January 8, 2012
Experts say more should be done to eliminate scam taxis after inspections led to the suspension of eleven firms in HCMC and Hanoi An imitation taxi passes foreign tourists near HCMC’s Ben ThanhâMarket. Experts say Vietnam must do more to eliminate illegal taxis that tarnish the image of major cities. Nguyen Chi Hieu hailed [...]
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December 4, 2011
Bay Nui ox races are the highlight of the 5th Khmer Festival in An Giang Province The triennial cultural, sports and tourism festival of southern Khmer ethnic people will open tonight in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang. The five-day festival, to be held at the Xuan Bien Industrial Park, Tinh Bien District, [...]
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October 30, 2011
Child patients at HCMC Children’s Hospital 1 being treated for hand, foot and mouth disease. Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Vietnam is still under control, Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said at a press conference Tuesday (October 25), despite the rising number of new HFMD cases. The disease has killed 137 people, [...]
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October 22, 2011
A photo taken on October 18 shows houses submerged by flood waters in Tan Hoa District, Quang Binh Province Devastating floods in Vietnam’s central and southern regions have killed at least 59 people and forced thousands of people to flee their homes, the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control reported Wednesday. Seasonal flooding [...]
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October 14, 2011
The death toll from seasonal flooding in the Mekong Delta and the central region has risen to 36, the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control announced Wednesday. Mekong Delta provinces have reported 34 deaths, most of them of children who drowned in the worst seasonal flooding since 2000. Dong Thap Province has posted the highest toll [...]
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September 20, 2011
A man carrying chickens on National Highway 1 in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Chanh District. Bird flu has hit flocks of fowl in three of Vietnam’s north-central provinces over the last two weeks, the Department of Animal Health announced on Tuesday (September 13). Hoang Van Nam, the department chief, said at a meeting of [...]
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September 9, 2011
Experts argue that the plan is not feasible and ignores broader initiatives needed to eliminate the gap between haves and have nots A homeless man sleeps on Nguyen Tri Phuong Bridge connecting districts 5 and 8 in Ho Chi Minh City. The municipal authorities are considering a plan to wipe out begging in the [...]
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September 4, 2011
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) continues to claim lives in Vietnam in an outbreak that has refused to relent after the Health Ministry declined to officially declare an epidemic on August 20. Nguyen Van Binh, director of the ministry’s Health Preventive Department, said the contagious disease has claimed 88 lives and had sickened [...]
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September 1, 2011
Children being treated for hand, foot and mouth disease at Ho Chi Minh City Children's Hospital 2. Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) claimed 85 lives among 35,623 infections in 59 cities and provinces across the country, the Vietnam Administration of Preventive Medicine announced Thursday. The administration noted that the HFMD is spreading to more [...]
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September 1, 2011
A Bahnar woman A photography exhibition titled “The Bahnar Minority in Kontum” will show at L’Espace in Hanoi September 5 to 19. Â The exhibition will feature photos of the Bahnar Minority in the central highlands of Kontum, taken and selected from the work of local folk culturist Nguyen Dong Chi (1915-1984) and doctor Nguyen [...]
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