Posts Tagged ‘ Hoa Binh ’

No pain, no gain 

January 18, 2012
No pain, no gain 

  A bunch of young Hanoi cyclists have apparently mainstreamed the phrase “pain in the ass” by naming their club Ê Mông, literally meaning “buttock pain.” Buttock Pain was founded in 2008 after a group of cycling lovers met on the web site ttvnol.com and organized a successful trip to Truc Lam Tay Thien Zen [...]

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Vietnam’s Prime Minister re-elected to second term 

July 30, 2011
Vietnam’s Prime Minister re-elected to second term 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Vietnam’s Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, was re-elected, Tuesday, to another term after winning 94 percent of the vote at an ongoing National Assembly session.   The 62-year-old from the Mekong Delta’s Ca Mau Province served as a member of the Party Central Committee for five consecutive terms.  Dung also sat on the Politburo and served [...]

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Vietnam elects new President; PM nominated for another term 

July 26, 2011
Vietnam elects new President; PM nominated for another term 

Truong Tan Sang was Monday voted ninth State President by the 13rd National Assembly. Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Party’s Central Committee, was Monday elected State President by the 13rd National Assembly, winning 97.4 percent of votes from NA deputies. Sang, 62, who was nominated by the [...]

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Unforgettable Mai Chau 

July 16, 2011
Unforgettable Mai Chau 

  Paddy fields in the Mai Chau Valley in the northern province of Hoa Binh There is arguably no other place in Vietnam that enchants visitors as much as the northwestern region. And the place that leaves the highest number of indelible impressions on the mind is the Mai Chau Town in Hoa Binh Province, [...]

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Agent Orange children deserve best care possible: President 

July 12, 2011
Agent Orange children deserve best care possible: President 

President Nguyen Minh Triet (R) visits the Peace Village, a humanitarian center that takes care of children victims of Agent Orange. Children afflicted by Agent Orange need to receive the best supports in education and in achieving family happiness, Vietnam’s President Nguyen Minh Triet said during a visit to a humanitarian center in Ho Chi Minh [...]

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Highway section a 'dead end' for drug traffickers 

June 23, 2011
Highway section a 'dead end' for drug traffickers 

The car of Trang A Chu, who rammed his car into a police vehicle in an attempt to escape a drub bust, injuring one officer and killing another on May 18 in the northern province of Hoa Binh. A section of the National Way No.6 in the northern province of Hoa Binh has earned a [...]

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Vietnam starts checks at millennial construction works 

May 5, 2011
Vietnam starts checks at millennial construction works 

Broken tiles at stairs of Hoa Binh Park, Hanoi. The park, built for the capital's millenial anniversary, will be inspected. Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction has launched inspections into two works built for Hanoi’s millennial anniversary last year, VnExpress reported Wednesday.   Hanoi Museum, one of the country’s largest museums, and the 20-hectare-plus Hoa Binh (peace) [...]

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Mountain spirits 

April 3, 2011
Mountain spirits 

Visitors enjoy cần wine at a Muong residence The northern mountainous region of Vietnam has garnered praise aplenty for its sometimes rugged, and sometimes lush natural beauty. Among the other attractions it has is a none-too-closely guarded secret – homemade wines – for it is in the hospitable nature of the region’s residents to welcome [...]

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Construction works for Hanoi’s millennial celebrations needs $267mil.

February 4, 2010
Construction works for Hanoi’s millennial celebrations needs $267mil.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi has asked the government to urgently allocate 4.88 trillion dong equivalent to $267 million, to projects to celebrate the Thang Long-Hanoi 1000th anniversary. The sketch of Hoa Binh Park. More than 2 trillion dong will be spent on site clearances while another 2 trillion will be invested in 12 projects – the [...]

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EVN releasing water into Red River delta

January 25, 2010
EVN releasing water into Red River delta

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) January 23 began releasing water from the Hoa Binh, Thac Ba and Tuyen Quang hydropower plant reservoirs to provide more water to lower sections of the Red River.  Hoa Binh reservoir.LookAtVietnam – Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the largest power group in Vietnam, January 23 began releasing water from the Hoa Binh, Thac Ba and [...]

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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...