Posts Tagged ‘ Grade ’

France vows probe into breast implant failures 

January 3, 2012
France vows probe into breast implant failures 

France’s health ministry has said there is no cancer risk from breast implants made by local firm PIP but recommended to the 30,000 women with implants to have them removed after eight cases of cancer. France vowed on Tuesday to investigate failures to detect faults with the French-made breast implants at the centre of a [...]

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School enrolment, dropout rates alarm educationists 

December 12, 2011
School enrolment, dropout rates alarm educationists 

  More than 200,000 students quit school every year, threatening dire consequences for Vietnam’s human-resource base Two shoeshine boys in downtown Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thanh San had to quit secondary school and move to Ho Chi Minh City two years ago to wash dishes at his aunt’s eatery to earn money and support [...]

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Tennis prodigy nears 100th ranking 

October 16, 2011
Tennis prodigy nears 100th ranking 

  Vietnam’s 16-year-old tennis star Nguyen Hoang Thien has jumped from 150th to the 136th position in the junior rankings released by International Tennis Federation (ITF) on October 11. Thien’s leap is based on recent achievements, particularly in advancing to the boys’ singles final at the China Junior 15 – Xiamen 2011 (ITF Under-18 Grade [...]

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Young tennis talent wins singles’, doubles’ titles in Hong Kong 

October 10, 2011
Young tennis talent wins singles’, doubles’ titles in Hong Kong 

  Vietnam’s teenage star Nguyen Hoang Thien won the boys’ singles’ and doubles’ championships at the Under-18 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Grade 4 competition in Hong Kong on Saturday. In the boys’ singles event, the 16-year-old Thien, ranked 145th in the ITF junior rankings, beat 188th-ranked Thai rival Krittin Koaykul in straight sets. Hoang Thien [...]

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I don’t need no education 

August 28, 2011
I don’t need no education 

11-year-old Pham Thanh Ngoc gets her math homework checked by a local math teacher. The girl recently applied for a public high school Pham Thanh Ngoc did not drop out of school. She just refused to go to school, from kindergarten onward. However, Ngoc’s reluctance to attend school was not of the usual variety. It [...]

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Mass hysteria strikes students in central Vietnam 

February 19, 2011
Mass hysteria strikes students in central Vietnam 

A father taking his daughter home after she suffered an inexplicable bout of fainting. Many students at Son Thanh Secondary and High School in the south-central province of Phu Yen have fainted during the past two months. Students from a school in the south-central province of Phu Yen have been struck by inexplicable bouts of [...]

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Thien wins ITF doubles title in New Zealand 

February 18, 2011
Thien wins ITF doubles title in New Zealand 

Nguyen Hoang Thien (R) has won a doubles title in New Zealand Vietnam’s teenage tennis sensation Nguyen Hoang Thien and Australian Jack Schipanshi won the boys’ doubles title at the ITF Junior Grade 4 Under-18 Circuit event in Wellington, New Zealand on Friday. The top-seeded duo of Thien and Schipanski beat Australian pair Bradley Mousley [...]

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Vietnamese producers aim for high grade market

January 29, 2010
Vietnamese producers aim for high grade market

LookAtVietnam – Some Vietnamese producers have been trying to change their reputation by “conquering” the high grade market sector.   Making “perfect” products In late 2009, Phu Nhuan Jewelry Company established Cao Fashion Company, to introduce jewelry and handbags trademarked as “Jemma.” These products are designed by South Korean and Italian designers and aimed at young [...]

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Flower, ornamental tree prices scale new heights

January 27, 2010
Flower, ornamental tree prices scale new heights

LookAtVietnam – The flower and ornamental tree market has been steadily humming for the last several days, three weeks before Tet.   Imported flowers dominating market “Seventy percent of flowers and ornamental trees are from China,’ said Nam, the owner of Giang Nam Floral Shop in Hanoi Nam said that flowers from China are diverse and fit the [...]

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Apartment market not yet recovered and it’s expecting a quiet 2010

January 20, 2010
Apartment market not yet recovered and it’s expecting a quiet 2010

LookAtVietnam – Real estate experts all share the same viewpoint that the apartment market will be quiet in 2010. Oversupply makes sales difficult Brett Ashton, managing director of Savills Vietnam, has advised investors to take care in making investment decisions, warning that while people think the market is heating up, the market is going the opposite [...]

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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...