Most workers in HCM City have promptly reported for work after the long Tet break. Before the New Year break, the HCM City Labour federation had expected that falling orders and production cut-backs would see companies reopen late This year the number of employees returning on time was high. (Photo: VNN)Before the New Year break, [...]
A bus navigates a street barrier in Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh District About 60 kilometers of streets will be dug up this year in Ho Chi Minh City to commence new projects or continue existing ones, a city official said Tuesday. This will add to the discomfiture [...]
Local businessmen in southern Bac Lieu Province have given the destitute son of a once rich and famous aristocrat, known for visiting his rice fields in a plane, a house and some work to help his family make ends meet. The beneficiary, 62-year-old Tran Trinh Duc, is the son of Tran Trinh Huy, known as [...]
Phu Tho province was chosen to head the organising team that will run the 2009 ’Going Back to the Roots’ tourism programme. This is the second time that the province will be heading up this organising team. The 2009 programme has been given the theme ’Learning about Traditional Festivals’ and it will focus on presenting [...]
Lookatvietnam – Containing a number of archetypal ancient Vietnamese houses and reflecting a distinct variety of architectural styles and influences, Mui Ne Ancient Village in central Binh Thuan Province is considered to be one of the country’s most attractive tourist destinations, Foreign tourists and domestic visitors alike consider Mui Ne an ideal summer holiday destination. [...]
Lookatvietnam – It is surprising that well-known expert of puppetry Nguyen Huy Hong, who is chairman of the Vietnam UNIMA Society and a member of the International Puppetry Association, left a 500.sq.m house in Hanoi to live in the countryside because of puppetry. Researcher Nguyen Huy Hong. Honouring water puppetry 50 years ago, a national water puppetry [...]
Lookatvietnam – Phan Ke An, a painter famous for capturing the indelible aspects of Viet Nam, speaks to Minh Thu about art, the revolution and Uncle Ho. Enduring memory: Most of Phan Ke An’s best-known works were painted during the resistance war.The late painter To Ngoc Van (1906-54) is known for his masterpiece Thieu Nu [...]
AC Milan playmaker Ronaldinho was on Monday recalled to Brazil’s squad by coach Carlos Dunga for a friendly international against Italy in London next month. AC Milan’s David Beckham, on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy, laughs with teammate Ronaldinho during a soccer training session in Al Nasr Stadium in Dubai, January 3, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)The [...]
The body of student Tang Quoc Binh, who was murdered in Moscow, arrived at his home on Sunday. Hundreds of people attended the student’s funeral. Hundreds of Vietnamese and Russian students and Vietnamese-Russians gathered at the Botkina Hospital in Moscow to say goodbye to Binh The only relative of student Tang Quoc Binh at the funeral [...]
Lookatvietnam – Cassava growers in southern Binh Phuoc Province are reducing the amount of land they rent and the number of labourers they hire in response to falling prices.Their decision means they are confining themselves to their family-owned allotments.Cassava buyer and proprietor of a 100ha farm in Phuoc Long District’s Long Ha Commune, Trinh Xuan [...]
