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Hanoi’s weekend market 

December 6, 2011
Hanoi’s weekend market 

    The Tay Ho Weekend Market near Hanoi’s West Lake is a big hit with both expats and locals for its clean foods, books, and a range of other stuff Located in a small lane near breezy West Lake in Hanoi, the Tay Ho Weekend Market has for two years been a popular place [...]

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Better FDI, not just more, should focus on tech-transfer 

September 20, 2011
Better FDI, not just more, should focus on tech-transfer 

  Honda motorcycles are prepared for delivery to customers in downtown Hanoi. Honda is among the foreign investors who are continuing to increase investment in Vietnam. Job generation should not be focus of foreign direct investment (FDI), Nguyen Mai, former vice chairman of the State Commission for Cooperation and Investment, tells Thanh Nien Weekly in [...]

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Giving children their due 

August 7, 2011
Giving children their due 

  Leslie Wiener with disadvantaged and HIV positive children from Smile Group After three decades of working in film and television in two of the most exciting cities in the world, Leslie Wiener came to Vietnam and decided to stay. What made her change direction and decide to stay in Ho Chi Minh City, where [...]

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State will continue to dominate power market 

August 2, 2011
State will continue to dominate power market 

  A man prepares to deliver a generator to a customer in front of an electrical appliances shop in downtown Hanoi on Monday. In energy-hungry Vietnam’s big cities, businesses and families often use generators to deal with power shortages in the hot summer months. State utility Electricity of Vietnam will continue to control a majority [...]

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Weak enforcement allows tiger trade to flourish 

July 30, 2011
Weak enforcement allows tiger trade to flourish 

  NGOs can provide information if authorities are brave and willing to take action against well-known criminals An Indochinese tiger, Mi, carries a cub at the Hanoi Zoo. Experts say Vietnam continues to be a regional hub for illegal trade in tiger parts, pushing the creature close to extinction. Ten days before the world observes [...]

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Jollibee to invest $25 million in Vietnam, Hong Kong venture 

May 24, 2011
Jollibee to invest $25 million in Vietnam, Hong Kong venture 

  Jollibee Foods Corp., through a unit, signed an agreement with Viet Thai International Joint Stock Company to set up a venture that will own and operate restaurants in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macau and Southern China, it said in a statement to the Philippine Stock Exchange. Jollibee Worldwide Pte. Ltd., a unit of the Philippines’ [...]

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Mobile karaoke boosts buskers’ fortunes 

December 24, 2010
Mobile karaoke boosts buskers’ fortunes 

A man sings next to a roadside restaurant on a street in Hanoi December 16, 2010. As in other corners of Asia, karaoke is wildly popular in Vietnam and singing has become big business. Around 10 p.m. in Ho Chi Minh City’s rapidly-gentrifying District 8, an old Honda scooter pulls up to the curb of [...]

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Classical music star Sarah Change answers your questions in Hanoi

January 21, 2010
Classical music star Sarah Change answers your questions in Hanoi

Violinist Sarah Chang will perform for the first time in Vietnam at the Hennessy concert on January 22. To mark the occasion, she agreed to an online talk with VietNamNet’s readers January 21.   How have you prepared for the first concert in Vietnam? This is my first time in Vietnam so I feel very enthusiastic about [...]

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A bird in the bush is worth two in hand

December 29, 2009
A bird in the bush is worth two in hand

A Briton living in Vietnam indulges in his lifelong passion, birdwatching, and calls the country a birders’ paradise.  Richard Craik (L) with American tourists Robert and Nancy Dean from Florida on a recentbirding tour in Da Lat in the Central Highlands. Richard and his Vietnam Birding tour company offersbirdwatching and cultural tours in Vietnam and [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 20/12

December 20, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 20/12

Party leader Manh concludes Cambodia visit; Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association President visits Vietnam; Information access good for VN: UN official; President’s visit further ties with European countries  Party leader Manh concludes Cambodia visit Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh left Phnom Penh for Hanoi on December 19, concluding his official visit to Cambodia at the invitation of [...]

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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...