October 21, 2011
Transport minister Dinh La Thang has proposed banning ministry officials from playing golf. A recent notice issued by newly appointed Transport Minister Dinh La Thang asking ministry officials to stop playing golf to save time for work is “impractical,” a Ministry of Justice official said Thursday. Le Hong Son, chief of a department in charge [...]
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January 15, 2011
An economist argues that Vietnam needs to start taxing the rich and easing off the poor A cyclo driver reads a newspaper outside an electronics store in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Dr. Nguyen Minh Phong of the Hanoi Socioeconomic Research Institute says that taxes should be adjusted to meet the current economic reality. [...]
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January 1, 2011
Higher Tet bonuses this year could have lower value when buying goods Customers pay for goods at a grocery store in Hanoi. Although bonuses for this Tet are higher, workers are struggling with price hikes. Riding on improved production and trade, businesses in general have promised higher bonuses for the upcoming Tet holiday than [...]
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December 7, 2010
Coming out party on Valentine’s Day will increase Vietnamese society’s tolerance, homosexuals hope Gays and transgenders at a beauty contest in Ho Chi Minh City. The gay community is looking for more tolerance. Nguyen Van Trung, 35, is as excited as a teenager going to his or her first party. But the excitement is [...]
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February 4, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Many people may mistakenly think that this is a primary school student, but in fact, he is a second year university student and he is making extraordinary achievements. Nguyen Van Ke and his friendsDetermination is the key to success Nguyen Van Ke, a student of the Hanoi Industry University, has the nickname ‘baby’, because [...]
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February 1, 2010
Nearly 40 old bicycles, some worth several thousand dollars, grouped up by West Lake on a Sunday morning. In the noisy are of car and motorbike horns, bicycle bells sometimes stroke ding-dong.. Tran Nhu Tho (black glasses) and his unique Aviac. On the occasion of the New Year, members of the Hanoi Old Bicycle association [...]
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January 29, 2010
LookAtVietnam – There will no longer be a Hanoi-Amsterdam Gifted School. The school’s name change will be decided by management agencies and the school itself. New school must be named after Hanoi There will be a gifted school in Hanoi, but it will be located on a five hectare land plot on Tran Duy Hung street. [...]
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January 12, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Hanoi authorities plan to change the name of Hanoi-Amsterdam Gifted School, but the school’s teachers and students are unhappy. The Hanoi-Amsterdam Gifted SchoolIn 2008, the city began building a new school on a large plot of land in Cau Giay District for the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi. Once construction is [...]
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December 26, 2009
Deputy Prime Minister and Education and Training Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said December 25 that government spending on education would increase in 2010. Government spending on education would increase in 2010 (Photo: SGGP)He was speaking at a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City held by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to discuss the [...]
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December 26, 2009
Many nursery schools in Hanoi are advertised themselves as bilingual, although they have not been permitted to teach foreign languages They added that the lessons are not doing much good for the children, and the whole exercise was a ruse to charge higher fees.Nguyen Quoc Bao of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training said [...]
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