January 23, 2012
Affluence and status-mongering could distort the meaning and purpose of a venerable custom A ceremony held to celebrate longevity for both parents in Hanoi “Kinh gia, gia de tuoi cho” – Respect the elders and you will live for as long as they do, goes a well-known Vietnamese saying. Hence, the older the elder, [...]
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January 22, 2012
A teenage duck farmer in southern Vietnam has been killed by the bird flu virus this month, a doctor said at a meeting with Ho Chi Minh City Health Department Wednesday. Le Van N. of Hau Giang Province in the Mekong Delta was hospitalized January 10 with high fever and fatigue but died a day [...]
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January 19, 2012
The on-going exhibition "Typical images of Hanoi from 1873 to 1945" offers insights to the tranformation of Hanoi from an Eastern city to one that absorbed many Western influences.  The photo exhibition, which opened January 17 at the Hanoi- Thang Long Heritage Preservation center in Hanoi, introduces 80 photos, sketches, maps and documents, according to a [...]
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January 18, 2012
Song Lam Nghe An players (yellow) mark Nigerian striker Samson Kayode Olaleye of visitors Hanoi T&T in a Super League match in Vinh city Sunday. Defending Vietnamese Super League champions Song Lam Nghe An were held 2-2 at home by Hanoi T&T in the third round Sunday. Both teams played fast football from the start, [...]
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January 15, 2012
Ho Chi Minh City as seen from the rooftop of a downtown building. Property prices are expected to fall in the next six months. Developers are still pessimistic about market conditions but some experts believe investors should not rule out real estate just yet. Economist Dinh The Hien said the government is expected to [...]
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January 15, 2012
The location in Ninh Thuan Province's Ninh Phuoc District chosen for Vietnam's first nuclear power plant to be built in 2014. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has reaffirmed Vietnam’s determination to build a nuclear power plant because the country is due to experience serious power shortages in the next decade. “We are determined to develop [...]
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January 15, 2012
The Vietnam Football Federation has only itself to blame for the current controversy raging over TV telecast rights for Super League games. VFF early last year signed a 20-year contract with the telecommunications and media company called the An Vien Group for VND6 billion (US$285,000) per year. The contract has been rejected by the [...]
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January 14, 2012
Vietnam signaled that it may cut policy interest rates to “more suitable” levels after the first quarter and weaken the dong this year as Asia’s fastest inflation eases. “The central bank will adjust policy rates to more suitable levels, aiming to help ease the average level of market interest rates,” central bank Governor Nguyen [...]
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January 11, 2012
Vietnam will adjust policy interest rates to “more suitable” levels after the first quarter and weaken the dong as much as 3 percent this year, central bank Governor Nguyen Van Binh said. “We believe that 2012 will be a hard year, a challenging year for Vietnam’s economy,” Binh said at a conference in Hanoi [...]
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January 9, 2012
Police deactivate mines set up at the entrance to the house of Doan Van Vuon in the northern city of Hai Phong. Six cops were shot in an encounter with Vuon's family on January 5. A man who allegedly shot six officers when his family was trying to stop police from revoking their land in [...]
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