Posts Tagged ‘ Cross ’

Vietnam offers aid to Japan, evacuates citizens 

March 18, 2011
Vietnam offers aid to Japan, evacuates citizens 

A resident carries household belongings in a cardboard as his devastated house was due to be removed by earthmovers at Iwaizumi, northeastern Japan, on Thursday, March 17, 2011 following last week's massive earthquake and resulting tsunami. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has instructed the Vietnam Red Cross Society to raise donations for remediation efforts following [...]

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Worst auction ever 

December 7, 2010
Worst auction ever 

A scene of Gia Gia Gemstone Company’s charity auction held at the Queen Plaza on November 11 in Ho Chi Minh City. On November 11th nearly 80 Miss Earth contestants, gathered at Queen Plaza in downtown Ho Chi Minh City for a gala charity dinner organized by the Gia Gia Gemstone Company. Local singers crooned [...]

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An act of compassion is not an opportunity to spring clean 

November 22, 2010
An act of compassion is not an opportunity to spring clean 

Flood victims in Quang Binh province receive food and clothes donated by the business community in Da Nang City. To give is important, but how – and why – you do it matters as much, if not more. Over the past week the Red Cross chapter in the central province of Nghe An has taken [...]

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Viet Nam’s small businesses confident about growth: survey

February 5, 2010
Viet Nam’s small businesses confident about growth: survey

Business confidence among Viet Nam’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) climbed 10 points in the fourth quarter last year, . . . Sandy Flockhart, HSBC’s chairman of personal and commercial banking, said: “Our small business confidence index is telling us that confidence levels are back to pre-financial crisis levels. Not only are SMEs confident that [...]

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Four Vietnam’s university curriculums meet ASEAN standards

January 18, 2010
Four Vietnam’s university curriculums meet ASEAN standards

VietNamNet Bridge – Four curriculums of Vietnam’s universities have been recognized by AUN as meeting ASEAN standards. According to Dr Vu Thi Phuong Anh, Director of the Centre for Educational Testing and Quality Assessment under HCM City National University, the external assessment delegation of AUN carried out its first assessment in Vietnam in December 2009 [...]

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VNA affirms no suppression of parishioners

January 16, 2010
VNA affirms no suppression of parishioners

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has rejected an information that parishioners of the Dong Chiem Parish were suppressed. Hanoi Big Church in Nha Tho Street in Hoan Kiem district (Photo: VNA)“Local authorities did not suppress Dong Chiem parishioners,” VNA said in its announcement released on January 15. It also said, “the wrongful information was produced [...]

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HCM City pollution ‘alarming’

January 3, 2010
HCM City pollution ‘alarming’

Waste water flows into the 1,700-metre Ba Bo Canal which crosses five industrial zones in HCM City.LookAtVietnam – Pollution caused by dust, exhaust fumes and noise in HCM City has not declined and is reaching alarming levels, according to a recent survey on the city’s air quality.The report, released by the HCM City Environmental Protection [...]

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Phu My Bridge Corp. not selling toll-collection rights

December 21, 2009
Phu My Bridge Corp. not selling toll-collection rights

General Director of the Phu My Bridge BOT Corp. Nguyen Thanh Thai has denied a rumor the company is transferring the right to collect Phu My Bridge tolls to another company. LookAtVietnam – General Director of the Phu My Bridge BOT Corp. Nguyen Thanh Thai has denied a rumor the company is transferring the right [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 26/11

November 26, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 26/11

Nobel laureate calls on students to combat HIV/AIDS; Vietnam to host 46th Int’l Chemistry Olympiad; Int’l Odonto-Maxillo-Facial Conference and Expo opens in Hanoi; All urban areas to have clean water by 2025 Nobel laureate calls on students to combat HIV/AIDSFrench virologist and 2008 Nobel laureate Francoise Barre-Sinoussi on November 24 called on students in Ho [...]

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Former Man U stars cruise to victory over VN

November 20, 2009
Former Man U stars cruise to victory over VN

Former Manchester United star Andy Cole scored twice to help his side beat the Vietnamese veterans 3-1 in a friendly match at National My Dinh Stadium yesterday. The Viet Nam side took the lead after just 10 minutes when an unmarked Le Huynh Duc (white) combined well with Nguyen Hong Son and Nguyen Minh Hieu [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...