December 12, 2011
A man having a compass tattoo on Bui Vien Street. Ho Chi Minh City with the believing it could guide him and stop him from getting lost Not too long ago, they were more than a rarity, they were simply not there. Today, nearly 20 tattoo shops have registered in Ho Chi Minh City’s backpacker [...]
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August 31, 2011
The American International Group (AIG) building is seen in New York's financial district March 16, 2009. Top Bank of America Corp lawyers knew as early as January that American International Group Inc was prepared to sue the bank for more than $10 billion, seven months before the lawsuit was filed, according to sources familiar with [...]
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July 12, 2011
A sixty-year-old man has spent half his life and all his money chasing the legend of Emperor Ham Nghi’s buried treasure Nguyen Hong Cong (pictured lower left) now lives in a remote cottage in the Hoa Son Forest where he has hunted an elusive treasure trove for the past 30 years. In the summer [...]
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December 17, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Despite their best intentions, students who study abroad using government funds find it difficult to contribute to the State when they return. The following stories have been provided by insiders who say that it would be better to offer suitable options to encourage students studying abroad to return home after graduation. Creating favorable [...]
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September 28, 2009
Vietnam’s rice has always been cheaper than Thailand’s. This has been attributed to the fact that Vietnam still does not have good ‘national rice’ varieties. Tran Dinh Long, professor, academician, and Chairman of the Vietnam Plant Variety Association Tran Dinh Long, a professor, academician, and Chairman of the Vietnam Plant Variety Association at the Ministry [...]
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September 11, 2009
LookAtVietnam – WB that Vietnamese businesses spend 1,050 hours every year fulfilling tax duties. However, taxation department contends that 1,050 hours is a much exaggerated figure. GDT believes that enterprises can reduce the average time they need to fulfill tax procedures The Doing Business 2010 report released by the World Bank on September 9 said [...]
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July 26, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The General Statistic Office reported that commodity exports in the first seven months of the year reached US$32.3 billion or a year-on-year decrease of 13.4 per cent. An Giang Coffee Joint Stock Co workers process coffee for export. Coffee export turnover fell 34.3 per cent in the first seven months of this year.LookAtVietnam [...]
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July 20, 2009
Volunteer Thu Trang shares a laugh with Hero Mother Le Thi Dung A summer program teaches teenagers the value of community service by pairing them with elderly mothers who lost children to the war. Ho Chi Minh City youth havenât spent all summer just sitting around the TV getting fat and lazy.Many spent weeks rising [...]
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July 17, 2009
Nguyen Thanh Tinh (L) studies for his university entrance exams with his friend Le Lanh at their boarding house in Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City. Not everybody who sat this yearâs university entrance exams came straight from school. For some who failed last yearâs exams, the key to a better education is to [...]
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July 4, 2009
Tam (C) leads a group discussion with sex workers in Ho Chi Minh City Armed with little more than goodwill, a former prostitute helps others avoid lives of crime. Truong Thi Hong Tam doesnât try to hide the 10 years of her life she spent as a thief, drug-addict and prostitute.On the contrary, she now [...]
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