Posts Tagged ‘ records ’

Trouble in the sky 

November 13, 2011
Trouble in the sky 

  Accusations and denials as Vietnam Airlines co-pilot suspected of using bogus certification Passengers alight from a Vietnam Airlines plane at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. The national flag carrier is trying to verify if it recruited a South Korean pilot with bogus flight records. The Civil Aviation Authority [...]

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HCMC bags three national longetivity records 

September 20, 2011
HCMC bags three national longetivity records 

Vietnam's oldest twin sisters, 100 years old. Most of the oldest people living in Vietnam are residents of Ho Chi Minh City, making it a world record candidate. Vietbooks, a Vietnam’s book center for the country’s records, on Monday announced four records dealing with the oldest people in the country. Ho Chi Minh City garnered three [...]

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Book of Viet Nam records hits presses

December 23, 2009
Book of Viet Nam records hits presses

The HCM City-based Vietbooks and the Vietnam News Agency’s Publishing House will soon publish a collection of Vietnamese records. Photo: InternetThe 400-page Viet Nam Records Directory 2009-10 will list new records that individuals and organisations have set in 13 different fields like arts, literature, music, lifestyle, science and economy.“The section featuring 100 records involving Ha [...]

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Students slam new curbs on overseas study

December 19, 2009
Students slam new curbs on overseas study

Vietnamese university students studying in Singapore pose for a picture at a conference last March Students and graduates say a draft decree aiming to regulate Vietnamese studying and working abroad could hinder the country’s efforts to lure and retain those trained in developed countries. Proposed earlier this month by the Ministry of Education and Training, [...]

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The oldest mountaineer wishes to break his world record

November 27, 2009
The oldest mountaineer wishes to break his world record

He has passed 78 cycles of summer and autumn, he has faced dauntless challenges since his childhood, yet he is not exhausted and wishes more. Min Bahadur Sherchan speaks at a program in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, Nov. 23, 2009. Min Bahadur Sherchan has officially replaced Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura in the Guinness Book of [...]

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Doctor says Hanoi tries to hide dengue fever deaths

November 12, 2009
Doctor says Hanoi tries to hide dengue fever deaths

Dengue fever patients at the Vietnam National Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases. The Hanoi Health Department concealed five dengue fever deaths this year, hospital records reveal. A report by Hanoi Health Department to the Prime Minister on October 22 stated that “Hanoi had recorded 7,813 dengue fever infections, but no deaths, as of October [...]

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Swimmers to splash into Games

October 7, 2009
Swimmers to splash into Games

LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese swimmers broke 23 records at the National Swimming Championships last week, which will hopefully provide momentum for the team Teenager Tran Thi Kim Tuyen from HCM City broke eight records on the women’s side, while Nguyen Thanh Hai of the Army team shattered seven records in the men’s division.Tuyen shocked the attending [...]

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Records crushed at swim championships

September 28, 2009
Records crushed at swim championships

LookAtVietnam – Olympian Nguyen Huu Viet of Hai Phong and HCM City’s Tran Thi Kim Tuyen performed perfectly at the National Swimming Championships – VietinBank Cup Flying to victory: HCM City’s Tran Thi Kim Tuyen completes her 100m butterfly at the National Swimming Championships – VietinBank Cup at the Ha Noi Aquatic Sports Centre. The [...]

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Finswimmers rack up records

September 23, 2009
Finswimmers rack up records

LookAtVietnam – Five national records were set at the Swimming and Finswimming Cup yesterday, September 22, at Ha Noi’s Aquatic Sports Centre. The swimming events will begin today and will finish on Sunday with the participation of SEA Games champion and Olympian Nguyen Huu Viet in the men’s 100m and 200m breaststroke events.HCM City-based Phan [...]

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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...