‘Go Green’ club pushes pupils to tackle pollution

August 13, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HA NOI — Toyota Motors Viet Nam (TMV) is pushing students to “Go Green” with a new club of the same name launched on Sunday in Ha Noi.
Dang Phan Thu Huong, TMV deputy general director, said at the opening ceremony that the club aims to raise awareness of the community towards environmental protection and mobilise [...]

VN masters draw, drop down

August 13, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HA NOI — Both representatives of Viet Nam drew in the World Junior Chess Championship’s ninth round on Monday, bringing them both down in ranking.
The ninth seed of the tournament Grand Master (GM) Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (Elo 2,579) tied unexpectedly with International Master (IM) Hrant Melkumyan (Elo 2,507) from Armenia while GM Le Quang [...]

Thiet lifts her way to fifth place

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Don’t mess with her: Weightlifter Nguyen Thi Thiet competes in the women’s 63kg final during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games yesterday. She came fifth place overall. — AFP/VNA Photo
HA NOI — Nguyen Thi Thiet fulfilled her Olympic ambition in Beijing yesterday of lifting a total of 225kg – 20kg more than she lifted at her [...]

Military Zone 4 dreams of V-League

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HA NOI — Edging out Dong Thap Rubber 1-0 on away turf last Sunday, Military Zone 4 took top place in the National First Division Championship, raising their hopes of jumping to the top-flight V-League next year.
The central Nghe An-based Military team lead the First Division with 50 points, three points ahead of runners-up T&T [...]

Nation begins fund raising for victims of storm Kammuri

August 13, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and other officials from the Party Central Committee’s Office contribute for charity to support people in northern mountainous provinces-hit by severe floods. — VNA/VNS Photo Dinh Xuan Tuan
HA NOI — Communist Party of Viet Nam General Secretary Nong Duc Manh was the first member of the Party Central Committee [...]

Bus fares not to rise until year end

August 13, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Transport firms look at managing new routes in expanded Ha Noi.

A bus from the Ha Noi Transport and Public Work Services Company stops at Cau Giay station. Transport companies pledged not to raise fares until the end of the year. — VNA/VNS Photo Bui Tuong
HA NOI — Public transport enterprises promised to keep fares stable [...]

Party Secretariat demotes official

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HA NOI — The Party Secretariat yesterday demoted senior Party official Nguyen Viet Tien for his failure to properly supervise Project Management Unit 18.
The Secretariat also asked Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to sack Tien from his position as Transport Deputy Minister.
According to the commission, Tien’s failure to properly manage PMU18 when he was the [...]

Tourists airlifted out of flooded Lao Cai

August 13, 2008 in Uncategorized
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LAO CAI — More than 200 people, most of them foreign tourists, have escaped flash flood-stricken Lao Cai Province by helicopter, said an official from an air taxi service company.
Pham Thi Nga of the Ha Noi-based Northern Air Service Co. said the company had dispatched 15 flights from the stadium in Lao Cao Province to [...]

Eleven charged with illegal logging in Khe Dien forest

August 13, 2008 in Uncategorized
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QUANG NAM — Eleven people are being charged for destroying the Khe Dien forest in Que Son District in the central province of Quang Nam, after provincial police investigations.
These people stand accused of co-operating to exploit illegally 670cu.m of timber from the Khe Dien forest.
The group includes state officials Ho Tan Son, vice chairman of [...]

120 poor students receive IT scholarships

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HANOI — One hundred and twenty poor and disabled students will get information technology scholarships sponsored by UK-based Prudential Insurance Corporation’s Prudence Fund.
Each scholarship is worth US$2,400. These students, who graduated from high school with good grades but lack the finance to continue their studies at university, will be trained at Aptech Viet Nam for [...]