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Around 440 objects and pictures related to Sa Huynh culture, which dates back 2000-2500 years, went on display at the Quang Ngai General Exhibition Centre on July 22. This is the first time antiques of the Sa Huynh ancient culture, the cradle of Vietnamese civilisation, and of the Dong Son civilisation in north Vietnam and [...]
Apartment blocks built for low income people in Tan Binh District of Ho Chi Minh City. The Government has amended regulations to reduce value added tax (VAT) by 50 percent on housing built by developers for students, workers, and poor people. They also get corporate tax waiver on income from these categories of housing this [...]
Visiting Australian Minister for Trade Simon Crean (L) and Vietnamese Minister for Plan and Investment Vo Hong Phuc (R) walk in a meeting room to attend an annual joint-meeting on trade and economics held in Hanoi on July 24, 2009 (AFP photo) Australia Friday pledged 12 million dollars (9.8 million US) to help Vietnam adjust [...]
The Metfone Company – a subsidiary of Vietnam’s Military Telecommunications Group (Viettel) – has signed a sponsorship deal with the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) on July 22. Metfone will be the official sponsor of almost all of the tournaments held by the FFC such as the Samdech Techo Hun Sen Cup, Cambodia’s Second Division, [...]
Second seed Nguyen Tien Minh yesterday, July 22, beat host rival Viboonsin Sittichai 21-17, 21-9 in the second round of the SCG Thailand Grand Prix Gold 2009. Nguyen Tien Minh. Viet Nam’s best player needed only 24 minutes to take his first win against his unranked opponent. With the support of Thailand fans, Viboonsin kept [...]
Deputy Chairwoman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Ngo Thi Thanh Hang, when answering a question by the city’s People’s Council late last week, acknowledged that Hanoi is now seriously lacking state-owned nursery schools. Hang, when admitting to the lack of schools, said that it is unavoidable since the land area of the four districts in [...]
The New7Wonders on July 21 announced the names of the 28 landscapes that have advanced to the final round of the online poll for seven new world natural wonders. According to the New7Wonders’ website, Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay is among the 28 famous world sites, such as the Dead Sea, Grand Canyon in the US, [...]
A lot of big fashion sale campaigns have been launched with big discounts offered. However, the prices of many products remain sky high, thus still keeping every-day customers away. Italian fashion brand Alcado has announced the special 10-50 percent price reduction programme for all kinds of clothing available in the shop chain. The programme will [...]
The State Bank of Vietnam has announced the bad debt ratio of the banking system at 2.52 percent of total outstanding loans, an increase of 0.35 percent over the end of 2008. Should this be worrying? Bad debt ratio not worrying According to Le Xuan Nghia, Deputy Chairman of the National Committee for Finance Supervision, [...]
Around 57 percent of government officials at all levels have been provided with email addresses for work but 19 percent of them have never used their emails, said a senior official of the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC). Speaking at a national seminar on e-government in HCM City last week, the MoIC’s Information Technology [...]