February 6, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, has coordinated with large travel agents in Vietnam and France to launch a special promotion programme in France from February to the end of September this year. Accordingly, travel agents will organize some typical tours to showcase the beauty of Vietnam’s land and people with airfare discounts [...]
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February 6, 2009
China raised the drought emergency class Thursday from level two to level one, the highest alert, in response to the worst drought to hit northern China in half a century, according to a State Council meeting. People irrigate the wheat field at Xiaolu Village in Yuzhou, a city in central China’s Henan Province, on Feb. [...]
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February 6, 2009
Lookatvietnam – A Vietnam Representative to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voiced concern over volatile situation in southern Sudan while speaking at the USNC’s meeting on February 5. Ambassador Le Luong Minh.“We share the concerns that the situation remains volatile in certain local areas where violence, armed clashes, banditry, tribal conflicts, and rebel activities [...]
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February 6, 2009
A roadshow at Hue Festival .VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese tourism authorities and travel agencies will head for Melbourne, Australia to promote a national programme that seeks to have more foreigners choose the country as a travel destination.Ho Chi Minh City will lead the tourism promotion mission to Australia with a Vietnam roadshow in Melbourne on [...]
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February 6, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – The number of people infected with measles continues to increase in Hanoi, mainly among students and pupils.According to Dr Do Si Hien, chairman of the National Expanded Programme for Immunisation (EPI), the increase in the number of adults infected with measles is normal in those countries including Vietnam, which have implemented a [...]
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February 6, 2009
Analysts believe that the bank interest rates, which have decreased to reasonable levels, will help reactivate the real estate market, making it bounce back in June 2009. Visitors to ACBRReal estate trading floors in HCM City have reopened after the long Tet holiday, attracting a lot of visitors, but few buyers. According to ACB Real Estate [...]
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February 6, 2009
Security at football games to intensify; Football star’s boots on sale for charity; Vung Tau to host world chess tourney; Boxers to get Cuban expert as coach Viet Nam Football Federation will tighten up its security for the 2009 season kicking off this weekend.Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) will tighten up its security for the 2009 [...]
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February 6, 2009
Tuy Loan village communal house festival; Lanterns auctioned for the poor; Fashion designer attend int’l young fashion businesspeople Tuy Loan village communal house festival To celebrate the tenth year of recognition of the communal house of Tuy Loan village, Hoa Vang District, Da Nang City, as a national cultural relic, the local authorities organized the Tuy [...]
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February 6, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – Besides introducing the movies Moon in the Bottom of Well t the Rotterdam Film Festival in the Netherlands from January 20 to February 2, director Nguyen Vinh Son organized a small exhibition about Vietnam’s temples at the request of the festival organizers. The organizing board proposed the exhibition because a temple was used [...]
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February 6, 2009
Lookatvietnam – Vietnam’s young musicians Quoc Trung and Vu Nhat Tan will join two artists from Denmark in the Asia-Scandinavia Concert to be held in Hanoi on February 15. Young musicians Quoc Trung.The performance was a move following a three-week cooperation programme of Vietnamese and Danish artists on the composition and performance of new types [...]
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