VietNamNet Bridge – Just several hours after a clip featuring a wedding party of two girls in Hanoi was uploaded on Facebook, it became a big controversy on online forums in Vietnam. The couple, both 19, knew each other for a long time and a big wedding was organized recently, which surprised their friends and [...]
Dr. Phan Thi Tuoi.LookAtVietnam – The Kovalevskaia for female scientists 2010 has been presented to three women, including Dr. Phan Thi Tuoi from the HCM City University of Technology. Former HCMC university chief wins science prizeFemale pharmacist, physicists awarded Kovalevskaia prizeKovalevskaia prize awards nation’s top female scientists Sophia Kovalevskaia is the name of an outstanding female Russian [...]
LookAtVietnam – If you want a high GDP growth rate, you have to accept high inflation, said economist Ngan recently spoke with Tien Phong newspaper about economic issues in 2010 and about what Vietnam should do to curb inflation, keep the dong stable and stimulate economic growth. He commented that there are some large concerns this [...]
In Vietnam, many people lack food in between-crop period so food hygiene can be seen as less important than food quantity, said an official from the Health Ministry. A number of bad culinary habits and custom have not changed after hundreds of years and can cause high risk eating, said Nguyen Thanh Phong, vice head [...]
Hanoi will develop five satellite cities, and the first will be built some 35 kilometers west of center city in Hoa Lac, said Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Dinh Toan said. Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Dinh Toan. Toan spoke to reporters after the Cabinet was briefed on a controversial master plan to guide development of [...]
Drought and unusually high temperatures are now pervasive throughout Vietnam. A senior expert told Tuoi Tre that the proximate cause is El Ninõ. Canals and streams are drying up. n the photo, Kenh Cha Va (Soc Trang 0)The rainy season ended very early last year. There was little rain at the end of July and from [...]
LookAtVietnam – “The Prime Minister himself also thinks that we should extend the negotiation-based interest rate scheme to short term as well” The stock market woke suddenly to the news that negotiation-based interest rates would be applied to medium and long term loans, borrowers and lenders as well as businesses and banks have more concern [...]
This commendation comes from German athletic expert, Dr. Uwe Freimuth, after four months of working with the athletes. Dr. Uwe Freimuth. After four months of working in Vietnam, how do you feel about the track-and field team? Within my four months in Vietnam, I have sent three reports about the situation of Vietnam’s athletes to Germany. Firstly, [...]
Last year, the PM approved a plan to include lessons on anti-corruption in education programs and refresher training courses. But how should schools teach student to fight corruption? The opening ceremony of the new school year at a high school in Hanoi. VietNamNet: Suppose that schools want students to learn that people shouldn’t give money to doctors [...]
In mid-February, retired Lieutenant General Dong Sy Nguyen expressed concern over the long-term leasing of watershed forests to foreigners in certain provinces to a VietNamNet reporter. On March 9, just a few weeks after retired Lieutenant General Dong Sy Nguyen talked with VietNamNet, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung declared a freeze on leasing forest land [...]
