January 8, 2012
A Transport Ministry’s proposal to impose personal vehicle fees draws mostly negative reaction Traffic congestion on Ho Chi Minh City’s Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street. A Transport Ministry’s proposal to impose personal vehicle fees has drawn skepticism about its feasibility to reduce traffic congestion in major cities. Experts have expressed doubts over the feasibility [...]
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December 10, 2011
Vietnam Health Ministry on Monday asked epidemic institutes to prepare for a new subtype of “swine flu” virus that can enter country. Â The statement was made by the ministry’s Preventive Health Department after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, on November 23 announced three more cases infected with the [...]
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September 9, 2011
Experts argue that the plan is not feasible and ignores broader initiatives needed to eliminate the gap between haves and have nots A homeless man sleeps on Nguyen Tri Phuong Bridge connecting districts 5 and 8 in Ho Chi Minh City. The municipal authorities are considering a plan to wipe out begging in the [...]
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September 3, 2011
A Vietnamese student talks with a staff member of a US college during an education fair in Hanoi. Vietnam’s university system is deeply flawed, but studying abroad does not necessarily mean a great education, former Deputy Minister of Education and Training Tran Xuan Nhi tells Thanh Nien Weekly in an interview. He now chairs the [...]
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July 7, 2011
The first-ever International Art Competition in Vietnam, will be held from July to November according to a press conference held in HCMC on Thursday. Â Organizers from the Ministry of Education and the Malaysia-based Global Art Group said that the contest My World-My Future, welcomes foreign and local artists between the ages of 4 [...]
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May 4, 2011
A smoker in September 23 Park in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The government is assessing public opinion on a draft law that would significantly limit smoking in public places. Public health officials say a ban on smoking in public places would be a ‘historic’ step; smokers doubt it will be enforced. Tuan Anh, [...]
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November 16, 2009
Kosovo citizens are voting Sunday in local elections, the first since its unilateral declaration of independence in February 2008. A Kosovar Albanian casts his ballot at a polling station in Pristina, Kosovo, on Nov. 15, 2009. (Xinhua/Astrit Ibrahimi)Kosovo leaders claim they are committed to organize free and fair elections as they have for the first [...]
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October 14, 2009
LookAtVietnam – An affordable, international-standard vocational training program for students has been launched for the first time at four colleges in HCM City. Students of the Pharmaceutical faculty of Nguyen Tat Thanh College in the school’s laboratory. (Photo: SGGP)The program is part of a collaborative project between HCM City’s education industry and the Singapore Polytechnic and [...]
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September 28, 2009
A foreign visitor talks with children at the Que Huong Charity Center in Binh Duong Province A proposal to end the illegal selling of adoption rights comes under fire as critics say it misappropriates government power. The newly proposed Adoption Law aims to tighten child adoption policy as several officials stand trial for illegally selling [...]
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September 28, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – MOET has organized classes to teach life skills at general schools, a move that has been applauded by the public. Learning life skillsA lot of young people are considered to be excellent students in school and always receive high grades, but their personal life skills like self-control and communication are very weak. Vietnamese [...]
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