MOET has released draft standards for the skill development of 5-year-old children, which says that children of this age need to have good pronunciation and must be able to count to ten. MOET has released the draft standards in order to help teachers at nursery schools and kindergartens compile suitable curricula, and let parents know [...]
Five men have received certificates of merit for their bravery in rescuing 36 people in the deadly ferry accident in the central province of Quang Binh on January 25. From the left: Luyen, Phong, Thang and Hoan (Photo: Tuoi Tre)Lookatvietnam – Five men have received certificates of merit for their bravery in rescuing 36 people [...]
Lookatvietnam – They don’t depend on rice or cattle, Co Tu people in Quang Nam Province rely on a different staple in their diet – their legendary boong boong trees. Leftovers: After harvest, Men people sell boong boong, a small yellow fruit, at market. The fruit grown in Men is known throughout the area as [...]
Commercial banks have, for the first time, seen their import of dollars imposed with VAT at 10% of the import value. The regulation, which the banks call absurd, has been hindering banks to import foreign currencies to serve payments. On January 15, East Asia Bank (EAB), one of the biggest overseas remittance service providers, imported [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Between 1,500 to 5,000 Vietnamese workers in the Czech Republic have lost their jobs, and around 5,000 to 7,000 others will be unemployed in the near future, said the Chairman of the Czech – Vietnam Friendship Association, Marcel Winter. The funeral of a Vietnamese worker who committed suicide in Czech.VietNamNet Bridge – [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – In the current difficult situation, many companies are cutting down spending on organising Christmas parties and giving bonuses to their staff on the occasion of Christmas. Many say they have only hung up some tinsel around their offices to create a Christmas atmosphere. Airseco: “This pine tree is smaller than last year’s [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – More than 160,000 children under 15 years of age in HCM City are expected to join the annual green painting contest to be held next April. Little Picasso: Choi Trau (Buffalo Fight) by Nguyen Ngoc Phuong Uyen, 14, a student at Nguyen Du High School, won second prize in this year’s Green [...]
Small stall holders at Con market in Da Nang City are struggling as several hui U U organizers have disappeared with billions of dongs of their savings. People in central Hue Town have reported a woman to police for fleeing with VND4 billion (US$235,000) of their money from a hui scam. Ho Thi Xuan Huong, [...]
The exhibition, commemorating 310 years of southern Vietnam history, displays pieces from many different museums and private collections A new exhibition of artifacts at the Museum of Vietnamese History in Ho Chi Minh City is commemorating 310 years of Vietnamese civilization in the south. The exhibition that started last Wednesday displays 386 items including jewelry, [...]
Doctors at the Central Acupuncture Hospital treating a patient. Many public hospitals in Hanoi have tried to expand their outpatient treatment services. No more patient stampedes after private hospitals force their public counterparts to clean up their act. State-owned hospitals still have lengthy queues of patients waiting their turns.But unlike several years ago, patients not [...]
