December 9, 2011
There are many factors responsible for this, but the key reasons are: poor infrastructure, poor tourism promotion; and weak cooperation between travel agents and service providers. These combine to make tour prices in Vietnam less competitive than those in other countries, Nguyen Cong Hoan, vice director of travel agent Hanoi Redtour, told Thanh Nien [...]
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July 24, 2011
A man uses his mobile phone in Lenin Park, Hanoi. Many parks across Vietnam have been taken legally or illegally for projects to build hotels and trade centers. While many countries in the world are currently working to restore green spaces with more trees and parks in their metropolitan cities, Vietnam seems to be bucking [...]
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July 5, 2011
Vietnam-China relations expert discusses East Sea disputes on Hong Kong based television. PhD Vu Cao Phan, a researcher on Vietnam-China relations and deputy chairman of Vietnam-China Friendship Society, last week had an interview with Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong-based Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese television broadcaster. Phan spoke on behalf of the Institute of Chinese Studies [...]
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May 14, 2011
Climate change threatens far more than our environment. It’s already led to the spread of infectious diseases and respiratory ailments across the globe and contributed to thousands of deaths through heat waves and other extreme weather events. It’s even fueled recent revolts in the Middle East and North Africa. That’s according to Dan Ferber [...]
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April 3, 2011
A foreign tourist wades down a flooded street in the tourist town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam in 2009. The World Meteorological Organization reported that globally, 2010 was the hottest year on record. Nine of the ten hottest years ever recorded were in the first decade of this century. The [...]
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November 8, 2010
Property developers in Vietnam are locked in a race to build the biggest and best skyscrapers as a stronger economy allows them to pursue expensive projects with modern construction technology. Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Construction Federation, Pham Sy Liem, sat down with Thanh Nien Weekly to explore the bigger picture. Thanh Nien Weekly: [...]
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February 8, 2010
“Attending National Assembly sessions is a bit stressful because we sit for days, but actually, I’m more stressed on my ‘normal’ days,” says Deputy Pham Quoc Anh in an interview with VietNamNet. Pham Quoc Anh was born in April 11 1940 in the northern province of Hung Yen. He lives in Hanoi at present. Concurrent with [...]
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January 31, 2010
Modern nutrition is based on knowing the chemical composition of foods, and advice regarding a healthy diet is given based on the protein, carbohydrates, fat and other content in different foods. However, the nutritional balance from a traditional medicine perspective is different. Here the focus is on the qualities of the food, whether it is [...]
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January 9, 2010
A young woman at a jewelry shop where people can also exchange money on a street in Hanoi What is the impact of a declining dollar? Has the economic crisis really come to an end? Can we expect a new global economic order? Thanh Nien Weekly asks Jonathan Larsen, head of Consumer Banking and Global [...]
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January 2, 2010
TNS Vietnam, Kantar Worldpanel and Kantar Media have identified several key trends that will influence consumerism in 2010. One year ago, Vietnam was marred in its first recession in modern history and the prospects of the average consumer were looking bleak. Twelve months later, it appears that Vietnamese consumers seem to have weathered “the perfect [...]
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