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The first online singing contest in Vietnam for youth between the ages of 14-22, named K4Teen, will be held from May 29 to August 27. The organisers, Zing Star and Coca Cola Vietnam, said that they are holding this contest because many young music lovers often upload songs they themselves sing onto online forums. Some [...]
As of June 30, the highest fine for copyright infringement will increase to 500 million dong, equivalent to $29,000. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) has sent warnings to 82 big companies in Hanoi and HCM City. Police have discovered many companies using cracked software programmes. As part of a campaign to enforce [...]
Yahoo Vietnam chief Vu Minh Tri (photo) on May 29 announced that as of July 13, 2009, Yahoo would officially stop providing the Yahoo 360 social network service in Vietnam. The replacement will be Yahoo 360 plus. Tri said within 24-48 hours (from May 29), Yahoo Vietnam would inform all Yahoo 360 bloggers of this [...]
Viet Nam took silver in the Budweiser 6v6 International Cup after losing a penalty shoot-out to Argentina in the final match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England on Monday. Hobnobbing: British football legend Bobby Charlton (centre) poses with the Viet Nam team after they took silver in the Budweiser 6v6 International Cup at Old Trafford [...]
National U15 defending champions Nam Dinh will fly to Japan on May 31 to compete in a friendly football tournament to take place in Tokyo from June 1-8. The tournament will see the participation of Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and the host Japan as part of activities to mark the Mekong-Japan Exchange Year 2009. [...]
An explosion took place in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore city on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people, private DAWN NEWS TV channel reported. Rescue workers carry an victim from the site of a car-bomb blast in Lahore on May 27, 2009. A suicide car bomb on Wednesday flattened a police building in Pakistan’s city of Lahore, [...]
The eurozone industrial new orders dropped by 0.8 percent month on month in March and by 26.9 percent year on year, the European Union (EU)’s statistics bureau Eurostat said Tuesday. In February, the monthly index remained unchanged. Excluding ships, railway and aerospace equipment, for which changes tend to be more volatile, industrial new orders fell [...]
he New York City Health Department on Tuesday confirmed that two more people with H1N1 virus have died. Thomas Frieden, who was appointed by President Barack Obama to head the Centers for Disease Control, speaks about the H1N1 flu outbreak as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (L) listens, during a news conference in his role [...]
It is estimated that 58,000 people working in the fishery sector will be infected with HIV/AIDS by 2013, a significant jump up of 26,000 cases from the current estimated level. This alarming figure comes from a recent HIV prevalence survey in fishery sector carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The [...]
A landslide caused five houses to fall into the Rach Doi River in Nhon Duc Commune in HCM City’s Nha Be District at 11:30 pm on Monday. No one was hurt. Heavy rains in Nha Be District’s Nhon Duc Commune sent five houses tumbling into the Rach Doi River in HCM City. (Photo: VNN) All [...]