Thai culinary and culture week to be held in Hanoi

November 25, 2009 in Vietnam Travel
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The Thai Culinary and Culture Delight Week will be held in Hanoi from December 1 to 6 to celebrate the Thai National Day, which falls on December 4.
On the occasion, two Thai chefs Aek Charttrakul and. Chutchanok Boonchai will introduce dishes cooked with especially hand-picked spices and herbs
The week will bring about specialities of [...]

Copenhagen summit will be ’success’: UN climate chief

November 20, 2009 in World
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Efforts to craft a comprehensive climate treaty in Copenhagen next month will certainly “yield a success,” the UN’s top climate official pledged on Thursday.
“There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that it will yield a success,” said Yvo de Boer, executive director of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

UN Climate chief [...]

Vietnam’s ‘Stereo Man’ to be performed in Cambodia

November 19, 2009 in Vietnam Culture
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A local play titled “Stereo Man” performed by actors of Hanoi’s Youth Theater, will be presented during the Mekong Arts and Media Festival 2009 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from November 23 to 27.

           A scene in the play “Stereo man”
Through body language, the play explores the feelings and aspirations of an HIV-infected man while [...]

Karzai to be sworn in as US presses for reform

November 19, 2009 in World
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Hamid Karzai will be sworn in as Afghan president for a second term on Thursday, after the United States ramped up pressure on him to rid the war-torn country of its endemic corruption.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai at a press conference in Kabul on November 3. (AFP Photo)
Kabul is under a security lockdown for Karzai’s [...]

Quang Nam Culture, Tourism Week to be held in Hanoi

November 14, 2009 in Vietnam Culture
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A promotional event, the “Quang Nam Culture – Tourism Week for the 1,000-year-old Thang Long – Hanoi,” is to be held from November 20 to 23 at the Vietnam Culture and Arts Exhibition Centre, it was announced recently.

Cultural World Heritage city of Hoi An
Dinh Hai, director of Quang Nam Province’s Department of Culture, Sport [...]

New resort to be built in Ke Ga Cape

November 9, 2009 in Uncategorized
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Ke Ga Lighthouse in Ke Ga Cape, Binh Thuan Province
Khoi Nguyen Co. announced November 7 that the Pavillons Villa and Resort will be built in Binh Thuan Province’s Ke Ga Cape.
Covering an area of ten hectares with 60 luxury villas, The Pavillons is designed by the French company Site Architecture Sarl.
Beside high-class services, such as [...]

Website to be launched to connect NA deputies and the public

October 26, 2009 in Politics-Society
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Website to be launched to connect NA deputies and the public

QĐND – Monday, October 26, 2009, 20:44 (GMT+7)

PANO – A website to connect the National Assembly deputies and the public is to be built with the support of leaders of the Vietnam National Assembly, said the British Embassy in Hanoi today.
At a signing ceremony [...]

5,500 tonnes of poly propylene to be shipped to Japan

October 24, 2009 in Vietnam Economy
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5,500 tonnes of poly propylene to be shipped to Japan

QĐND – Friday, October 23, 2009, 21:15 (GMT+7)

Dung Quat oil refinery is expected to ship 5,500 tonnes of propylene to Japan on Oct. 23.
The country’s first refinery, which is located in the central Quang Ngai province’s Binh Son district, resumed operation on Oct. 1 [...]

Vocational training should be demand driven: conference

October 17, 2009 in Politics-Society
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Vocational training should be demand driven: conference

QĐND – Friday, October 16, 2009, 20:55 (GMT+7)

Links between vocational training schools and businesses are far too loose for effectively tackling the shortage of skilled labor in the country, experts said at a conference last week.
“Schools and businesses are yet to commit to cooperation,” Le Van Hien, principal [...]

Vietnam’s Generation 8X – Born to be wild

October 15, 2009 in Social life
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Vietnam’s Generation 8X – Born to be wild

QĐND – Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 22:10 (GMT+7)

Vietnam’s twenty somethings are headed out on the highway and looking for adventure.
They are calling it  Phuot -  a slang term describing a new kind of tourism Vietnamese youth are embracing in large numbers — traveling on motorbikes to discover [...]