December 6, 2011
 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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September 20, 2011
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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August 7, 2011
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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August 2, 2011
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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July 30, 2011
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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May 24, 2011
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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December 24, 2010
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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January 21, 2010
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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December 29, 2009
A Briton living in Vietnam indulges in his lifelong passion, birdwatching, and calls the country a birdersâ 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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December 20, 2009
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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