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Four Iraqi Shiite pilgrims were killed and 35 others injured in three attacks Friday evening near southern Iraqi city of Najaf, an Iraqi Interior Ministry source said. An Israeli soldier points gun to Palestinians during a protest against the confiscation of lands at the West Bank village of Nabi Salah in northern Ramallah, Feb. 12, [...]
The Vietnamese tourism industry’s ongoing recovery is a good signal for investors to tap into the nation’s lucrative tourism real estate industry. Vietnam is not immune to the global economic crisis, as data released by Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) showed that foreign tourist arrivals to the country last year were down by 10.9 [...]
Her neighbors said she has to save money to pay debts so for the last five years, she hasn’t celebrated Tet. For Dang Thi Hua, the best she can hope for at Tet is not to be hungry. $400 and five years without Tet holiday At the age of six, the eyes of Dang Thi [...]
According to senior Buddhist monk Thich Thanh Quyet, vice chief of the Buddhism Institute, the good “first-footers” this year would be the people who were born in the years of the Buffalo, Cat, Dragon or Horse. A pagoda in Hanoi. Near the year of the Buffalo, Mr. Tuan’s home was very crowded with women who [...]
The huge jade statue of Goddess of Mercy arrived in Vietnam on January 20. This statue was bought by the Goddess of Mercy Pagoda in the central province of Da Nang. The statue is 1.1m high and it was made from a jade block in Canada, which was also used to sculpt the world peace [...]
Any enterprise or individual who exploits, produces or imports five groups of products classified as hazardous to the environment will be imposed with an environment tax in the coming time, according to the Draft Law on Environment Tax. Vietnam each year spends some VND4 trillion from the state budget for environment protection, but the fees [...]
After favorably taking into account Le Cong Dinh’s sincere declaration and repentance, plus his good record, the judgment council sentenced the former lawyer to five years’ imprisonment – much lower than the penalty framework. Le Cong Dinh and Le Thang Long at the court. Meanwhile, the court sentenced Tran Huynh Duy Thuc to 16 years, [...]
Countries and world organizations Wednesday started to shift the focus of quake relief in Haiti to immediate assistance for survivors and plans for reconstruction more than a week after the catastrophe. A Haitian child queues to receive aid supplies in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 20, 2010. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli) The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) [...]
US Bankers Goldman Sachs has put Vietnam in a group of 11 countries with the highest growth rates – stating that Vietnam continues to be a good destination for investors. It’s believed this conclusion, alongside other recent good press for Vietnamese industry will boost investment. Many projects raring to go A number of existing foreign [...]
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will lead a Vietnamese delegation to the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) 2010 in Davos, Switzerland from November 25-31. The 40th WEF is one of the biggest events in the world this year, which takes place at a time when the world economy is recovering. Around 200 world leaders and [...]