Posts Tagged ‘ Tuyet ’

Vietnamese lawmakers discuss cutting preferential treatment for state firms 

November 6, 2011
Vietnamese lawmakers discuss cutting preferential treatment for state firms 

Deputy Mai Thi Anh Tuyet suggests further equitization of state-owned firms, especially those that are making losses National Assembly members and economists are suggesting that Vietnam equitizes large state groups and reduces loan guarantees to state owned firms in an effort to prevent financial resources being squandered on loss making businesses. During the ongoing NA [...]

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Accidents waiting to happen 

September 23, 2011
Accidents waiting to happen 

  Mafia-esque bus transportation system a no-holds-barred race fraught with risk Buses wait to pick up passengers on the road outside the Giap Bat Bus Station in Hanoi It took 30 minutes for the bus to travel just one kilometer as it inched its way out of the My Dinh Terminal in Hanoi at around [...]

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Cancer patients duped by dietary supplements 

July 30, 2011
Cancer patients duped by dietary supplements 

A pharmacy near the a cancer hospital in Hanoi with posters promoting cancer-curing food supplements made from lingzhi mushroom, noni and ginseng Hundreds of pharmacists, doctors and drug makers are pushing anti-cancer supplements on naïve cancer patients. Vietnamese consumers have been willing to pay for these expensive products in the hopes of curing their illnesses, [...]

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Northern Vietnam booms with ancient tea trees 

July 7, 2011
Northern Vietnam booms with ancient tea trees 

  An ancient tea tree in Lao Chai, the northern province of Ha Giang   Vietnam boasts a vast wealth of ancient tea trees that are still waiting to be discovered, developed and protected.   According to scant mention in historic materials and scientific research, ancient tea trees are mainly located in the northern highland provinces of [...]

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Artist couple offer free lessons in traditional Vietnamese music 

June 27, 2011
Artist couple offer free lessons in traditional Vietnamese music 

Artist Tuyet Mai guides a foreign tourist on playing the Vietnamese zither. Free courses of Vietnamese traditional music will be offered by two meritorious artists at Ho Chi Minh City’s Trucmai Music House from July 15.   Tuyet Mai and her husband Dinh Linh, who founded Trucmai in 2004, said the classes aim to introduce [...]

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Sperm in short supply in Vietnam metro 

December 20, 2010
Sperm in short supply in Vietnam metro 

Doctors prepare sperms for an in vitro fertilization case at Hung Vuong Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City. Sperm shortage at the city hospitals have made infertile couples more desperate. Infertility is a growing problem among young couples in Ho Chi Minh City, doctors say. What’s worse, the city is short on sperm. Some desperate couples [...]

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More than money

January 31, 2010
More than money

Singer Luong Duc Minh at C’est Moi nightclub. Ho Chi Minh City’s night club singers often attract small local followings, but fame and fortune are not much of an option for these vocalists who perform purely for the love of song. After 30 years of singing, popular night club act Thanh Hoa doesn’t have a [...]

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Ex-officials tried for tax exemption tricks in southern Vietnam

January 31, 2010
Ex-officials tried for tax exemption tricks in southern Vietnam

Dang Thi Bach Tuyet (Front), a former official at the Dong Nai Province Tax Agency, is examined on Tuesday The trial of six former senior tax officials charged with allowing a Taiwanese-invested fisheries company to evade years of taxes began Tuesday. The defendants include Phan Van Hien and Vu Xuan Hieu, two former deputy heads [...]

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Take the local flavors home

January 16, 2010
Take the local flavors home

A foreign tourist samples local products at a mam tom (shrimp paste) stall. Cooking tours offer visitors a deeper experience with Vietnamese culture. It’s an unusual sight, but it doesn’t raise eyebrows among vendors at Hanoi’s Hang Be Market.Since it has been happening for nearly seven years now, the vendors are used to seeing a [...]

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No tears this Tet as filmmakers plump for fun

January 8, 2010
No tears this Tet as filmmakers plump for fun

A still from Nhat ky Bach Tuyet (Snow White’s diary) Viewers will need to take popcorn rather than Kleenex to this year’s Tet (the lunar New Year) films. The five films billed for release ahead of the year’s biggest festival next month will all be about women and the issues they face.Another feature this year [...]

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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...