The chairwoman and managing director of the Miss World Beauty Pageant Organisation Julia Morlay told Khanh Hoa provincial authorities on Monday that Nha Trang City is an ideal location to host the Miss World 2010 Beauty contest. Morlat also expressed her hope to receive...
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Just over one year after joining the World Trade Organisation, Viet Nam ranks sixth in the list of countries attracting foreign investment, a business leadership forum heard yesterday.
Figures released at the 2008 Leap Forward Viet Nam Business Leadership Forum held in HCM...
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Sung A Cau’s one-year-old son was kidnapped by human traffickers in Mu Sang Ward in Lai Chau Province while his wife was visiting relatives.
Cau says two strangers approached his wife and told her to hand over...
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Cambodia’s Ministry of the Interior wants to open two more border gates to Viet Nam, the ministry’s spokesman Khieu Sopheak recently announced.
Opening more border gates should help attract investment, generate jobs, reduce the migration of job seekers into the cities,...
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Thousands gather in memory of victims of the infamous 1968 massacre.
QUANG NGAI — More than 2,000 local residents, Buddhist monks and foreign visitors participated yesterday in a grand memorial service in Son My Village to commemorate the 504 villagers killed by US...
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Liverpool were made to fight all the way by a belligerent Reading outfit - but it was Fernando Torres again who secured the 2-1 home win and a firm grip on fourth place.
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Javier Mascherano levels the scores at Anfield
Torres became the first Liverpool...
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The Drug Control Administration of Viet Nam says there have only been slight increases in medicine prices in recent months. However, this conflicts with reports of much higher prices at retail outlets.
According to street reports, the price of many kinds of medicine has...
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Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday ordered his cabinet to take any action necessary to fight the spread of the deadly bird flu virus, which has killed four people so far this year.
In directive 279/CT, released yesterday, Dung asked all affected provinces to swiftly...
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The continued strengthening of the Vietnamese dong against the US dollar is costing Viet Nam’s exporters dear.
Garment and textile enterprises are a prime example.
Viet Nam Garment and Textile Group (Vinatex) managing director Le Tien Truong estimates an export revenue...
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The international community has continued to show support to Viet Nam’s World Heritage site of Ha Long.
During a promotional event in Ha Long City on Sunday, Brunei Ambassador to Viet Nam Dato Mahadi Wasli said...
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Viet Nam opened the new year with a record inflow of FDI capital. Officials reported US$1.7 billion, or five times higher than the same period last year, came into the country in the first month of 2008.
As sign of their confidence in future investments, government...
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Fine art from Viet Nam is drawing a bridge between different cultures at a new exhibition in London, the UK.
The show Hoi Nhap Dong Tay (Integration between West and East) is part of Vietnamese Cultural Days, a festival to honour Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s recent...
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Seven natural world wonders is in the voting selection process and at this moment, Vietnam has three sites near the top of the rankings: Fansipan Mountain, Phong Nha – Ke Bang national park, and Ha Long Bay....
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Unique in Southeast Asia, differ from Laos and Cambodia, Vietnam is a fascinating meld of Confucian values, western capitalism and the somnolent pace of life that is so characteristic of the far east. While the...
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Liverpool 2-1 Reading: Torres' hot-streak continues