International Grand Master Dao Thien Hai. LookAtVietnam – A Ukrainian chess expert has been invited to train the national chess team, replacing Russian coach Svend Chikov, who has worked with the team for 14 years. The Ukrainian coach, Vassily Mikhailov, was selected after he helped young chess player, Tran Minh Thang (Hanoi), to become the champion [...]
Lookatvietnam – Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper asked senior Planning and Investment Ministry economist Vu Xuan Thuyen when stimulus for small-to medium-sized enterprises was likely to begin. “I can guarantee that the SMEs will not have to buy US dollars at the high rates of last year”.Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered a report about the [...]
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Wednesday called on media agencies to continue making important contributions to nation-building by recording the achievements in various fields during difficult times. The nationâs press agencies have made important contributions to the countryâs achievements during 2008 as the country faced numerous problems arising from the global financial crisis, natural disasters [...]
Lookatvietnam – The domestic stock market continued to witness one more sharp fall on the February 5 session with both indexes on the northern and southern bourses hitting new low records. The VN-Index lost another 2.9% or 8.3 points to close at 277.81, the lowest since 29 September 2005. A majority of listed stocks on the [...]
Lookatvietnam – Telephone service providers added 3.2 million new subscribers to their books during January, 60 percent higher than during the same period last year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported. As of the end of January 2009, there were a total of 82.6 million phone subscribers in Vietnam , 85.5 percent of them mobile [...]
The Vietnam Glass and Ceramics for Construction Corporation (Viglacera) inaugurated a real estate trade exchange at the Viglacera building in Hanoi on Feb. 4. The Vietnam Glass and Ceramics for Construction Corporation (Viglacera) inaugurated a real estate trade exchange at the Viglacera building in Hanoi Located on Lang-Hoa Lac road in the west of the [...]
Lookatvietnam – Companies in the southern province of Binh Duong plan to recruit around 35,500 employees this year, including 31,200 workers, according to the province’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (DoLISA). Companies in the southern province of Binh Duong plan to recruit around 35,500 employees this year, including 31,200 workers.Nguyen Phung Trung, DoLISA [...]
The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai is home to over 20 ethnic minority groups. This article introduces the New Year (Tet) festivals of the Thu Lao, Ha Nhi and Xa Pho ethnic groups. A Thu Lao sorcerer conducts a ceremony. After the ceremony, Thu Lao people drink a toast in the forest.Xa Pho girls sew [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of businesses restarted their operations or made their debuts on February 2, 2009 after the long Tet holiday. Yesterday was viewed as a good day for starting business or signing contracts. Long An-based Phu An Thanh and HCM City-based Huu Lien A Chau Steel Companies signed a contract on leasing [...]
Zedex Minerals Ltd., a New Zealand-based company with rights to a possible gold deposit in Vietnam, may start a drilling program at the site next month, targeting a find of as many as 5 million ounces, an executive said. âFinding anything above 2 million ounces is harder and harder these days, so that would be [...]
