Posts Tagged ‘ Some people ’

Vietnamese poet believes in Russia reclaim of cultural uniqueness 

November 12, 2011
Vietnamese poet believes in Russia reclaim of cultural uniqueness 

  As Russia marked the 94th anniversary of the October Revolution (November 7), Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association Nguyen Quang Thieu says while the country seems confused by changes under westernization, but it will prove its once powerful culture in the future. For you, as a poet, what is the meaning of Russia? Landscapes and people, [...]

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Bedside manners matter 

July 9, 2011
Bedside manners matter 

Patients surround a health worker to ask for examination instructions at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien last week reported that, every year, Vietnamese citizens spend up to US$1 billion on treatment at hospitals in Singapore. Tien noted that while foreign medical expertise is not significantly [...]

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Focus on ‘easy’ markets first 

June 19, 2011
Focus on ‘easy’ markets first 

  No need to curb investments abroad by Vietnamese firms A tuk-tuk rides past a large advertising poster featuring investment fields by Vietnam’s group Hoang Anh Gia Lai in the Laos capital Vientiane. Laos and Cambodia are two markets that are easy for Vietnamese firms to invest in, an expert says. As of February, Vietnamese [...]

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Australian birds with cocky attitude 

April 24, 2011
Australian birds with cocky attitude 

A long-beaked Ibis bird looks for food scraps from a bin at Sydney's tourist precinct, Circular Quay. It’s not yet the Bodega Bay of Alfred Hitchcock’s "The Birds", but winged creatures are increasingly becoming a concern for inhabitants of Australia’s biggest city. Large colonies of the white, long-beaked native ibis stalk the garbage bins of [...]

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Study offers new clues to effective HIV vaccine 

November 12, 2010
Study offers new clues to effective HIV vaccine 

Nandi Makhele, 25, poses for a portrait while wearing a T-shirt indicating that she is HIV-positive, in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township, February 15, 2010. Slight differences in five amino acids in a protein called HLA-B may explain why certain people resist the human immunodeficiency virus, US researchers said on Thursday in a study that lends [...]

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Youngsters make ‘simple choice’ to protect environment

October 17, 2009
Youngsters make ‘simple choice’ to protect environment

Vietnamese youth in Hanoi holding candles during a ceremony celebrating Earth Hour in March this year. Vietnam’s youth embrace the green movement with enthusiasm and creativity. Two years ago, a TV ad instructing viewers how to sort trash for recycling caught the attention of 18-year-old Dang Lan Ngoc.Out of curiosity, she signed up for Hanoi-3R [...]

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Feedback from Ceramic Road’s author

September 13, 2009
Feedback from Ceramic Road’s author

LookAtVietnam – After some people and experts criticised the Ceramic Road project, Dan Tri online newspaper talked with journalist Nguyen Thu Thuy, who came up with the idea for the project. Journalist Nguyen Thu Thuy. Some people and experts have recently criticised the Ceramic Road in some aspects. What do you think about their comments? Criticisms mainly [...]

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Using Vietnam’s intellectuals wisely and well

September 7, 2009
Using Vietnam’s intellectuals wisely and well

 Sci-tech intellectuals play an important role in Vietnam’s industrialization and modernization. To bring their talents into full play, we need to have an accurate appraisal of the actual situation.  This is the first in a series of VietNamNet articles that address the role of scientists and other technically-trained managers in the nation’s future development. The author [...]

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Used car market heats up

August 18, 2009
Used car market heats up

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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Quang Ninh’s ‘Bridge of Suicide”

July 26, 2009
Quang Ninh’s ‘Bridge of Suicide”

Beautiful Bai Chay Bridge, the most modern suspension bridge in Southeast Asia, is now called the “demonic bridge” because from the day it opened in 2006, many people have chosen it as the site of their suicide. Bai Chay’s 40 guards patrol it 24/7; it is considered a strategic structure. Their duty is protecting and [...]

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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...