November 22, 2011
A child being treated for hand, foot and mouth disease in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam’s Health Minister on Saturday visited areas in central Vietnam affected with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). During her visit at Ninh Thuan, Nguyen Thi Kim Tien called for washing hands clean with soap and inspected HFMD treatments at [...]
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November 16, 2011
A 96-year-old man says he is close to ending a treasure hunt that has lasted well over 50 years Tran Van Tiep, 96, and his youngest son Tran Phuong Hong. Tiep has obtained permission from Binh Thuan Province authorities to search for the 4,000 tons of gold treasure he believed to be hidden in [...]
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July 15, 2011
Duong Minh Thao from Dak Lak Province uproots his marijuana plants after learning they are considered an illegal narcotic. Many farmers in rural parts of the Mekong Delta and Central Highlands’ Dak Lak and Dak Nong Provinces have been cultivating marijuana without knowing what it is or that it is illegal in Vietnam.  In early May, Dak Lak police seized [...]
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July 9, 2011
The 2,500-year-old earring uncovered at a dig site in the Ham Thuan Bac District in the central coastal province of Binh Thuan. This week, a team of Vietnamese archaeologists unearthed a cache of 3,000 year-old artifacts in central Vietnam. Experts from the General Museum in Quang Ngai Province announced that the find includes several artifacts [...]
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February 6, 2011
After nearly five years of searching, a village in Quang Binh is finally getting answers about the fate of 13 children A Ruc mother in Quang Binh Province holds up photos of her two children. She claims a local center sent them out of the country without her consent. The Italian International Adoption Commission [...]
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February 1, 2010
A total investment of nearly VND13 trillion (US$703.85 million) was pledged for the Mekong Delta’s Tien Giang during a conference January 29 on investment promotion in the province. President Nguyen Minh Triet (R) meets with delegates at an investment promotion conference held for Tien Giang Province on January 29 (Photo: SGGP)LookAtVietnam – A total investment of nearly [...]
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January 31, 2010
Shoppers look at imported fruits at a supermarket in Ho Chi Minh City. Although it is a major agricultural exporter, Vietnam still imports a huge amount of produce and experts say itâs a trend that the country should not be proud of. The lack of barriers against cheap imports and poor marketing have pushed the [...]
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January 23, 2010
New luxury tax for alcohol; Metro Cash & Carry to open 12th center in Vietnam; Local textile, garment firms cooperate to boost expansion Beer and other alcoholic drinks will face a special consumption tax of 45 percent until the end of 2012, the General Department of Taxation has said. According to a note sent by [...]
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January 19, 2010
LookAtVietnam – It is clear that while some industrial zones (IZ) have helped many areas attract investment – the same can’t be said of all localities. The stories of the idle IZs According to Nguyen Van Tinh, a senior official of the Long An Industrial Zone Management Board, Xuyen A IZ is only occupied 34.87 percent. [...]
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December 25, 2009
The southern province of Long An is fast becoming a barren land because its most precious resource has been over exploited for building industrial parks. Ben Luc Industrial Park in southern Long An Province. The province now has 20 industrial parks with a combined area of more than 7,600 ha in addition to dozens of [...]
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