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The Ministry of Health on February 28 said that three dead cases by type A/H1N1 flu have been recorded so far this year. The flu can become an epidemic in some locations. According to the Institute for Epidemiology and Pasteur Institute, Vietnam has had 159 type A/H1N1 patients in 19 provinces and cities so far [...]
Welcome to the craziness of Tet, the Lunar New Year Festival in Vietnam! In the city center of Saigon, on the famous Le Loi Boulevard, an installation of flowers is being built which will be ready in time for Tet. The festival is celebrated on the same day as the Chinese Lunar New Year, which [...]
Walking through many places in the world to call for people to plant trees, protect the environment and present gifts to orphans is Yuji Miyata, 27, chosen path in life. Yuji Miyata on Hue’s Truong Tien Bridge. Yuji Miyata graduated from Tokyo University with a red diploma in politics. He commented: “I was born and [...]
A tourist boat caught on fire and sank in Ha Long Bay during the early morning hours of February 28. The fire broke out around midnight while it was anchored in the bay. Due to the late hour and the quick spread of the fire, nearby boats did not come to …
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 [...]
Many children in the mountainous province of Ha Giang don’t go to schools instead they go to mining sites to work. Dan Tri reports. Each morning, hundred of people flock to an ore mine in Nam Sooc village, Mau Due commune, Yen Minh district to glen pieces of ore. Most of the workers are children. [...]
Hanoi Railway Station will begin selling train tickets for the Lunar New Year season on December 1 with South-North tickets up by 25% and North-South tickets down by as much as 50%. The price of seat tickets for the South-North route will rise from 10-25% and the price of soft bed tickets by 10% between [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The lure of electronic games, gambling, fashionable clothes and high-faluting accents . . . the pitfalls are many for students from countryside who aspire to become townspeople. Lan left her home village for her first year at Hanoi National Universityscarcely a month ago. Already she has changed herself so much that her high school classmates [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Confusion surrounds toll stations on the road between Hanoi and its airport – which of the toll stations are legal, and which aren’t? Yesterday, the chief of the Vietnam Road Management Agency said the agency is set to inspect all road toll stations on Thang Long – Noi Bai highway after …
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 [...]