Posts Tagged ‘ November 22 ’

Lawsuits, confusion taint local art contests 

January 7, 2012
Lawsuits, confusion taint local art contests 

   Tran Tuy’s Khuc dong ca (a children’s song) (Under), which was eerily reminiscent of photographer Duy Anh’s Tiep buoc cha ong (Follow in the ancestor’s footsteps) (Above). Since the list of award-winning works were announced in June, a provincial literature and arts contest in central Vietnam has received several petitions of denouncement regarding a [...]

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Geoana wins Romanian presidential run-off: exit polls

December 8, 2009
Geoana wins Romanian presidential run-off: exit polls

Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana has won Romania’s presidential run-off on Sunday, according to the first exit poll announced as voting ended at 9:00 p.m. ( 1900 GMT). Romanian Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana (C) celebrates his victory at the Social Democratic Party’s headquarters in Bucharest, capital of Romania, Dec. 6, 2009.  (Xinhua/Agerpres) Geoana captured [...]

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Revolutionary martyr Ha Huy Tap comes home at last

December 4, 2009
Revolutionary martyr Ha Huy Tap comes home at last

Sixty-eight years after the French colonial authorities executed Party General Secretary Ha Huy Tap in HCM City, his remains have been found by family members. The excavation of Ha Huy Tap’s remains in late November. On December 1, a special Vietnam Air flight repatriated Tap’s remains from HCM City’s Hoc Mon district, where they were discovered, [...]

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Not the right time for house taxation: NA deputies

November 23, 2009
Not the right time for house taxation: NA deputies

The Bill on House and Land Tax was discussed by National Assembly deputies November 22, with many saying now is not the right time for homeowners to start paying tax on their property.  Deputy Nguyen Thi My Huong speaks at the ongoing NA session on November 22 in Hanoi, where a bill on house and [...]

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SPORTS IN BRIEF 13/10

October 13, 2009
SPORTS IN BRIEF 13/10

Army’s perfect performance wins national karatedo championship; Ha Noi run on November 22 to help fund programmes for sick children; Viet Nam only-Southeast Asian nation in gymnastics champs The Army team won the National Karatedo Championship, which wrapped up in Nha Trang city in the weekend.With a perfect performance from Dao Thi Thoan, Asian Games [...]

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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...