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Should teachers and parents be able to beat children who misbehave? Sixty seven percent of Vietnamese people say “yes”. The question was raised when, one month ago, a primary school student in HCM City was beaten by his teacher after repeatedly not doing home work and not taking part in lessons. As a result 1,000 [...]
Manufacturer Vedan, despite “killing” the Thi Vai river appears to have been awarded the title “Quality product for community health 2009”. The certificate of award for Vedan Vietnam. However, since the awards event, confusion continues between judges, winners and media as to who exactly won the title. Vedan appeared to be named “Outstanding business in [...]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), on Monday approved the policy platform of the new coalition government for the next four years. German Chancellor and head of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel delivers a speech as CDU members vote during the CDU party meeting in Berlin October 26, [...]
International shipments of frozen meat must bear a certificate of safety. Additionally, imports are inspected by the Veterinary Agency before they are cleared through customs clearance. How, then, can ‘dirty meat’ penetrate Vietnam? Tuoi tre concludes that the problem lies in the way the officials examine the imports. Just five minutes to test samples …
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on October 26 pressed the button to put the national database on administrative procedures on the internet. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the launching ceremony of the national administrative database. This database includes more than 5700 administrative procedures, 9000 legal documents and 100,000 administrative forms of 24 ministries, agencies [...]
Contemporary Vietnamese art fetches a low price in comparison to paintings from other Southeast Asian countries. This has been blamed on bad marketing for Vietnamese works. La Femme à L’Écharpe Verte by Le Pho Look at what’s happening at auctions and shows in the region, says Saigon Tiep Thi, and a pattern emerges. Check the [...]
The government has approved a 16-million-euro-plus project to monitor fishing boats with satellite technology, a representative from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said. With the funds, equivalent to some US$23.8 million, loaned by France, the three-year project will equip more than 3,000 local boats with messaging systems and image broadcasting devices that allow [...]
The National Assembly (NA)’s Standing Committee announced Friday that it would hold a live broadcast of its hearing session on budget-capital use in state-owned groups and corporations during the upcoming autumn plenary session. Workers of Vinashin’s Dung Quat Ship Industrial Corporation build vessel Dung Quat. Vinashin is one of the stated-groups encounting financial difficulties. (Photo: [...]
Fuel traders will not have to ask for permission to increase retail prices if the government-calculated base price rises 7 percent or less, according to a new decree effective December 15 this year. Under the new pricing mechanism, oil products companies will be allowed to raise retail prices correspondingly if the base price rises by [...]
The U.S. federal deficit of the 2009 fiscal year reached a record high of 1.42 trillion U.S. dollars, the Treasury Department announced Friday. The U.S. government imbalance for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, more than tripled last year’s record. As a portion of the economy, the deficit accounted about 10 percent, the highest [...]