Posts Tagged ‘ Four Times ’

Bolshoi Theatre reopens after 6-year restoration 

October 28, 2011
Bolshoi Theatre reopens after 6-year restoration 

  The Bolshoi Theatre’s restored auditorium is seen during a media tour in October. Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre reopened Friday after a six-year closure for a massive restoration of its historic building that was delayed by several years and four times over budget. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the audience that the Bolshoi was a "national [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 30/7

July 30, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 30/7

First online education game programme in Vietnam; Quang Nam spends VND1 billion to combat blue-ear pig disease; Rate of HIV infection in males four times higher; 300 children to receive free smile operations; Nearly VND350 billion to treat solid waste in Bac Ninh First online education game programme in Vietnam  An experimental version of Vietnam’s [...]

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Province finds VND80 bln for bridges after double collapse

July 15, 2009
Province finds VND80 bln for bridges after double collapse

The collapse of two bridges in recent weeks in the central province of Lam Dong has shaken local authorities into action to tend to other bridges in need of repair. The province will spend VND80 billion on four bridges in the period between 2009 and 2010, the Lam Dong Province Department of Traffic and Transport [...]

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Draft law triggers banking criticism

July 12, 2009
Draft law triggers banking criticism

LookAtVietnam – Foreign banks have been desperately calling for a change in the newly-drafted Credit Institutions Law, but with only slim hopes for it.The new Credit Institutions Law was drafted in late 2008 and has been amended four times. The latest draft law on credit institutions, which will be brought into discussion at a government [...]

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For one family, a history of learning

June 14, 2009
For one family, a history of learning

Representatives of the Nguyen Tat Thanh family line of 1730’s descendants plant a tree at the Do Temple, which worships their ancestor. LookAtVietnam – Four times a year, the two-storey house at 8 O Cach Street in Ha Noi’s Long Bien District gets crowded with up to 200 descendants of the Nguyen Tat Thanh family [...]

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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...