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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 [...]
At the regular Foreign Ministry press conference on June 25, a Foreign Ministry’s spokesman emphasized that the arrest of HCM City lawyer Le Cong Dinh (photo) is entirely consonant with Vietnamese and international law and it is an internal affair of Vietnam. Following is the full text of the Foreign ministry statement. On June 13, [...]
Tra My signs her book Giac Mo Doi Chan Thien Than (Dream of the Angel’s Feet) at the launch earlier this week. Leaning against the metal walker, Tran Tra My moves slowly towards her old computer. She has trouble moving her feet, but she refuses to use a wheel chair. She wants to be able [...]
The Vietnamese designer Nguyen Cong Tri and ABC Ao Dai will take care of costumes for the Vietnamese contestant, Vo Hoang Yen, at the 2009 Miss Universe pageant over August 1-23. Cong Tri measures Vo Hoang Yen to begin designing her costumes for the 2009 Miss Universe pageant. (Photo: Courtesy of Uni Corp) Designer Cong [...]
Tuna is sold in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: TN) Rotten tuna was the cause of food poisoning that struck down hundreds of workers between June 11 and 13, Ho Chi Minh City’s Health Department said on June 20. The department collected food samples from the companies to test immediately after workers got food poisoning. [...]
What’s in your favourite condiment? Health experts say many brands of fish sauce on the market are hazardous to health and could cause cancer and recommend consumers only purchase well-known established brands. Fish sauce produced by Hong Dai Enterprise in the town of Duong Dong, in Kien Giang province’s Phu Quoc district. Health experts recommend [...]
As of June 22, 53 cases of A/H1N1 flu have been recorded in Vietnam. A/H1N1 patients are treated at the National Hospital for Tropical and Infectious Diseases in Hanoi. The number of patients has risen quickly in the past few days. On June 21, HCM City had ten new patients. Notably, most of the new [...]
The volatility of coffee prices in the world in the last few days has made a lot of Vietnamese coffee exporters suffer. Prices fluctuating On June 16, the coffee price on the London trading floor plunged by $69 per tonne, which made a lot of Vietnamese coffee exporters lose 1.2 million dong per every tonne [...]
State-owned publishing houses have been urged to switch to new business structure model for five years since Viet Nam ratified the Berne Convention, but this process has been tardy and beset with challenges. Readers browse a book exhibition at HCM City’s Youth Culture House. State-owned publishing houses are finding it difficult to switch to a [...]
ietnam’s quan ho has passed the round of consideration for recognition as intangible cultural heritage of humankind (ICS), said a senior official. The Cultural Heritage Agency’s Vice Chief Dr. Le Thi Minh Ly said that the Advisory Council of the Convention 2003 Inter-governmental Committee has just completed consideration of 111 nominees for recognition as ICS [...]