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Pope Benedict XVI will visit Cuba on March 26-28 and perform two open-air masses on the communist island as part of his upcoming trip to Mexico and Cuba, Roman Catholic Church officials said on Sunday. The 84-year-old pontiff was to fly from Mexico and arrive in the eastern city of Santiago, where he will be [...]
Syria’s military has withdrawn from residential areas and is on the outskirts of the country’s cities, but gunfire continues and snipers are still a threat, Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby said on Monday. The United Nations says more than 5,000 people have been killed in a crackdown on protests which broke out against President [...]
Police in Ho Chi Minh City Monday noon arrested Tuoi Tre newspaper’s journalist Hoang Khuong on charges he indirectly gave bribes to a police officer. Mr. Khuong is a prize-winning journalist famous for exposé articles into police corruption. The receiver of the bribe is Huynh Minh Duc, former traffic officer in Binh Thanh District who [...]
These expensive dishes may cost a few months’ salary for an average Vietnamese but the upscale restaurants catering them are always crowded with people trying to get a seat to savor these high-class dishes made from carefully chosen ingredients by renowned chefs Is the money spent on these dishes worth their promised health and nutrient [...]
Many low-cost retail petrol stands have recently been popping up on the streets of Nha Trang. These “businesses” sell their products at VND20,000 (USD0.95) per litre. Their competition are local petrol stations, who sell Ron 92 petrol at VND21,210 and Ron 95 at VND21,720 per litre. Petrol retail stand on Le Hong Phong Street Le [...]
Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) this year is expected to reach US$119 billion, while per capita income will be roughly $1,300, according to Vu Huy Hoang, the Minister of Industry and Trade. The country’s export turnover this year topped $96 billion, and the total import-export turnover has surpassed the $200 billion mark, Hoang said, citing [...]
Actress Ly Nha Ky, who was appointed Vietnam tourism ambassador last October, visited and presented gifts and VND6 billion (US$288,000) to handicapped children in District 4 last Thursday. The money was donated by philanthropists at the opening cum fund-raising event of the jewelry shop Enigma last Sunday. After that, Ky and Madame Wong, the Enigma [...]
On Saturday, 20-year-old student Hoang Thi Yen Chi beat rivals from Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines to win the highest prize at the singing contest “Like performing, love Sony”, which was held in Singapore. The third year student from the English Language and Literature Faculty at Ho Chi Minh City’s University of Social [...]
Spain’s fifth Davis Cup title party in 11 years fell flat when Rafael Nadal revealed he’d skip next year’s title defence while brother-in-arms David Ferrer called time on his tournament duties. Spain’s Rafael Nadal (pictured) during the Davis Cup final against Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro on December 4. World number two Nadal, who [...]
Two projects in Quang Ngai Province that were licensed in 2007 have yet to be developed, affecting more than 300 people in a commune and frustrating the authorities of another district, where 2,600 hectares of land have not been used as planned. One of the projects is the planned construction of a steel plant with [...]