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For the first time in Vietnam, HCMC Circus will present ‘Jungle Festival’, an old fashioned circus complete with trained performance animals, to delight children of all ages and their parents. These shows will take place each evening from July 17 to 26 at September 23 Park with an extra show at 9:00 p.m. on Saturday [...]
A performance of Nha Nhac (Hue royal court music) A special performance of Vietnamese and Japanese royal music, Nha Nhac and Gagaku, will be held at Thai Hoa (Supreme Peace) Palace in the Hue Imperial Citadel on July 17, said the Hue Relic Preservation Center. The Tokyo New City orchestra and four other Japanese artistes [...]
Artist Pham Van Truong. “Bom” (Bomb), an installation exhibition on war by Pham Van Truong, or Truongart, will be held at the Vietnam Art Museum, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi from July 22-27. Truong, 27, suffered great losses as a result of the war. His grandmother was burnt by napalm while another close relative was [...]
In contrast to the overall economy’s growth, investment in the agricultural and rural sector has been falling off in recent years. In 2000, the agricultural sector accounted for 14 percent of the total economic investments and 16 percent of the non-State sector. However, in 2007, total investment capital reached more than VND520,000 billion but investment [...]
Vietnam has applauded eight US senators for blocking a bid by the US catfish industry and its allies on Capitol Hill to impose new inspections on Vietnamese fish imports. Luong Le Phuong, Vietnam’s deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said Vietnamese businesses and farmers appreciated the senators who understood them and their hard lives [...]
The Ministry of Health yesterday, July 16 reported 18 new A/H1N1 flu cases, 14 of which were in Xuan Hiep commune, Xuan Hoa district, Dong Nai province. As of yesterday, the ministry confirmed a total 338 positive cases of the superflu, but no fatalities. All 14 patients had contact with an A/H1N1 flu patient that [...]
The Vietnam Food Administration has discovered several milk producers cheating on protein content. Milk products at a supermarket in HCMC’s Go Vap District. Vietnam’s food watchdog has found many milk producers making false claims about their products’ contents following recent tests (Photo: Tuoi Tre) Concerned agencies reported that 53 out of 210 baby formula, milk [...]
An unqualified anesthetist’s failure may cause fatality on the operation table. Those who helped Do Huu Tam be assigned as an anesthetist, though untrained and unqualified, at Cho Ray Hospital, HCM City, will face disciplinary action, said Nguyen Tuan Hung, manger of the Personnel Department at the Ministry of Health. In response to the scandal, [...]
With the current number of children, Hanoi is lacking 700,000 square metres for pre-school classes. The lack of classes has led to the fact that 65-70 children have to share the same class, while the current regulations stipulate that a class must not have more than 35 children. The report by the Hanoi People’s Committee [...]
Nguyen Thanh Tinh (L) studies for his university entrance exams with his friend Le Lanh at their boarding house in Thu Duc District, HCM City. Not everybody who sat this year’s university entrance exams came straight from school. For some who failed last year’s exams, the key to a better education is to never give [...]