January 2, 2012
Hotels in Vietnam trade on the past to further their 21st century ambitions Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, which hosted well-known novelists such as Graham Greene and Somerset Maugham, is famous with classic French architecture After the sun sinks among the limestone karsts of Ha Long Bay, the stars come out, to pepper the [...]
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December 20, 2011
No disciplinary measures taken after civil aviation authority finds national carrier breached its own procedures and regulations A Vietnam Airlines aircraft taxiing at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport. The national flag carrier has broken its own rules in hiring foreign pilots, an inquiry has found. National carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has been breaking its [...]
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November 21, 2011
Speeding and handing the wheels over to unlicensed drivers is not uncommon practice among container truck drivers, an investigation finds Rescuers carrying the body of a victim killed by an accident between a container truck and a bus that left 10 dead in Binh Thuan Province on November 7. The lack of container truck [...]
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November 13, 2011
Accusations and denials as Vietnam Airlines co-pilot suspected of using bogus certification Passengers alight from a Vietnam Airlines plane at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. The national flag carrier is trying to verify if it recruited a South Korean pilot with bogus flight records. The Civil Aviation Authority [...]
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November 12, 2011
Cuttle fish dish with traditional Vietnamese herbs at KOTO Saigon Just before the turn of the millennium, a restaurant named KOTO Hanoi opened in Vietnam’s capital to give street kids and other disadvantaged children practical experience in restaurant work. Now its namesake has started up in Ho Chi Minh City with the same mission [...]
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July 30, 2011
Chong Beach, one of the white-sand, pristine beaches on Cu Lao Cham Island Blue. A never-ending expanse of intense blue as the sky and the sea met and merged into each other. For about 15 kilometers – that we covered in 20 minutes by a speed boat from the Cua Dai Quay – this [...]
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June 4, 2011
Damming the Mekong would lead to loss of fisheries, reduced agricultural productivity and erosion of river channels and coastline of the Mekong Delta Visitors look at the shipping locks of the Three Gorges Dam near Yichang, Hubei Province, China. China will move at least four million people in the next decade to protect the [...]
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April 7, 2011
Students at the Saigon Cooking Class learning Vietnamese cuisine Saigon is chock-full of cheap, fresh and easy dining options. It’s no surprise that most expats living here feel little need to cook. Even those with the best intentions find crowded markets daunting: little is labeled in English, haggling is a necessity, and buying enough for [...]
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March 9, 2011
A trio of modern dancers are struggling to transform a small, old theater in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 5 into a hive of creative energy. This January, more than a hundred people (both foreign and local) attended a series of workshops at Le Thanh theater where professional artists taught courses on installation art, [...]
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November 28, 2010
Bamboo tubes of grilled buffalo meat at Hoa Ban Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City’s Nha Be District Northwest Vietnam has some of the country’s most striking vistas. The rugged terrain is home to jagged mountains, rich tropical forests, ethnic minorities, and an abundance of wildlife. The region is also famous for the hearty, rustic [...]
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