January 12, 2009
Gabby surfs the Internet looking for support for the needy …is what you have when you have learned the language of the heart, demonstrates 26-year-old Gabby Morritt of England. Gabby, whose eyesight is very, very dim having lost most of it at birth, came to Vietnam almost three years ago when she heard the story [...]
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December 27, 2008
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s maritime economy is forecast to contribute 53 percent to GDP by 2020, affirmed the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Pham Khoi Nguyen, at a conference on deploying the mission of the Vietnam Sea and Island General Department on December 26. To carry out this task, the General Department should build [...]
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December 20, 2008
Students study in a laboratory in the Central Highlands University in Dak Lak Province. The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) aims to have 80 percent of graduates with skills meeting employers’ demands by 2020, Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan told a press conference on Thursday. Professor Nguyen Huu Chau, head of Vietnam Institute for Educational [...]
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December 1, 2008
Academics and official guests at a graduation ceremony at RMIT Vietnam University in Ho Chi Minh City. Thanh Nien Daily talks with Professor Simon Marginson from the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne about Vietnam’s aim to have a university in the world’s top 200 by 2020. Marginson was [...]
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November 19, 2008
VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve-seater buses will still be allowed to operate in HCM City until their licences expire between 2017 and 2020, the municipal People’s Committee said on Monday. In HCM City, only 14% of roads are wide enough for buses with more than 12 seats. (Photo: VNN)The decision, passed by Deputy PM Hoang Trung [...]
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