Major issues concerning Jackson’s death remain

July 3rd, 2009

Coroners and family members alike are still trying to sort out the major issues arising from the death of troubled pop star Michael Jackson exactly one week after he died, sources close to the investigation said on Thursday.

Pop star Michael Jackson rehearses for his planned shows in London at the Staples Center in Los [...]

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U.S. unemployment rate at 26-year high

July 3rd, 2009

Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, suggesting that the economy’s road to recovery will be bumpy.

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the necessity of job creation in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington D.C., capital of the United [...]

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Mobile providers cut prices

July 3rd, 2009

Viet Nam had 101.7 million telephone subscribers by the first half of this year, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Viet Nam has six mobile phone service providers: Vinafone, Mobifone, Viettel, S-Fone, EVN Telecom and Vietnamobile. Next month, the domestic market will welcome Beeline.

The total included 82 million mobile phones and 19.7 million fixed-telephone, [...]

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Time for small mobile networks to “soul-search”

July 3rd, 2009

Afflicted by the charge-slashing campaigns of the three “giants”, MobiFone, Viettel and VinaPhone, small mobile networks are now being forced to look at their business modes and shortcomings.

The charge-slashing campaigns in early June of Viettel, MobiFone and VinaPhone pushed smaller mobile networks against the wall. Vietnamobile had to “join” this trend after a short [...]

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Examinees, who are they?

July 2nd, 2009

National university entrance exams are not the exams of examinees only, but of the whole country. A lot of parents have decided to stop vending for several days to bring their children to exams. Other parents have put aside busy works in rural areas and left for big cities together with their children, who will [...]

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Nguyen Nhat Anh’s stories to be turned into graphic novels

July 2nd, 2009

Five long stories by Nguyen Nhat Anh, a famous writer for teenagers, will be turned into graphic novels by Art Sign Corp.

A page in “Before the Final Round” cartoon.

The five stories are Truoc Vong Chung Ket (Before the Final Round), Bong Bong Len Troi (Bubbles Rise into the Sky), Bo Cau Khong Dua Thu [...]

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Mrs. World needs funds

July 2nd, 2009

VietNamNet Bridge – Mrs. World 2009 will take place in the southern city of Vung Tau in several months but the organisers are facing difficulties in seeking funds for organisational works, estimated at $7.4 million.

Doan Thi Kim Hong (right) in the signing ceremony for Mrs. World pageant in Vietnam.

The expenditures for this event are [...]

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Vietnam still lacking programme for preservation of fruit

July 2nd, 2009

Vietnam still cannot earn much money from fruit exports, not because it lacks orders, but because it does not have enough fruit of the necessary quality.

Not enough quality fruit to fulfill export contracts

Luc Ngan litchis before being shipped to China

In the north, litchi and longan are considered the two kinds of fruit most [...]

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Speculators squeezing world coffee market, say Vietnam’s exporters

July 2nd, 2009

Vietnamese coffee industry leaders are meeting urgently to cope with the lowest export prices in three years. Speculators are blamed, but it’s said that Vietnamese exporters have fallen into the trap because of their lack of professionalism and unity.

When coffee prices dance

Vicofa Chairman Luong Van Tu

Vietnam is the No2 coffee exporter after Brazil, and [...]

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24 local government officials reprimanded for slowness of asset declaration

June 27th, 2009

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has reprimanded the Chairman of the Dong Nai province Peoples’ Committee in writing for slowness in sending in a report on local government officials’ asset declarations.
On June 24, Dong Nai province chairman Vo Van Mot released a serious reprimand to 24 senior officials of nine local government agencies for tardiness [...]

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