November 21, 2011
Over 60 million euro (US$81.12 million) will be invested in Vietnam’s third satellite expected to be launched in 2016, the VnExpress newswire quoted a local official as saying Friday. According to Doan Minh Chung, chief of the Vietnam Space Technology Center, the 100-kilogram earth observation VNREDSat-1B will be produced by the Belgian-owned SpaceBel Group. [...]
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December 11, 2010
Students of Xuan La Kindergarten in Tu Liem District, Hanoi Without proper preparation, a recently-launched project to make pre-school education compulsory at the age of five may leave younger kids in the lurch.  The VND14.6 trillion (US$748.91 million) project, launched in August, will require all public kindergartens to admit five-year-old children.  The schools are only allowed to admit students under [...]
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December 27, 2009
Trung Hoa – Nhan Chinh apartment complex in Ha Noi. Ha Noi’s real estate market stagnated in the last few months of this year. LookAtVietnam – Ha Noi’s real estate market stagnated in the last few months of this year, according to industry experts.Vu Thanh Hung, director of a real estate company, said he had [...]
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December 26, 2009
A group of my Vietnamese friends from the US headed by Duong Quang Chan, a businessman, arrived in Ha Noi this week to start a New Year trans-Viet Nam tour . . . Waterfall: A corner of Ban Gioc Waterfall, in the northern province of Cao Bang’s Trung Khanh District, is one of the most [...]
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December 15, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Lots of investors want to establish a domestic airline, even though they know Vietnam’s aviation market is relatively small. Four airlines are flying in Vietnam’s domestic market: the national air flag carrier Vietnam Airlines; Vasco, its air charter subsidiary; Jetstar Pacific Airlines, a joint venture with Australia’s Qantas; and newly launched private carrier [...]
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October 18, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Le Thi Hoa, an ethnic Dao Tien woman from northern midland Phu Tho province, beamed with pride while showing off her brocade products, Ethnic Bana people in central Binh Dinh province receive cattle provided by the Viet Nam-France Friendship Association. The work is an example of efforts to help people escape poverty by [...]
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October 15, 2009
LookAtVietnam – An initiative to prevent early marriage and marriage between those having blood relations has been launched in 10 provinces of the country The custom of Keo vo (wife catching) in the Mong community usually leads to early marriage. A programme to improve population quality in ten mountainous provinces has been launched recently.The plan [...]
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September 17, 2009
Two technicians work on a module of a remote sensing satellite Vietnamese engineers have completed the technical model of the countryâs first remote sensing satellite, a local newswire reported Tuesday. The Pico-Dragon satellite is expected to be launched between 2010 and 2011 along with other countries, Pham Anh Tuan â“ deputy head of Space Technology [...]
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September 17, 2009
Two technicians work on a module of a remote sensing satellite Vietnamese engineers have completed the technical model of the countryâs first remote sensing satellite, a local newswire reported Tuesday. The Pico-Dragon satellite is expected to be launched between 2010 and 2011 along with other countries, Pham Anh Tuan â“ deputy head of Space Technology [...]
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September 7, 2009
With a total investment capital of US$290-350 million, Vietnam’s second telecommunications satellite – Vinasat 2 – is scheduled for launch in 2012. Vinasat-1 – Vietnam’s pride The VNPT on September 3 reported to the Ministry of Information and Communications on its implementation of the Vinasat-2 project. The group plans to launch Vinasat-2 into orbit at 107 [...]
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