Posts Tagged ‘ From The Hcmc ’

Local doctors plan to remove 80-kg tumor 

June 30, 2011
Local doctors plan to remove 80-kg tumor 

Doctors from the HCMC Oncology Hospital examine Hai's tumor at his home in Dalat on June 24, 2011. A Ho Chi Minh City hospital said Monday at least three surgeries must be conducted to remove an 80-kilogram tumor on a Dalat man, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. Doctors from the HCMC Oncology Hospital said they are [...]

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Many students choosing work over families this Tet

February 3, 2010
Many students choosing work over families this Tet

As the Lunar New Year holiday approaches, most students are preparing to return to their hometowns, though an increasing number of them are opting to stay in HCM City to make extra cash. Students look for job at a job center in Ho Chi Minh City. LookAtVietnam – As the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday [...]

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Deficient legal system means creditors collect outside the law

May 16, 2009
Deficient legal system means creditors collect outside the law

Ho Chi Minh City Civil Verdict Enforcement Agency officers on duty at a house in District 3. An impotent Civil Verdict Enforcement Agency leaves creditors in the southland with few choices. A2007 Ho Chi Minh City court decision ordered Cuong Trung Company to pay contractor Do Quoc Phi an interest-inclusive payment of VND312 million (US$17,550) [...]

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Culture shock jolts education system

May 5, 2009
Culture shock jolts education system

Students in a computer skills class at Ho Chi Minh City’s Nguyen Tat Thanh College. A directive by the country’s education ministry requiring colleges and universities to change how they operate has left both students and administrators overwhelmed. Vietnam has been criticized for its rigid approach to education similar to that of countries under the [...]

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Two share first prize at opera singing contest

April 29, 2009
Two share first prize at opera singing contest

LookAtVietnam – Nguyen Tuan Anh from the National University of Arts Education and Do Thi Phuong Mai from the Military College of Arts and Culture have won a national contest for professional chamber and opera singers. Le Thi Vanh Khuyen, 30, from the Vietnam Opera Ballet Theatre won third prize at the Professional Chamber Music [...]

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HCMC at a loss for answer to unemployment

April 6, 2009
HCMC at a loss for answer to unemployment

Laborers look for work at a job center in Ho Chi Minh City. In the last 6 months, over 25,000 workers had lost their jobs in the city. The Ho Chi Minh City government has reacted too slowly and with only vague solutions to combat the thousands of job losses and layoffs plaguing the city, [...]

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HCMC debate over bus services continues

March 25, 2009
HCMC debate over bus services continues

Top officials of Ho Chi Minh City inspect an environmentally friendly bus fueled on natural gas that is expected to serve passengers in July. Ho Chi Minh City authorities should permit advertising on buses to fund the development of the public transport service, experts recommended at a conference Tuesday. Pham Xuan Mai from the HCMC [...]

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Student researchers find the going tough

February 14, 2009
Student researchers find the going tough

Like every year, Robocon 2008, held in June, was an expensive undertaking for the largely unsponsored students who participated University students must pay their own way if they want to participate in scientific contests, and often their achievements sink into oblivion anyway, whatever their merit University students in Ho Chi Minh City have aired their [...]

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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...