June 27, 2011
Julia Shaw appears to be just another tourist on Mui Ne’s golden beach. Her open smile, lush blond hair and tan lines do nothing to belie your suspicions. Sailing instructors train students in waters off the coast of Mui Ne Until you find out she’s the brains behind Mui Ne’s first sailing school. The [...]
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May 27, 2011
South Korean environmentalists stage a rally in front of the U.S embassy in Seoul. South Korea opened a second investigation in days into a report that the US military dumped toxic chemicals near the capital decades ago, a Defense Ministry official said on Wednesday, threatening to trigger an anti-American backlash. Experts have been sent to [...]
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April 24, 2011
Carl Andreason, 38, of Sweden and his wife, Nguyen Thi Hoa (of Hoi An) married in 1999 and now run a pair of seafood restaurants in the ancient town’s Minh An Ward Hoi An changed a bit after UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site in 1999. Big new houses went up next to [...]
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January 31, 2010
Thereâs no better place to let the time roll away than on the waterfront Hoan Kiem Lake, which is the heart and soul of Hanoi, means “Lake of the Returned Sword”, in reference to the legend surrounding fifteenth century Vietnamese hero General Le LoiHanoiâs 20 lakes are renowned for bringing the city a sense of [...]
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January 5, 2010
Traffic jam outside the Can Tho ferry station on January 3 as people returned to work from their hometowns after a three-day New Year holiday (Photo: SGGP)LookAtVietnam – Bus and ferry stations in many parts of the country were overrun January 3 by people returning to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City after a three-day [...]
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October 31, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The rollover of 2009 loan subsidy programme funds could be limited due to safety restrictions. Government bonds are being pointed to as a safe way for banks to lock up their excess fundsNguyen Thi Kim Thanh, head of the State Bank’s Banking Development Institute, said around VND10 trillion ($560 million) in short-term loans [...]
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October 12, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Teachers and students are back in school, even though formidable floods have taken away their homes, clothing and books. Van Thi Kim Lien appeared at Tran Hung Dao Secondary School in Kon Tum City on the morning of October 7, the first day the school reopened after the flood. She greeted everyone and [...]
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August 24, 2009
Keep medicine prices stable, says PM; Container thieves facing serious prison time; Fake money ring faces charges; Man gets death sentence for killing creditor; Insurance agency hurt by slow law suits, upfront court costs Keep medicine prices stable, says PM Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung August 21 asked the Ministry of Health to investigate the recent [...]
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August 22, 2009
Workers at a construction site in Ho Chi Minh City. The Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance Agency has complained of time-consuming trial procedures and up-front court fees to sue enterprises for unpaid insurance fees. Nguyen Van Sang, the agency director, said they have filed 62 lawsuits against enterprises since 2008 for late insurance fee [...]
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August 18, 2009
LookAtVietnam – With brand new cars in short supply, car buyers have become tired of waiting many months to get deliveries. Some have turned to hunting for used cars. The used car market has become torrid in the last two months, reports the HCM City daily, Nguoi Lao Dong. If you google can mua o [...]
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