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Hanoi: land of lakes

January 31, 2010  . Filed under News, Travel

Hanoi: land of lakes

There’s no better place to let the time roll away than on the waterfront  Hoan Kiem Lake, which is the heart and soul of Hanoi, means “Lake of the Returned Sword”, in reference to the legend surrounding fifteenth century Vietnamese hero General Le LoiHanoi’s 20 lakes are renowned for bringing the city a sense of beauty and an old-world... Read more

Risk factor comes with a big price tag

January 25, 2010  . Filed under News, Sports

Risk factor comes with a big price tag

It took all of five hours for Henrique Calisto to double his salary. At the end of the contract renewal negotiations on Wednesday, the Portuguese tactician had increased his income to a hefty US$25,000 a month plus perks.It was not a major surprise that the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) agreed to this sum last... Read more

Out-of-season bad weather kills two and sinks many boats

January 21, 2010  . Filed under News, Social

Out-of-season bad weather kills two and sinks many boats

An out-of-season tropical depression entered the mainland on January 20 and caused heavy rain and strong winds in southern Vietnam and the Central Regions. A pine tree falls in Da Lat city. Strong waves plunged 18 boats and damaged 68 others, killed two people and swept away another on Phu Quy island in Binh Thuan province. By January 20 evening, Binh Thuan... Read more

Ca Mau families to be relocated

January 17, 2010  . Filed under News, Social

Ca Mau families to be relocated

An official from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ca Mau Province has called for the relocation of 12,000 people living along the southwestern sea dykes in the province. A 100m section of a sea dykes has been washed away at the mouth of the Huong Mai sea in U Minh District, in southernmost Ca Mau Province.LookAtVietnam - An official from... Read more

Outstanding sportsmen nominated for 2009

December 30, 2009  . Filed under News, Sports

Outstanding sportsmen nominated for 2009

Ten days after the 25th Southeast Asian Games, the board that annually selects outstanding coaches and athletes has chosen its nominees.   Runner Vu Thi Huong  This year Vietnam was very successful in two big events, the Asian Indoor Games and the SEA Games, so the board decided to vote 15 outstanding athletes instead of 10 and also 7 instead of 5... Read more

A look back at the SEA Games performance

December 27, 2009  . Filed under In depth, Reports

A look back at the SEA Games performance

Exceeding the goal for the number of gold medals represents a major success for Vietnam at the SEA Games 25 – but how did the games perform overall? Thanh Tra won a gold medal for springboard at the SEA Games 2009. And do Vietnam’s achievement really live up to the hype when compared to international criteria?  At the 3rd Asian Games in... Read more

Vietnamese judokas target China

December 27, 2009  . Filed under News, Sports

Vietnamese judokas target China

After competing successfully in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Laos, Vietnamese judokas will compete in the continental 16th Asian Games in China. Vietnamese judokas Van Ngoc Tu (upper) deals a blow to beat a Lao athlete in the women’s 48kg class final of the Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane last week. Tu won the gold medal. LookAtVietnam - After... Read more

Coach Calisto works as a "football agent"

December 24, 2009  . Filed under News, Sports

Coach Calisto works as a "football agent"

LookAtVietnam – The chief coach of the national squad Henrique Calisto has helped the T&T Hanoi club to recruit a new coach, Nicolau Vaqueiro, his fellow-countryman. Coach Henrique Calisto Calisto’s contract with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) will expire on March 31, 2010. The coach and his team could not win the gold medal at the... Read more

Vietnam copes with climate change in foreign lens

December 22, 2009  . Filed under News, Sci-Tech

Vietnam copes with climate change in foreign lens

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is among 11 countries that suffer the most from climate change. Foreign reporters recorded Vietnamese ways to adapt themselves to climate change. HCM City is the largest city in Vietnam. The city is below sea level so it is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change – the sea rise level and severe weather. The situation... Read more

As bustling as Ganh Do in the early morning

December 20, 2009  . Filed under News, Travel

As bustling as Ganh Do in the early morning

When the sun does not appear on the horizon, fishermen of Song Cau District in the central province of Phu Yen row their thuyen thung offshore to catch fish.  Fishermen and their relatives open their nets to take fish to Ganh Do in the morning.A fisherman called Trung told the Daily that like his neighbors he has to get up early every day to prepare nets... Read more

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