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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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Telecast dispute – VFF on the wrong foot 

January 15, 2012
Telecast dispute – VFF on the wrong foot 

  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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Six SEA Games stars to be recommended for Labor Award 

December 16, 2011
Six SEA Games stars to be recommended for Labor Award 

Gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh will be nominated for the Labor Award, third class, for some glorious performances at last month’s SEA Games in Indonesia Six athletes will be nominated for the Labor Award, third class, for their outstanding performances at the Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia last month, a sports official has said. Lam [...]

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Vietnam says no to sex toys 

October 11, 2011

  Vietnam will not allow the import of sex toys into the country, the General Department of Vietnam Customs has announced. In a document sent to the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department, the department said passengers who bring sex toys with them in their hand luggage will be ordered to hand them over to [...]

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Factories poach northern craftsmen 

July 23, 2011
Factories poach northern craftsmen 

A man makes shoes in the handicraft village of Gie Ha. The village, with a tradition for leather shoe making that stretches back nearly 100 years, produces about 100,000 pairs of hand-made shoes a year.. Nguyen Thi Dung, a craftsperson from Hanoi’s Van Phuc Silk Village, recently applied for a job at a garment factory [...]

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Seeing red 

December 12, 2010
Seeing red 

  Vietnamese catfish producers and European importers are demanding the World Wildlife Fund re-evaluate its red-listing of the hugely popular export item A worker catches tra fish at a fish farm in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam Local catfish producers and government officials are calling a recent analysis of Vietnam’s most popular farmed fish “incorrect” [...]

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Vietnam to demand WWF correction on tra fish 

December 10, 2010
Vietnam to demand WWF correction on tra fish 

In addition to tra fish, WWF has told European consumers to avoid Vietnamese tilapia and prawns Vietnamese fisheries officials will meet with representatives from the World Wildlife Fund on Wednesday, following the organization’s call for European consumers to boycott three Vietnamese seafood products. The Denmark-based international organization listed Vietnam’s farmed tra fish on a list [...]

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Khanh Hoa official: 20,000 tonnes of nix pollutants “not much”

January 6, 2010
Khanh Hoa official: 20,000 tonnes of nix pollutants “not much”

In an interview with Tuoi Tre Daily about Hyundai Vinashin’s import of 20,000 tonnes of copper slag, Khanh Hoa’s Vice-Chairperson said that that volume is small compared to past imports. Nix grains transported from the Atlantic Star to HVS’ warehouses on December 30. Did the Hyundai Vinashin Shipyard (HVS) ask for permission to import copper slag? Government [...]

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Sports General Department gets new chief

December 25, 2009
Sports General Department gets new chief

The Minister of Culture, Sports and Information has appointed the vice chief of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training Vuong Bich Thang as the department’s chief. Mr. Vuong Bich Thang. LookAtVietnam – Minister of Culture, Sports and Information Hoang Tuan Anh has appointed the vice chief of the General Department of Sports and [...]

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Sand exporters hit by new laws

November 11, 2009
Sand exporters hit by new laws

Sand exporters have complained to the Prime Minister after falling foul of new legislation  In early November, sand batches were stuck at seaports after the Government told provinces on September 29 to stop exporting sand, construction gravel and materials for ground leveling. Meanwhile, many provinces had allowed companies to dredge passages for ships to shelter [...]

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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...