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Though nearly 100 years old, top-ranking General Vo Nguyen Giap still reads books and newspapers and visits the old battlefield. On the occasion of his 99th birthday, we would like to introduce photos of the famous general taken by journalist Tran Hong. When General Vo Nguyen Giap still worked at his office, he often left [...]
A quick survey of 120 university mathematics majors last school year showed that many of them wished to shift to other study branches, while others said they did not know what they would do after they graduate. The survey was conducted by the Mathematics-Informatics Faculty of the HCM City University of Natural Sciences. Associate Professor [...]
A strange species of snail has appeared in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, destroying crops very quickly, a local official reported. This species of snail appeared in shrimp ponds in the southern province of Ca Mau recently, affecting shrimp output. Dinh Quang San, the chief of the Kon Tum Plant Protection Bureau, said [...]
Phan Huu Thang thinks Vietnam’s tourism real estate market will see a boom in five years if investors can realize its potentials and have reasonable market development strategy. That’s why he’s setting up an industry association. Phan Huu Thang, head of the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Department In an interview given to [...]
Party chief Nong Duc Manh and General Vo Nguyen Giap. VietNamNet Bridge – On the occasion of the 99th birthday of General Vo Nguyen Giap (August 25, 1911 – August 25, 2009), top party, state and government officials visited and well wished General Vo Nguyen Giap on August 24. Among them were Party General Secretary [...]
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) is developing a scheme to turn Vietnam into a powerful country in terms of telecommunications and information technology. The Vietnam Economic Times talks with Do Trung Ta, the Prime Minister’s IT envoy cum chief of the National Steering Board for IT, about this scheme. What is the content [...]
The newly infected patients raise the total number of H1N1 flu cases in the country to 1,847 and two deaths, as of 5pm August 21. The Highland province of Gia Lai confirmed two more residents contracted the flu. They are an employee of Co.op Mart supermarket in Pleiku City and a pupil of Chu Van [...]
A sand painting exhibition of late President Ho Chi Minh and top-ranking General Vo Nguyen Giap by artisan Y Lan opened in Hanoi on August 23 at No. 8 Hung Vuong. Artisan Y Lan at the exhibition. The exhibition introduces 30 portraits of Ho Chi Minh and 23 of General Vo Nguyen Giap, which were [...]
HCM City are the second team relegated to the First Division after their loss of 2-3 to Becamex Binh Duong yesterday, August 23, on home ground. HCM City are the second team relegated to the First Division after their loss of 2-3 to Becamex Binh Duong (Red) on August 23 on home ground. (Photo: VNN) [...]
No matter what the contents are, the covers of contemporary fiction are sexy. Regrettably, some prestigious publishers have also been pursuing this trend. The second Vietnamese edition of Alessandro Barrico’s best-selling novel “Silk”, published by the Nha Nam company and the Vietnamese Writers’ Association Publishing House, has a half-nude girl on the cover. Also published [...]