December 31, 2011
 The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra plays at a concert in Hanoi last February Graham Sutcliffe, who has been living in Vietnam for 20 years, is now conductor of the Vietnam National Opera Ballet. Previously, he was the conductor of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in Hanoi and also worked in Ho Chi Minh City. [...]
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December 21, 2011
Textbooks and TV commercials in Vietnam reinforce gender stereotypes An image from an advertisement clip for a seasoning powder featuring a woman giving tips to another on cooking. Experts say TV commercials and textbooks are hindrances to achieving gender equality in Vietnam. The Vietnamese government has explicitly stated its intention to reduce gender disparity, [...]
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December 20, 2011
No disciplinary measures taken after civil aviation authority finds national carrier breached its own procedures and regulations A Vietnam Airlines aircraft taxiing at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport. The national flag carrier has broken its own rules in hiring foreign pilots, an inquiry has found. National carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has been breaking its [...]
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December 19, 2011
Vietnam needs to implement the restructure of both small and large banks in a drastic manner, an economist says. The central bank has approved the merger of three small banks – Ficombank, Saigon Commercial Bank, and Vietnam Tin Nghia Bank – that are mired in liquidity problems. The restructure of banks will continue for the [...]
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December 12, 2011
The long slump has caused a shakeout in the Vietnamese property market. Developers with deep pockets have been coping, others have not been so lucky. It is an inevitable rule in any market, Guy Major, national director of residential sales at Savills Vietnam, tells Thanh Nien Weekly in an exclusive interview, and forecasts a [...]
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December 9, 2011
There are many factors responsible for this, but the key reasons are: poor infrastructure, poor tourism promotion; and weak cooperation between travel agents and service providers. These combine to make tour prices in Vietnam less competitive than those in other countries, Nguyen Cong Hoan, vice director of travel agent Hanoi Redtour, told Thanh Nien [...]
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November 26, 2011
A worker assembles a new Piaggio at a factory inside the Binh Xuyen Industrial Park in Vinh Phuc Province. Italian group Piaggio inaugurated the vespa factory in 2009. Italy, besides improving cultural cooperation with Vietnam, is seeking ways to boost economic ties with the country. Italian companies are interested in sectors like leather, footwear, [...]
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November 21, 2011
Psychologists warn increasing violence among local youth indicates modern life in crisis An image extracted from online video footage depicting a schoolgirl in Hai Phong City brutally attacked by her schoolmates Nguyen Viet Cuong had no idea that yelling at one of his students would effectively sign his 8-year-old son’s death warrant. When he [...]
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November 13, 2011
Accusations and denials as Vietnam Airlines co-pilot suspected of using bogus certification Passengers alight from a Vietnam Airlines plane at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. The national flag carrier is trying to verify if it recruited a South Korean pilot with bogus flight records. The Civil Aviation Authority [...]
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October 30, 2011
Lawyer Pham Thanh Binh, deputy head of Hong Ha Law Firm in Hanoi. A series of loan insolvencies totaling hundreds of billion Vietnamese dong have been detected in Hanoi. This is partly due to the impacts of the economic slowdown, which has savers shying away from legal investment channels because of low profits. They instead [...]
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