January 13, 2012
Nguyen Duc Nghia State President Truong Tan Sang has denied clemency for a man who was sentenced to death in Hanoi last November for beheading and robbing his ex-girlfriend in a headline-grabbing case. Nguyen Duc Nghia, 28, on November 15, 2011, sent a letter to the State President seeking a pardon, but the appeal was [...]
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December 31, 2011
Artist Karishma Kannan poses next to a work in progress at her residence on November 23, 2011 It has been said that a picture is a poem without words. It has also been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Karishma Kannan’s pictures live up to both these definitions, telling a poetic [...]
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December 30, 2011
A 13-year-old girl, who had been detained in a Cambodian casino as ransom for her father’s gambling debts for more than a month, was released on December 26, the Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper reported. Nguyen Thi Thuy Kieu of Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi District was released after successful negotiation between her [...]
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December 29, 2011
A 13-year-old girl, who had been detained in a Cambodian casino as ransom for her father’s gambling debts for more than a month, was released on December 26, the Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper reported. Nguyen Thi Thuy Kieu of Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi District was released after successful negotiation between her [...]
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December 20, 2011
Outdoor classical music concerts reach out to the man on the street A Luala outdoor Concert on 61 Ly Thai To Street, Hanoi on a Saturday morning is a rare sight in the city, and the artists have gathered a curious crowd that soon swells into more than a hundred people Week 1: 3 [...]
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December 12, 2011
A panoramic view of Quang Ninh Province’s Ha Long Bay. Experts have called for improved services and preservation work as the UNESCO World Heritage Site gains further recognition as a natural wonder. A hike in admission fees for the Ha Long Bay, Vietnam’s foremost tourism site, has drawn a lot of flak, particularly over [...]
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December 5, 2011
Slowing inflation and talk of financial reforms have not boosted market sentiment as expected, and analysts are predicting the worst will not be over any time soon. Phan Dung Khanh, research manager at Kim Eng Vietnam Securities Co., said the stock market may move sideways or only recover slightly next year. Macroeconomic measures taken [...]
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December 3, 2011
The Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) announced Tuesday (November 29) that tests showed a carcinogen was not present in a popular Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo. Tests conducted by the Ho Chi Minh City Medicine Testing Institute did not find 1,4-Dioxane in Johnson’s Baby Shampoo, while a substance called quaternium-15, which releases formaldehyde, was [...]
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November 26, 2011
Vietnam’s inflation slowed for a third month in November, and the central bank signaled it may consider lowering interest rates. Consumer prices rose 19.83 percent from a year earlier, after climbing 21.59 percent in October, the General Statistics Office said in Hanoi Friday. The State Bank of Vietnam has room to cut policy rates [...]
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November 26, 2011
World famous jazz pianist Niels Lan Doky, born from a Vietnamese father and a Danish mother, will perform in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. World famous Danish artists together with Vietnamese artists will jointly perform in a two-special-night concert to celebrate 40 years anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Wishing upon the [...]
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