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Summer camps bring kids life-training

Children learn how to use a makeshift bamboo raft during the Huan luyen quy tu (Training Coddled Children) trip by Hong Bang Tourist Company. LookAtVietnam - Ngoc Tam came back from summer camp saying the experience had changed her life. “I learned that however talented a person is, they can’t be successful or lead a meaningful life without good ethics... Read more

The Cu brothers

Cu He (L) vies for the ball with Vo Ba Hung in a veterans’ match in Ho Chi Minh City recently.LookAtVietnam - Something seemed to happen to Cu Sinh when he entered a rival’s penalty area. In a way, it was his zone. He was very quick and able to get around opponent defenders in small areas and score lots of goals from difficult positions.Sinh was the... Read more

Vietnam labour export perks up after slump

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s labour export sees signs of recovery in the remaining months of the year as domestic labour supply companies have secured recruitment orders from major labour importers after experiencing a standstill as a result of the global economic recession. According to the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam... Read more

Veteran builds a family for the needy

LookAtVietnam - Retired, single and childless, a former soldier opens his heart and wallet to men and women often seen as outcasts. An armload of kids: toddlers follow grandpa Man whenever he comes home.LookAtVietnam - Retired, single and childless, a former soldier opens his heart and wallet to men and women often seen as outcasts.A man in his later years braves... Read more

Rare breed gayal found in southern sanctuary

LookAtVietnam – Traces of a rare type of gayal were found in Phuoc Binh national garden in Bac Ai district, sourthern Ninh Thuan province, reported conservationists. “The living place of two herds of around 40 gayals was discovered in the park two years ago”.Technical officers have conducted field observations in the buffer zone near the nature... Read more

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 4/7

 National oil group to tap four new oil fields; WB helps upgrade Mekong delta major cities; Congress on establishing overseas business association Photo: VNAThe Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) will tap four new oil fields in the second half of the year, PVN Deputy General Director Le Minh Hong told the press on July 3. They include two oil fields in Vietnam... Read more

City mulls ways to better monitor foreign workers

LookAtVietnam – The HCMC government is seeking drastic measures to cope with a huge flow of unlicensed foreign laborers, said director of Department of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs Le Thanh Tam on Wednesday. The number of registered foreign employees surged to 1,700 within the first six months of this year, or nearly 70% of 2008’s figure..... Read more

New IAEA chief elected

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) elected Japanese Ambassador to the organization Yukiya Amano as its new director general on Thursday afternoon. Candidate for the position of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Yukiya Amano of Japan attends a board of Governors meeting at Vienna’s UN headquarters June 15, 2009. ... Read more

China’s Central Bank Governor gives six scenarios to redress global imbalances

China’s Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan Friday outlined six possible scenarios of adjustments for global economy to achieve balance. Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), delivers a speech in Beijing, capital of China, July 3, 2009. The global think-tank summit opened here on Thursday has attracted more than 900 scholars,... Read more

Rainstorms wreak havoc in south China; Beijing issues hot weather alert

Rainstorms since early the week have swept a wide swathe of south China, leaving dozens people dead or missing and forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate. Flood submerges houses at the Xinyuan village in Ruijin, a city of east China’s Jiangxi Province, July 3, 2009. More than 60,000 people have been transfered due to the flood caused by heavy rainfall... Read more