December 30, 2011
Garment workers are among those receiving low Tet, New Year bonuses this year Vietnam’s highest Tet and calendar New Year bonus for an individual this year as of December 27 was paid by a foreign-invested firm in Ho Chi Minh City at more than US$52,300. The company, which is not named, paid the country’s largest [...]
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December 29, 2011
Ho Chi Minh City government in January will ban passenger buses that come from other provinces from entering the city center. There are major bus stations at the city outskirts, but many buses, especially those run by small businesses, have tried to win more credits by picking up and  leaving their customers at homes, some in the city [...]
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December 21, 2011
Police in Ho Chi Minh City have arrested two people for allegedly robbing three foreign visitors, Dan Tri reported Monday. According to the newswire, on Sunday, Nguyen Phuoc Ly, 30, and Vo Thanh Tung, 34, were caught riding a motorbike to get close to the tourists who were walking on Hai Ba Trung Street in [...]
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December 20, 2011
Outdoor classical music concerts reach out to the man on the street A Luala outdoor Concert on 61 Ly Thai To Street, Hanoi on a Saturday morning is a rare sight in the city, and the artists have gathered a curious crowd that soon swells into more than a hundred people Week 1: 3 [...]
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December 16, 2011
Ho Chi Minh City plans to clear commercial parking lots that affect the city’s traffic by the Lunar New Year festival in late January, starting with backpackers’ streets in District 1. The decision was made after many of the parking lots were found to be encroaching onto sidewalks and roadways, worsening traffic congestion in the [...]
Tags: District, In The City, parking, Parking Lots, The city, traffic
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December 16, 2011
Lack of exercises is a reason for early libido absence in Vietnam Gender health experts warned about the absence of sexual desire among Vietnamese youths due to an increase in physiological diseases. Doctor Tran Quan Anh, chairman of Vietnam Gender Medicine Association, said at a recent sexual health conference in Ho Chi Minh City [...]
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December 12, 2011
A man having a compass tattoo on Bui Vien Street. Ho Chi Minh City with the believing it could guide him and stop him from getting lost Not too long ago, they were more than a rarity, they were simply not there. Today, nearly 20 tattoo shops have registered in Ho Chi Minh City’s backpacker [...]
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December 2, 2011
For every five babies born in Ho Chi Minh City, four others were aborted, a city health official said Tuesday.  To Thi Kim Hoa, deputy director of the city Health Department, released the figures at a meeting with representatives from the Ministry of Health, the city government and hospitals, Saigon Tiep Thi reported.  [...]
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November 22, 2011
Japanese experts check Thu Thiem Tunnel before it was officially open to traffic under the Saigon River on Sunday  The longest cross-river tunnel in southeast Asia, Thu Thiem, was opened to traffic across the Saigon River in southern Vietnam on Sunday. A big ceremony with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which has invested in the project [...]
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November 16, 2011
Book-collectors are a rare breed, but young book lovers rarer still Minh Ngoc, an old book trader, stands in her shop of the same name on Vo Van Tan St., HCMC Priest Nguyen Huu Triet is a regular client at the local scrap dealers, always looking for old, rare books that most people would [...]
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