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PM asks that national football matches be aired live nationwide 

January 16, 2012
PM asks that national football matches be aired live nationwide 

  Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked on Thursday that the telecast copyright issues be resolved so that all national football matches could be broadcast live nationwide. An urgent document by the Prime Minister said, “The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism should give directives to concerned agencies to solve obstacles to ensure that [...]

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Fuel to the fire 

January 15, 2012
Fuel to the fire 

  Siphoned gasoline replaced by other liquids by unscrupulous tank truck drivers may be the cause of car and motorbike fires Two men pumping liquid into a tank truck after spiriting hundreds of liters of gasoline. Low quality fuel is now considered the prime suspect responsible for the many car and motorbike fires over the [...]

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VFF-AVG pact on TV rights not valid: VPF 

January 3, 2012
VFF-AVG pact on TV rights not valid: VPF 

Nguyen Duc Kien, vice chairman of the Vietnam Professional Football JSC (VPF) The newly established national football company, VPF, says it rejects the validity of 20-year-contract between the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and the An Vien Group (AVG). Early this year, VFF and AVG signed an agreement worth VND 6 billion (US$285,000) per year that [...]

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Vietnam to take over Mekong River’s gauging stations 

November 26, 2011
Vietnam to take over Mekong River’s gauging stations 

  Vietnam will be the first of four member nations to take over gauging stations on the Mekong River from the Mekong River Commission (MRC)’s Secretariat next January, the government’s website reported Wednesday. According to the website, the stations belong to the project of Hydrological Cycle Observing System that the Secretariat introduced at a national [...]

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The greenest car you’ve (likely) never heard of 

April 16, 2011
The greenest car you’ve (likely) never heard of 

The Honda Civic GX 4DR, a natural Gas vehicle, at a car show in Los Angeles. The greenest car you’ve likely never heard of will soon be hitting Honda showrooms across the United States as the Japanese automaker expands sales of its compressed natural gas powered Civic. Honda has been quietly winning green car awards [...]

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Ingenuous infomercials 

March 12, 2011
Ingenuous infomercials 

A necklace studded with “artificial diamonds” claimed to be wrought from something called “nano gold” – a special metal that had been discovered following three years of research A Thanh Nien investigation finds unscrupulous entrepreneurs peddling fake junk over the airwaves while government regulators twiddle their thumbs Minh, a Ho Chi Minh City housewife, purchased [...]

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Hanoi, overcrowded bus stations, traffic congestion in lead-up Tet

February 7, 2010
Hanoi, overcrowded bus stations, traffic congestion in lead-up Tet

LookAtVietnam – Passenger numbers have increased by 50 percent over normal days at Hanoi bus stations like Gia Lam, My Dinh, and Giap Bat, with students traveling home to Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Nam Dinh and Thai Nguyen.  Nguyen Nam, who works at the Giap Bat bus station said February 5, the high number of [...]

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Telcos upgrade networks to reduce jamming

February 4, 2010
Telcos upgrade networks to reduce jamming

Mobile carriers have completed their network upgrades to reduce jamming incidents caused by overload during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday . . . Viettel now has around 48 million subscribers.Tran Minh Huy, deputy director of Viettel Telecom in HCMC, on Monday told the Daily that network jamming in the Lunar New Year, or Tet, [...]

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Unlicensed coaches taking advantage of Tet travel

January 28, 2010
Unlicensed coaches taking advantage of Tet travel

Unlicensed coaches are hectically operating in Hanoi and HCM City because the lunar New Year is the best time for them to earn money, as the need for travel rises sharply.  HCM City and Hanoi are clamping down and, to date, have caught many coaches picking up passengers outside coach stations or at filling stations. [...]

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Bus, ferry stations jam-packed as vacationers return

January 5, 2010
Bus, ferry stations jam-packed as vacationers return

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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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...