Posts Tagged ‘ season ’

Medicine from lolot 

December 2, 2011
Medicine from lolot 

Leaves as well as other parts of the lolot plant have therapeutic properties and can fix an upset tummy, ease pain and inflammation, cool the body, local herbalists say. Mediterranean people use vine leaves to make a parcel of minced lamb whereas the Vietnamese use lolot leaves to wrap around meat, though never lamb as [...]

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Black Friday draws crowds, but spending in doubt 

November 26, 2011
Black Friday draws crowds, but spending in doubt 

  A woman pulls shopping carts through the aisle of a Target store on the shopping day dubbed “Black Friday” in Torrington, Connecticut November 25, 2011. Retailers were hoping for more shoppers like Shawn Elzia as the annual Black Friday bargain stampede marked the unofficial start of what is widely expected to be a middling [...]

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Crowds hit stores for ‘Black Friday’ deals 

November 25, 2011
Crowds hit stores for ‘Black Friday’ deals 

  A man loads a flat screen television into his car on the shopping day dubbed “Black Friday” in Torrington, Connecticut November 25, 2011. Bargain hunters flocked to stores late Thursday and overnight Friday, searching for deals on big screen televisions, video games and toys while fretting about their own shaky economic well-being. Some stores, [...]

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Vietnam coffee to reach EU next month at earliest, Volcafe says 

November 19, 2011
Vietnam coffee to reach EU next month at earliest, Volcafe says 

Workers sort through green robusta coffee beans for defects at a processing plant in Ho Chi Minh City. Coffee beans from the season started last month in Vietnam, the world’s largest producer of the robusta variety, will reach Europe by mid-December at the earliest, helping erode stockpiles, Volcafe said. Robusta stockpiles with valid grading certificates [...]

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HCMC Football Federation chairman resigns 

November 1, 2011
HCMC Football Federation chairman resigns 

  Ho Chi Minh City Football Federation (HFF) chairman Le Hung Dung submitted his resignation at the federation’s annual meeting held  Wednesday. Three other people in the federation’s steering committee also asked to resign – General Secretary Duong Vu Lam, Vice Chairman Tran Le Nguyen and member Pham Huynh Tam Lang. Dung, who is also [...]

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Delicacies of the floods 

October 7, 2011
Delicacies of the floods 

  The rainy season fills the Mekong Delta with one of the world’s tastiest, and smallest fish When cá linh comes to Saigon, cooks often combine the fish with coconut milk for stewing Every autumn, the Mekong Delta flood season inundates lower-delta farmers with cá linh, or mud carp fish, tasty little freshwater treats that [...]

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Vietnam producers cautious as holiday season nears 

September 27, 2011
Vietnam producers cautious as holiday season nears 

High interest rates have affected many companies in the production chain Market observers and industry insiders say that the normal ramping up of production for the holiday season is unlikely to happen this year. Cao Tien Vi, chairman of Saigon Paper Corp., Vietnam’s largest private paper producer, said many companies have no choice but to [...]

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Postnatal treats 

September 24, 2011
Postnatal treats 

Enjoying green papaya simmered with pig’s trotters for seven consecutive days can help a woman after giving birth increase the quality of her breast milk, according to local herbalists. After giving birth, a woman’s body is weak and it loses vitality as it heals. The loss of blood and strength, and often doses of antibiotics, [...]

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Yummy, healthy summer treat 

September 20, 2011
Yummy, healthy summer treat 

   Longan and lotus seed sweet soup is a summer favorite and it is believed to help release stress and promote deep sleep. Everyone knows that the best time to eat fruit is when it is in season. Blessed with tropical abundance, Vietnam has several fruits in season throughout the year. And whether you have [...]

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Hanoi club demands $2 mln from Atletico Madrid's new signing 

September 4, 2011
Hanoi club demands $2 mln from Atletico Madrid's new signing 

  Though he is offically with Spain’s top-tier club Atlectico Madrid now, Nigerian striker Samson Kayode Olaleye must pay the Vietnamese football club Hanoi T&T at least US$2 million if he wants to play in Europe. Olaleye is in trouble because he received a large amount of cash from Hanoi T&T and signed a memorandum [...]

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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...