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Guinean PM says gov’t not dissolved

Guinean Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souare said on Tuesday that his government had not been dissolved, agencies’ reports said. People watch as Guinean soldiers on armoured vehicles patrol the streets of Conakry, December 23, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)That came after radio broadcast from the Guinean capital of Conakry said a military coup followed the... Read more

Education set for complete makeover, Gov’t says

VietNamNet Bridge - Everyone will have access to education by 2020 under a Strategy for Education Development for 2009-2020 released by the Government at a meeting December 18. A 12th grade class in Ho Chi Minh City. A government roadmap for changes to the education system envisages 80 percent of the population graduating from high school by 2020. VietNamNet... Read more

Language won’t hamper traffic crackdown, police say

Tourists walk by a motorbike-renting shop in the backpacker area of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1. English-speaking traffic policemen will be deputized to deal with foreigners caught flouting traffic rules in the latest safety crackdown in Ho Chi Minh City. Under the traffic crackdown, HCMC police this week... Read more

Transport officials say removal doesn’t mean end

A street barrier in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 3 Ho Chi Minh City Transport Department Tuesday announced a plan to remove 116 barriers on 25 streets around the city by January 18 to prepare for the Tet holiday and claimed more would be erected in the near future. Street barriers have been set up surrounding... Read more

Gov’t to assist 500,000 families to build homes

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung last Friday issued a decision to provide housing assistance to about 500,000 poor rural households nationwide. Bao Lac District authorities in Cao Bang Province help build homes for poor families.Three conditions have to be met for households to be eligible to receive the assistance to build a new house... Read more

Six teams to compete for T&T Cup

VietNamNet Bridge - Six V-Leauge clubs including T&T Hanoi, Song Lam Nghe An, Dong Tam-Long An, The Cong Viettel, Khatoco Khanh Hoa and SHB Da Nang will compete on the round robin basis at the Hanoi Friendly Football Tourney - T&T Cup 2008 VietNamNet Bridge - Six V-Leauge clubs including T&T Hanoi, Song Lam Nghe An, Dong Tam-Long An, The Cong Viettel,... Read more

Transsexuals find new body doesn’t ensure happiness

A Vietnamese transsexual (L) with her boyfriend There are no official statistics on the number of transgender people in Vietnam and how many undergo gender reassignment surgery. But post-operative transsexuals say the painful and expensive medical procedures they endured didn’t give them the normal lives they... Read more

Thailand’s Democrat Party, former coalition parties to form new gov’t

Thailand’s former opposition Democrat Party and four former coalition parties announced on Saturday that they would form a coalition government which hold at least 250 MPs. Members of five political parties and one faction, including Democrat Party’s secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban (C), join hands after forming a new coalition which hopes to... Read more

Bac Lieu gov’t fails to deliver on salt promise

Bac Lieu authorities have failed to provide any free iodine salt to poor people in the province this year despite making a 2008 target of nearly 130 tons. Bac Lieu Province’s Peoples Department Deputy Director Ly Hien on Friday claimed responsibility.Iodine salt is important in the diet to prevent goiters or bronchocele - a swelling in the neck just... Read more

Hotels wary of economic slowdown, don’t plan rate hikes

Vietnamese hotels are not planning to increase room tariffs by much next year as occupancy rates dip as a fallout of the global economic slowdown, the industry association said. In fact, many have decided to keep them unchanged or even reduce them.Tao Van Nghe, chairman of the 42-member Ho Chi Minh City Hotel Association... Read more

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