HCM City presents portrait exhibition The Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Association is holding a painting exhibition called “Portraits” featuring works by young Vietnamese artists. The exhibition shows various moods in a painters’ life and includes works by Nguyen Van Hoach, Pham Huy Hoang, Nguyen Duy Nhut and Van Kim Toan. The exhibition includes [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong River Commission (MRC) on April 19 didn’t release any decision on the Laos controversial Xayaburi dam. More consultation at ministerial levels are needed, according to an MRC announcement. Giant Mekong catfish is facing extinction caused by hydro-electric dams and pollution. “Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam today agreed that a [...]
Hoi An goes Dutch with fund to restore relic The Netherlands-based Prince Claus Fund has donated an unspecified sum of money for restoring a degraded relic in world heritage city Hoi An. A centuries-old house at 14 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street that faced a high risk of collapse has received almost VND 1.5 billion (US$75,000), [...]
LookAtVietnam – A finance and business news anchor for Vietnam Television has apologized after being caught insulting other people during a news broadcast on April 7 on the national network. Le Binh was hosting a morning news program which had a live interview segment between another correspondent and a special guest in the US, local [...]
Trade bank asked to make room for school expansion The People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City proposes to ask the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank of Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) to look elsewhere for locating their new office building, making room for a high school expansion. Pham Van Dong, Head of the Economic-Budget Department [...]
LookAtVietnam – The Ca Mau headland could disappear altogether if authorities fail to prevent rock falls into the sea and soil erosion by wind and rain, environmentalists said on Wednesday. More than 1,100m of the headland have already been lost and the rate of erosion shows no sign of declining, said To Quoc Nam, deputy [...]
Miss Auto Vietnam Contest to take place in July Miss Auto Vietnam Contest, the first ever beauty pageant of its kind, kicks off this month. Applications are available at Auto Vietnam magazine, 12A13, Me Linh Street, Ward 19, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, beginning April 8. The final will be held in July [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Dr. Ha Ngoc Mai has successfully multiplied the only white flamboyant tree in Vietnam using the sowing method. Dr. Ha Ngoc Mai and her white flamboyant tree. Dr. Mai, the owner of this special tree, has multiplied 100 saplings from seeds. However, she could not be sure whether all of them would [...]
LookAtVietnam – As one of the two oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia, Bau Truc is considered a “museum” of traditional pottery of Cham people. Bau Truc village is located some 10km south of Phan Rang City in the central province of Ninh Thuan. The village is home to around 400 families, of which 85 [...]
LookAtVietnam – Like many visitors to Viet Nam, Anne Hellinker is in a quandary – she wants to explore more of the country but doesn’t want to die in the process. The Nga Tu So overpass in the western part of Ha Noi has helped cut down traffic congestion and accidents in the area. (Photo: [...]
