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City welcomes Year of the Dragon with special flower street 

January 20, 2012
City welcomes Year of the Dragon with special flower street 

  The Tet flower road will return to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City this Friday, highlighted by a giant dragon blowing blooms, as the city starts celebrating the Year of Dragon. With the Lunar New Year starting Monday next week, work to transform Nguyen Hue Street into a street of flowers began on January 10. The 12 meter long, [...]

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HCMC to ban vehicles from downtown streets on New Year’s Eve 

December 31, 2011
HCMC to ban vehicles from downtown streets on New Year’s Eve 

  The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has announced it will ban vehicles from traveling on some certain streets to pave the way for New Year celebrations. Vehicles will be banned from entering Nguyen Hue Street in District 1 from 6 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2011 until 1 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2012. There will [...]

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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...