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Italian firms keen on Vietnam 

November 26, 2011
Italian firms keen on Vietnam 

  A worker assembles a new Piaggio at a factory inside the Binh Xuyen Industrial Park in Vinh Phuc Province. Italian group Piaggio inaugurated the vespa factory in 2009. Italy, besides improving cultural cooperation with Vietnam, is seeking ways to boost economic ties with the country. Italian companies are interested in sectors like leather, footwear, [...]

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SEA Games boss urges focus on Olympic sports 

November 16, 2011
SEA Games boss urges focus on Olympic sports 

Future SEA Games should feature fewer traditional sports and focus on Olympic events, Rita Subowo said Future Southeast Asian Games should feature fewer traditional sports and focus on Olympic events if the region’s athletes are to compete at a higher level, Indonesia’s organizing body said Tuesday. Rita Subowo, president of the SEA Games organizing committee, [...]

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Wonders without words 

November 12, 2011
Wonders without words 

  Silence is golden; it’s also a good way to have fun, approximately 300 attendees at the Silent Party, held on October 22, recently learned. The party, held by the Ho Chi Minh City’s Deaf Culture Club and group of volunteers, allowed attendees aged from 2.5 to 67 years old, to express their ideas without [...]

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Art that adapts to the venue 

July 17, 2011
Art that adapts to the venue 

  French artist seeks to create a universal comfort zone Betrant Peret as a DJ at the Esperantopolis 2011, a cultural event featuring a variety of arts, held at the French Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City last month A space, an atmosphere where art interacts with life in a way that everyone is comfortable, [...]

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Personal protection a secure vocation 

May 17, 2011
Personal protection a secure vocation 

Security professional Nguyen Van Nam (R) and his team protect A.J. of Backstreet Boys when the band arrives for a show in Ho Chi Minh City in March 2011. There are generally two perspectives on bodyguards. They are either ugly, rude, tough, dumb-looking guys; or men in black, with chiseled looks, sunglasses and earpieces. Neither [...]

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Mating game: Too much choice will leave you lonely 

March 2, 2011
Mating game: Too much choice will leave you lonely 

  Scientists have made a surprising discovery: The more options you have for choosing a lover, the likelier you are to end up with no-one. British investigators, in a new study released on Wednesday, looked at the strange dynamics of choice in speed-dating, a fashionable way for singles to meet. Speed-daters race through a rota [...]

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Phu Yen seeks momentum from tourism gala 

December 24, 2010
Phu Yen seeks momentum from tourism gala 

A tourist takes a photo of the sea in the central province of Phu Yen. The province will host the national tourism year in 2011. The central province of Phu Yen needs more flights as well as more entertainment services in order to host the 2011 National Tourism Year successfully, tour operators and resort owners [...]

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Vietnam remains in top group in new climate risk ranking 

December 11, 2010
Vietnam remains in top group in new climate risk ranking 

People fishing in a flooded rice field in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on December 3. Vietnam ranked fifth among the countries most affected by climate change from 1990 to 2009, according to a study released at a United Nations Summit being held this week in Mexico. The results are not surprising. In [...]

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Prime Minister to attend World Economic forum

January 22, 2010
Prime Minister to attend World Economic forum

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will lead a Vietnamese delegation to the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) 2010 in Davos, Switzerland from November 25-31.  The 40th WEF is one of the biggest events in the world this year, which takes place at a time when the world economy is recovering. Around 200 world leaders and [...]

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Vietnam’s athletes expect more victories in 2010

January 3, 2010
Vietnam’s athletes expect more victories in 2010

Vietnam’s athletes will have more opportunities to increase their status in both continental and regional events, such as the 16th Asian Games (ASIAD 16) and the National Sports Festival. Continental playground – ASIAD 16Vietnam has set itself an ambitious target at the 16th ASIAD Games, which will take place in Guangzhou, China, in November 2010.Vietnam’s [...]

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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...