November 14, 2011
Up to 1,000 women die every day as a result of pregnancy-related complications globally, and 5,500 newborns die in the first week of life because of a lack of adequate medical care A midwife examines a pregnant woman in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan. The United Nations has called on Vietnam to invest [...]
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October 15, 2011
Unprecedented move against Chinese contractor not easy, but ‘wise’, local firm says Vietnam’s state-owned Construction Corporation No.1 has decided to end its contract with a Chinese supplier due to poor performance at a major hydropower project in the Central Highlands. Beijing IWHR Corporation was terminated from the contract to supply and install the main [...]
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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 [...]
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August 19, 2011
Without docks built to recieve tour boats, tourists have to climb over a fence to get to the street when they visit the beach city of Da Nang in central Vietnam. Without a tourism wharf, travelers who dock in Da Nang have to cross dangerous makeshift bridges to reach the mainland. Tuyet Lam, a tourist [...]
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June 12, 2011
A woman with children shops at a supermarket in Hanoi. Experts have criticized a new draft law on prices, saying it does not mention anything about consumer rights. The proposed law on prices as currently written has raised concerns among business groups about more controls on pricing. In addition, experts complain that the new law [...]
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May 10, 2011
A Pakistan paramilitary soldier stands guard during a protest over the slaying of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Karachi. Pakistan has dismissed as “absurd” accusations that complicity or incompetence had allowed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to hide out in the country for years and vowed a full investigation. Addressing parliament in his first [...]
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April 16, 2011
Engineer who exposed flaws in cars produced by the Toyota Vietnam says he would do it again, if needed A Toyota Innova, a popular model in the country used widely by many taxi companies, runs on a street in Ho Chi Minh City. Toyota Motor Vietnam announced last week that it plans to recall [...]
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March 20, 2011
Vu Dinh Toan and Lan Ngoc won the ‘Best actor’ and ‘Best actress’ awards after being nominated for supporting roles Annual film awards everywhere never fail to attract a fair share of controversy. With the judges, the press and the public frequently at odds over which film or actor deserved a prize or not, controversy [...]
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December 24, 2010
23 years ago, Thanh Nien initiated the fight against an unfair, ‘politically correct’ higher education policy based on family background Nguyen Manh Huy (R) meets Nguyen Manh Huy, the latter being given his name by parents who admired the former. The senior Huy is the first student born to parents on the wrong side [...]
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February 6, 2010
An exhibition about the first locally-manufactured aircrafts opened at the Museum for Air Defense and the Air Force on February 2 but are they the first made-in-Vietnam planes? VietNamNet finds out. The two farmers and their “helicopter”. In 1999 rice grower Le Van Danh and a rubber farmer Tran Quoc Hai, who ran a shop [...]
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