Posts Tagged ‘ Of The Country ’

Disaffected youth? 

January 2, 2012
Disaffected youth? 

  Outpouring of frustration and disappointment among youth indicates a need to strengthen pride and confidence in the nation, experts say Young people at an enlistment ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City last September. A national enlistment program this year saw thousands of youth voluntarily join the army. Experts say the sense of national pride [...]

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Leverage the heritage 

January 2, 2012
Leverage the heritage 

  Hotels in Vietnam trade on the past to further their 21st century ambitions Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, which hosted well-known novelists such as Graham Greene and Somerset Maugham, is famous with classic French architecture After the sun sinks among the limestone karsts of Ha Long Bay, the stars come out, to pepper the [...]

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Flood-hit Philippines prepares for mass burials 

December 19, 2011
Flood-hit Philippines prepares for mass burials 

  Residents wade through floodwaters among the debris of destroyed houses in Cagayan de Oroon, after tropical storm Washi swept the southern Philippines. The Philippines prepared for mass burials of flash-flood victims Monday to minimize the health risk from rotting cadavers after a disaster that has left many hundreds dead or missing. Hard-pressed authorities in [...]

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Vietnam Football Federation agrees new management entity will be a joint stock company 

November 7, 2011
Vietnam Football Federation agrees new management entity will be a joint stock company 

ACB Club owner Nguyen Duc Kien (L) speaks at VFF's annual general meeting in Hanoi on Friday. The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) approved the establishment of the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) as a joint stock company (JSC) at the federation’s annual general meeting in Hanoi on Friday. The approval gives in to the demand [...]

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Vietnamese company imports four private aircrafts 

November 3, 2011
Vietnamese company imports four private aircrafts 

Vietnam's first private aircraft is owned by one of the country's richest men, Doan Nguyen Duc. Four private aircrafts imported by a local company have arrived at a northern Vietnamese port. Hai Phong customs officials said the shipment includes two flat wing planes made by Czech manufacturer ATEC and two helicopters from the US’s Rotoway, [...]

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Officer encounters: society’s concern 

September 3, 2011

  It is like a recurring nightmare. The stills from the online clip that showed a plainclothes policeman assaulting a traffic cop in Ho Chi Minh City after the latter stopped him for riding a motorbike without wearing a helmet have been printed again and again. And the clips have been viewed by thousands upon [...]

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New bird flu virus mutation threatens Vietnam 

September 3, 2011
New bird flu virus mutation threatens Vietnam 

  Experts urge better detection and poultry production practices in response to a new mutant strain of H5N1 appearing in the northern and central parts of the country Cooked chicken are displayed for sale on a street in Hanoi. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned against a new strain of H5N1 virus in [...]

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Dancers in the dark 

August 30, 2011
Dancers in the dark 

    A scene in ‘Story of the shoes,’ a series of vignettes that told the real-life stories of the dancers involved Linh Nga and Thuy Chi, possibly the two best Vietnamese dancers of their generation, each spent over ten years training in China before becoming the renowned artists and choreographers they are today. Both [...]

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Our rivers are in mortal danger 

August 20, 2011
Our rivers are in mortal danger 

A farmer on the heavily-polluted Ba Cheo Canal in the southern province of Dong Nai. The Vietnamese public has been outraged again by another big environmental scandal. Last Friday the Ministry of Public Security’s environmental police found a waste treatment factory in the southern province of Dong Nai dumping thousands of cubic meters of untreated [...]

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UN praises Hai Phong methadone clinic 

June 26, 2011
UN praises Hai Phong methadone clinic 

  The United Nations praised the opening of the first methadone co-pay clinic in the northern city of Hai Phong, early this week. The clinic, which opened last Saturday, was created as part of the country’s ongoing campaign to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS among intravenous drug users. On Tuesday, UN officials issued a statement [...]

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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...