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Fishy in Phu Quoc
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Goi ca trich (herring salad) served at Tieu Ngu Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City. The dish can be found on
the menu of every seaside shack and luxury restaurants in Phu Quoc.
Hanoi in the mood for Christmas
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People are busy purchasing decorations for their houses. Many offices and shops
have been decorated with pine trees and Santa Clauses for a week.
What will happen if banks do not have required capital?
Under the
current regulations, all commercial banks must have a minimum chartered capital
of three trillion dong by the end of 2010, which means that banks have only two
weeks more to complete their capital increases.
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/12
Bank sector joins in
to stabilize prices; Vietnamese company
wins most innovative company award; Private investors key
to HCMC development; InterContinental
expands business in Vietnam; Delta urged to
develop rice varieties
Miss Vietnam World competes for Miss Grand Slam
Global Beauties website has picked up Vietnamese beauty queen Diem Huong, who was in the top 14 of Miss Earth 2010 pageant, to the list of 87 beauty queens around the world who will compete for the Miss Grand Slam title this year.
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 11/12
3,000th open heart
patient receives free operation; Copycat teens fail in
ATM heist, nabbed; Wasps bite kids to
death; Woman gets life for
selling state-owned $13 mln mansion; Southern hub to offer
tourism discounts
Vietnam, Japan hold first strategic dialogue
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The Vietnamese delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son,
while the Japanese delegation was led by Deputy Foreign Minister Koro Bessho.
Out-of-date land price frame makes no effect to property market, officials say
VietNamNet Bridge - The deficit between land prices frame and the market price caused corruption, while land auction procedures remain inadequate, officials say.
Vietnamese shoplifter arrested in Thailand
VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Thi Hien - a Vietnamese woman was arrested Thursday for attempting to steal designer jeans at the Central festival shopping mall on Pattaya Beach Road in Thailand.
WWF Vietnam removes Vietnamese catfish from red list
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- The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Vietnam said in a statement issued
on December 9, Vietnamese tra and basa catfish should be retracted from a red
list has now stirred a ‘barrage of criticism’.
Vietnam’s largest drum ruined after Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary
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Two months after the capital city’s great anniversary, the biggest drum in
Vietnam, the gift of the Hanoi Fine Art Handicraft Association to the Thang
Long Royal Citadel, has begun to deteriorate.
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 11/12
Dutch give $3.3m to boost healthcare; 100% of rural households to access electricity; Youth Union opens volunteer information centre; Petrol station fined VND30m for fraud
Beautiful and sacred
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is a unique and beautiful place where natural beauty is further enhanced by an
atmosphere of sanctity a place that lends itself to ruminations about the
deeper significances of life.
1 million people sign to protest cable TV channel
The Vietnam Football Fans’ Association has sent an open letter to PM Nguyen Tan Dung to express their discontent against the monopoly of K Plus channel in broadcasting international football events in Vietnam.
Council debates potholes, ill-returned infra projects
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Chi Minh City lawmakers Thursday debated hot issues surrounding ‘death holes”,
project inefficiency, illegal racing and others at the 19th meeting of the city
People’s Council, set to conclude today.
Get a real taste of Viet Nam
VietNamNet Bridge – American pottery artisan Lee Middleman and his wife Donnie decided to spice up their holiday to Viet Nam by joining a cooking class at La Residence Hotel&Spa in the former royal capital city of Hue.
The project on gifted schools raises debates
The Ministry of
Education and Training, in an effort to develop the system of gifted
schools to find talents for the country, has decided to launch a programme
worth 2.3 trillion dong.
Tentative regulations on ATM transactions make people feel inconvenienced
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of Vietnam plans to apply measures to protect card holders, but the measures
have not been applauded by the public.
Travel firm hires airplanes for Vietnamese football fans
Immediately after Vietnam beat Singapore 1-0 to enter the semi-finals of AFF Cup 2010, hundreds of fans called travel agents to book trips to Malaysia, where Vietnam and Malaysia will meet in the first semi final game on December 15.
Tien Minh to face ASIAD champion at Hong Kong Super Series quarter-finals
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Beating host player Yun Hu at the Hong Kong Super Series Badminton Tournament,
Vietnam’s top player Tien Minh will meet the current champion of Asian Games
2010, China’s Lin Dan at the quarter-final round.
Team to probe high interest rates
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The State Bank of Vietnam
on Wednesday set up an investigative team led by the bank's deputy governor,
Tran Minh Tuan to work with Hanoi-based banks to inspect unusually high
interest rates.
Miss Earth 2010 beauty queens in HCM City
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The new Miss Earth 2010 Nicole Faria, Miss Earth Water and Miss Earth Fire paid
a visit to the HCM City Urban Environment Company on December 9.
HCM City-London air-route to be set up
VietNamNet Bridge – The new UK Ambassador to Vietnam Antony Stokes told the local press on November 9 that he set three priorities for his term in Vietnam to promote the strategic partnership between the two countries.
ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 10/12
Charming Vietnam to be held in Indonesia; Festival to highlight
Vietnam’s
rice tradition; Quang Binh reserves
21 ancient Ca Tru tunes; Vietnam spotlighted in works of overseas artist; Flowers and women
featured in 'sisters' exhibition
WWF to send official to Vietnam over catfish row
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) global seafood
coordinator, Mark Powell, will visit Vietnam next week, according to the
WWF Vietnam.
