the band Anh [...]
LookAtVietnam -Preventive medicine centres have done a poor job of preventing the outbreak of dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth disease in children in HCM City, according to city officials. Children with dengue fever are treated at Pediatric Hospital No 1 in HCM City. Poor disease prevention has been blamed for the outbreak. (Photo: VNS) A recent [...]
LookAtVietnam – The fact that the investor of the Phu My Bridge project has proposed to “give back” the project to the HCM City People’s Committee, shows that BOT (build – operation – transfer) mode does not always bring fat profits to investors as previously thought. Big difficulties The Phu My bridge has been built [...]
