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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.
Injuries pose defense problems for Calisto
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backline has become a headache ahead of the Suzuki Cup semifinal against Malaysia on
December 15 after two key defenders sustained injuries.
Vietnam minister says Vinashin should make its own debt payment
A Vietnamese minister
said state-owned Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, known as Vinashin, should
make a US$60 million debt payment on its own as the government offers to help
the company become profitable.
Interpol to probe $10 mln banknote graft
VietNamNet Bridge - Interpol Vietnam will investigate accusations that an Australian firm paid over US$10 million in bribes to a Hanoi-based company to secure a banknote-printing contract.
Indochina Airlines still hit by turbulence
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- The VND25 billion ($1.25 million) bad debt Indochina
Airlines owes to aviation fuel supplier Vinapco would have been avoidable if
the latter had received more justified instructions from relevant authorities.
Int’l recognition sought for Vietnam's largest lake
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Vietnam will apply for the inscription of the Ba Be National Park on the Ramsar
List of Westlands of International Importance, the government said Saturday.
Vietnam to invest $42 million in cybersecurity to counter attacks
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- Vietnam's
Ministry of Information and Communications has unveiled a US$42 million,
10-year plan to bolster the country's cybersecurity defenses in response to
increasing cyberattacks.
City schools add yoga
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- Yoga has become a part of the daily routine for Ho Chi Minh City schoolchildren - grades K to
12.
