January 16, 2012
A local woman is offering food, carps and clothing for the Kitchen Gods On the 23rd of the last lunar month every year, the large kitchen in Ms Ly Thi Phuong’s house in Hanoi’s Gia Lam District becomes extremely busy. The 56-year-old prepares for something important for most Vietnamese – a gala farewell party [...]
Tags: At That Time, Bank Fire, By Rice Husk, Cooking, During Tet, Every family, family, farewell, Farewell Party, Farewell Party For, Farewell Party For The, For The Kitchen, For The Kitchen Gods, For The Party, For The Party Alone, For The Three, For The Three Kitchen, Gala Farewell, Gala Farewell Party, Gala Farewell Party For, Her Old, Her Old Husband, husband, important, In The Past, Jade Emperor, Kitchen, Kitchen Gods, Ldquo, lunar, Lunar month, Many people, Most Popular, New year, normally:, Old Husband, Party, Party For The, Party For The Three, people, Phuong, Phuong Says, Phuong Says Ldquo, popular, Rdquo, Rdquo Phuong, Rdquo Phuong Says, Rdquo Phuong Says Ldquo, Rice Husk, Says Ldquo, store, That The Kitchen, That The Kitchen Gods, The Altar, The Altar For, The family, The Jade, The Jade Emperor, The Kitchen, The Kitchen Gods, The Most Popular, The party, The Party Alone, The past, The Story, The three, The Three Kitchen, The Three Kitchen Gods, Three, Three Kitchen, Three Kitchen Gods, To Bank Fire, Vietnamese, Votive Offerings
Posted in Travel | Comments Off
January 8, 2012
Tran Thi Thanh Truc (R), 19, was crowned the winner of the fifth Vietnam Jewelry Queen The Vietnam Jewelry Queen contest has been rocked by scandal again after one of its contestants said they were forced to serve wine to unknown men. Tran Thi Hoa said that before the final round on December 30, the [...]
Tags: Before The Final, Before The Final Round, contest, contestants, Crowned The Winner, culture, Final Round, jewelry, Jewelry Queen, newspaper, Of The Contest, organizers, Party, queen, Thanh, Thanh Truc, The contest, The Fifth, The final, The Final Round, The ministry, The Newspaper, The Organizers, The party, The Winner, Thi thanh, Thi Thanh Truc, Tran Thi, Tran Thi Thanh, Tran Thi Thanh Truc, Unknown Men, Vietnam Jewelry, Vietnam Jewelry Queen
Posted in Lifestyle | Comments Off
January 6, 2012
Warns the lack of rectitude among Party members threatens political system Pedestrians and traffic pass down a street which is decorated with national flags and banners celebrating the Party Congress in Hanoi last January. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has admitted that morality is eroding among Party members. Vietnam’s top leader has admitted [...]
Tags: Admitted That Morality, among, Among Party, Among Party Members, Bureaucracy Corruption, Congress, corruption, Corruption Crusader, Degradation, Eroding, Eroding Among, Eroding Among Party, Eroding Among Party Members, General, General Secretary, General Secretary Nguyen, General Secretary Nguyen Phu, Has Admitted, Has Admitted That, Has Admitted That Morality, In Morality And, In Morality And Lifestyle, Is Eroding Among, Is Eroding Among Party, issue, justice, Justice Rdquo, Ldquo, Ldquo But That, Ldquo The Party, Ldquo The Party Has, Lifestyle, Local, members, Morality, Morality And Lifestyle, Nguyen, Nguyen Phu, Nguyen Phu Trong, Officials, Party, Party Congress, Party General, Party General Secretary, Party General Secretary Nguyen, Party Members, Party Rdquo, people, Phu Trong, Political System, province, public, Rdquo, Rdquo Ldquo, Said ldquo, Says Ldquo, Says Ldquo But, Says Ldquo But That, Secretary Nguyen, Secretary Nguyen Phu, Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Senior, Senior Judge, Senior Judge Was, She Says, system, Thanh nien, The Decline, The party, The Party Has, The Party Rdquo, The System, Transparency International, Trong, Vietnam
Posted in Politics | Comments Off
November 28, 2011
Vietnam deputy health minister Cao Minh Quang Internal inspectors of the Vietnamese Communist Party is investigating recent accusations against a deputy health minister, including that he falsely claimed to have a doctorate, the chief inspector said Thursday. Ngo Van Du, head of the Party’s Central Inspectorate Committee, made the announcement one week after Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung [...]
Tags: accusations, Cao Minh, Cao Minh Quang, company, Deputy, Deputy Health, Deputy Health Minister, health, Health Minister, Inspectorate, Minh Quang, Minister, Party, Quang, The company, The party, The Secretariat, Vietnam, Vietnam Deputy, Vietnam Deputy Health, Vietnam Deputy Health Minister
Posted in Politics | Comments Off
November 17, 2011
Nguyen Van Men, 62, and his wife, at a southern Vietnam hospital where he and three others were sent as they fell unconscious after drinking rice wine Four people were hospitalized in southern Vietnam on Tuesday after finishing 10 liters of rice wine at a family party.  The four men are relatives from An [...]
Tags: After Drinking, After Drinking Rice, After Drinking Rice Wine, Drinking, Drinking Rice, Drinking Rice Wine, Fell Unconscious, His Wife, hospital, hospitalized, Hospitalized After Drinking, Hospitalized After Drinking Rice, In Southern Vietnam, Men 62, Nguyen van, Nguyen Van Men, Party, Rice Wine, southern, Southern Vietnam, The four, The party, They Fell Unconscious, Van Men, Vietnam, wedding, Wedding Party
Posted in Health | Comments Off
November 16, 2011
Vietnam set a schedule for data releases such as bad-debt ratios and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered the publication of a report on state-owned companies’ finances, following calls for more transparency. The State Bank of Vietnam will release banking industry data including the loan ratios and return on equity, as well as figures [...]
Tags: banking, Banking Industry, banks, Bloomberg, capital, Chi minh, Chi minh city, companies, Companies Finances, Government, Ho Chi, Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh City, In September The, industry, information, investors, Investors Service, It Said The, Last year, Ldquo, Minh city, Monday, nation, On State Owned, On State Owned Companies, owned, Owned Companies, Owned Companies Finances, Owned enterprises, Party, percent, Rdquo, release, Release Banking, Report:, service, state, State bank, State Owned Companies, State Owned Companies Finances, State owned enterprises, State-owned, Statement Posted, The government, The Nation, The party, The state, The state bank, Vietnam, Vietnamese, Vietnamese Banks
Posted in Business | Comments Off
November 12, 2011
Silence is golden; it’s also a good way to have fun, approximately 300 attendees at the Silent Party, held on October 22, recently learned. The party, held by the Ho Chi Minh City’s Deaf Culture Club and group of volunteers, allowed attendees aged from 2.5 to 67 years old, to express their ideas without [...]
Tags: Attendees, Body Language, Chi minh, Chi minh city, Culture Club, Deaf Culture, Deaf Culture Club, event, events, For Fun Rdquo, friends, Fun Rdquo, hearing, Ho Chi, Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh City, language, Ldquo, Ldquo Sale, Ldquo Sale For, Ldquo Sale For Fun, Minh city, Participant Said That, Party, people, Rdquo, Rdquo Ldquo, Said That She, Sale For Fun, Sale For Fun Rdquo, silent, Silent Party, Some Attendees, speaking, The first, The party, To Each Other, To Understand The, Without Words, Words
Posted in Reports | Comments Off
October 28, 2011
The Communist Party unit in a Mekong Delta city has issued a warning to a senior tax official for violating the party’s ethics code at a local massage parlor, newswire VnExpress reported. The Party committe of Ca Mau City also proposed that the city’s Tax Office sack its deputy director, Pham Minh Quang. According to [...]
Tags: Ca Mau, Ca Mau City, City Tax, City Tax Office, Ethics Code, Free Services, Get Free, Get Free Services, massage, Massage Parlor, Mau City, Mau City Tax, Mau City Tax Office, Office, official, parlor, Party, Phuong, Quang, services, Tax Office, Tax Official, The Ca, The Parlor, The party
Posted in Social | Comments Off
October 11, 2011
Workers of Taiwanese-owned footwear company Pou Yuen Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City, on strike last year. A former official from the Ministry of Public Security says the right to strike needs to be protected by laws in Vietnam. The Law on Demonstration is being drafted by the Ministry [...]
Tags: Accordance With The, agencies, allow, And Hold Demonstrations, And The Government, Assemble Form, Assemble Form Associations, Assemble Form Associations And, Associations And Hold, Associations And Hold Demonstrations, At Industrial Zones, behavior, Behavior Toward Demonstrators, Chief, committee, constitution, Country, Cuong, Cuong Former, Cuong Former Chief, Decline The Application, Demonstrate, demonstration, Demonstrations, development, Do You Think, economy, Employers, Enjoy Freedom, express, Express Their Opinions, forces, Forces Behavior, Forces Behavior Toward, Forces Behavior Toward Demonstrators, Form Associations, Form Associations And, Form Associations And Hold, Former, Former Chief, freedom, Government, Hold Demonstrations, In Accordance With, In Accordance With The, In The World, In Your Opinion, Industrial Zones, Institute Under The, Institute Under The Ministry, Is Not Just, Ldquo, Le Van, Le Van Cuong, Le Van Cuong Former, Legal, ministry, National assembly, needs, Obligations, Of Public Security, Of The Law, Of The National, Of The National Assembly, Of The Press, Of The Press The, Of The Strategy, Of The Strategy Institute, opinion, Opinions, Party, people, Press The Right, public, Public Security, Rdquo, regulate, regulations, Related, Related Agencies, Related Parties, Responsibilities, right, rights, Security, Social, Speech Freedom, Strategy Institute, Strategy Institute Under, Strategy Institute Under The, strike, Strike Needs, That The Law, The Application, The Constitution, The country, The government, The Law, The Law Has, The ministry, The national, The National Assembly, The party, The people, The Press, The Press The, The Press The Right, The previous, The Public, The right, The Strategy, The Strategy Institute, The Strategy Institute Under, The world, Their Employers, Their Opinions, Their Rights, think, To Assemble Form, To Assemble Form Associations, To Express Their, To Express Their Opinions, To Strike Needs, Toward Demonstrators, Tre Newspaper, Tuoi Tre, Tuoi Tre Newspaper, Under The Ministry, Van Cuong, Van Cuong Former, Van Cuong Former Chief, Vietnam, wants, We Need, workers, You Think, Your Opinion
Posted in Reports | Comments Off
September 20, 2011
The barge where two officials in the southern province of Long An had a drinking party with a dozen of people on August 20. A woman then drowned after falling into the river. The Party committee in the southern province of Long An has sent official warnings to two local officials who attended a get-together [...]
Tags: August 20, Can Giuoc, committee, Deadly Party, Drowned, In The Southern, In The Southern Province, Into The River, Local, Of Can Giuoc, Officials, Party, people, River, southern, Southern province, The party, The river, The Southern, The Southern Province, Two Officials
Posted in Social | Comments Off
