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An Israeli F-16A fighter jet crashed in the West Bank on Sunday afternoon, killing a son of late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon who died in the 2003 Columbia spaceship tragedy, said the Israeli army. Israeli soldiers search for the debris of the crashed F-16A plane of Israeli Air Forces in the southern Hebron hills, the [...]
A Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Astana capital on September 14, beginning a two-day official visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan at the invitation of his counterpart Karim Masimov. He was welcomed at Astana International Airport by senior Kazak officials, the Vietnamese ambassador to Kazakhstan, and representatives of the [...]
Vietnamese businesses expect to source more goods directly from Japan when a bilateral tariff reduction agreement goes into effect, making imports cheaper. Free trade agreements prompt Japanese to change investment mode Ninety-two percent of goods traded between Japan and Vietnam will enjoy tariff reduction or exemption under Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (VJEPA). This latest milestone [...]
Sapa has entered the autumn with yellow-ripened rice in terraced fields at the foot of magnificent Fansipan Mountain. The fall is the most beautiful season in the mountainous, tourist haven of Sapa in Lao Cai province. Terraced fields, which are referred to as natural staircases to heaven, are favourite destinations of tourists. Terraced fields …
La Thanh Huyen, an actress and TV show host, has been chosen to take over the lead female role in the much anticipated “Chancellor Tran Thu Do” historical series. La Thanh Huyen. Why did the beauty queen pull out of the historic film project? Beauty queen Duong Truong Thien Ly walked off the set in July, saying [...]
The tropical storm in the East Sea became a storm this morning, September 10. This is the seventh typhoon in the East Sea so far this year, and it may affect northern Vietnamese provinces. At 4am on September 10, the storm’s eye was around 440km East – Northeast of the Hoang Sa peninsula (Paracel …
Most universities and junior colleges in Vietnam do not meet current national standards on land area. Urban sites for training establishments in Vietnam remain very limited in contrast to the growing student population and the rapidly increasing number of educational institutions, especially in Hanoi. 2.04 square meters per student Hanoi has the highest concentration of [...]
– Today, September 9, all stores on Le Loi street, Hoi An ancient city in the central province of Quang nam, are using sedge and paper bags instead of plastic bags. Hoi An people exchange of plastic bags for environmentally-friendly bags. Also today, 10,000 families, organisations and tourists have committed to not use plastic bags. [...]
To initiate talks with six major powers on global issues, Iran handed over its new package of proposals on Wednesday. Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (1st R) meets with the four ambassadors of China, Russia, France and Germany, the British charge d’affaires, and the Swiss envoy representing the United States, in Teheran, Iran, Sept. 9, [...]
The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) has affirmed that exporters will not lower the rice export price, despite stockpiles of 1.6 million tons at present and possibly 2 million tons by the end of September. By the end of August 2009, Vietnam had exported more than 4.5 million tons of rice at $408 per ton on [...]