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A disappointing tournament for Thai Nguyen came to an end when they lost 1-3 to Ho Chi Minh City in their last match of Round 10 at the National Women’s Football Championship yesterday. Thai Nguyen (red) end up with another loss. Ngo Thi Hanh and Tran Thi Kim Hong helped Ho Chi Minh City take [...]
Under the current land laws, Vietnamese citizens have the right to own apartments permanently, even ones belonging to 100% foreign-invested projects. However, they have only been able to lease these apartments at exorbitant prices. Apartments just for lease The Lang Viet Kieu Chau Au urban area in Ha Dong City Pacific Place building at No [...]
The Ministry of Finance, now compiling the housing tax law, admits that state management agencies still cannot determine how many houses and land plots individuals and households have, so it is very difficult to determine correct tax sums. Which agency grants certification? In HCM City, many real estate sellers still have to pay personal income [...]
The Hue Royal Traditional Theatre, under the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre, has performed and popularised nha nhac (royal music) for students and youths in Huong Tho Commune, Huong Tra District, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. Get royal: Nha nhac (royal music) is performed with royal dance. This is the first time royal music [...]
Collecting antiques is a refined hobby, which enriches collectors’ knowledge of history, culture, arts and geography. However, even experienced collectors mistake fake antiques for authentic ones. The Director of the Vietnam Archaeology Institute, Tong Trung Tin, warned that fake antiques have entered some provincial museums and appeared in several magazines. Tin told local museums to [...]
Panama’s general elections voting ended on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. (2100 GMT). Panama’s presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli of the Democratic Change (CD) party talks to journalists at his home prior to presidential elections in Panama City, May 3, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) More than 2.2 million Panamanians out of the country’s 3.3 million population have registered to [...]
Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos late Sunday raised the death toll of the A/H1N1 flu to 22 and the number of infected cases to 568 in the country. People wear surgical masks in Mexico city, May 3, 2009. Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos late Sunday raised the death toll of the [...]
A successful businessman refuses to forget where he came from For many disabled people, finding a job suitable to their situations is a dream come true. But for Pham Trong Hoan, it isn’t enough. Pham Trong Hoan (left) oversees work at his newly-built garment workshop. People with and without disabilities have received free training, jobs [...]
The Government is to take a hard line on foreigners working illegally in Viet Nam while also scrutinising the rules covering their employment. International experts with legal work permits, like those at Dung Quat Oil Refinery in Quang Ngai Province, are welcomed, but the Government is cracking down on foreigners working illegally. Prime Minister Nguyen [...]
An exhibition of propaganda posters on the role and contribution of Vietnamese women in the Vietnam War opened in Hanoi April 29 and will last until the end of May. More than 40 posters are on display at “The image of Vietnamese women on propaganda posters in the period of 1954 – 1975” exhibition at the [...]