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The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) estimates that with the current difficulties in the seafood export industry, such as material and capital shortage, their earlier target of $6.5 billion annual turnover will not be met but will touch only $6.1 billion this year. Farmers harvest pangasius fish for export in the Mekong [...]
Pop superstars Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift dominated the 19th annual MTV Europe Music Awards Sunday, but South Korean Internet phenomenon Psy clinched the coveted Best Video prize. Canadian heart-throb Bieber, fresh from breaking up with his girlfriend of two years, Selena Gomez, scooped Best Male Artist for the third year in a row, with [...]
Not only the students studying at domestic universities, but the ones graduating from foreign schools also find it difficult to get the jobs in the banking and finance sector nowadays. The dream of banking students Finishing the Hanoi Foreign Trade University in 2011, one of the most reputable schools in Vietnam, Vu Duc Hai [...]
The ways in which Vietnamese parents name their children have changed. A name is not the only way to distinguish someone’s identity, but has also been widely believed to have an effect on their lives. Concepts about naming differ from family to family, and many parents consult elders when naming their children. There are many [...]
Foreign travelers have been heading for Vietnam, the oriental “millennium destination” with “hidden charm” to discover. However, many of them have shrunk back because of the stories about the problems travelers may meet in the country. Vietnam has been determined to attract more foreign travelers to Vietnam, trying to show to them the images [...]
A restaurant sells lunch for loss, in the center of Ho Chi Minh City. A day’s menu includes rice, chicken with a ginger sauce, fried vegetables with meat, vegetable soup with ground meat, a piece of papaya for dessert, free drinking water, and free parking. All of this costs just 2,000 dong, or a tenth [...]
Being not favored by passers, the Nga Tu So pedestrian tunnel (Hanoi) has become an ideal place for people to exercise, learn how to dance. Some elderly people said they do exercise and dance in the tunnel for about an hour every day. Being put into use in July 2007, the capital’s first pedestrian tunnel [...]
The Lan Anh gas station, located in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh district, has been shut down pending a petrol quality investigation after it caused hundreds of motorbikes to breakdown on Wednesday. After the incident, the district economic police and market management team sealed the facilities of the station and launched an investigation into [...]
HEIDI Klum’s new boyfriend reportedly “won’t stand” for her being “disrespected”. Heidi’s estranged husband Seal caused widespread shock when he accused her of “fornicating with the help” during their marriage. His outburst came after it was reported that Heidi was dating her bodyguard of four years Martin Kristen. She has now confirmed the relationship, with [...]
Robert was left heartbroken earlier this year when pictures of Kristen getting cosy with married filmmaker Rupert Sanders emerged. The Twilight hunk was said to be in turmoil following Kristen’s betrayal, but it’s now thought he has forgiven his cheating girlfriend. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in Twilight. The couple are reportedly back together “They’re [...]