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Authorities Friday confirmed that the deputy head of a district Communist Party Committee in Tien Giang Province has been dismissed after being found sexually harassing a woman. Last month, the district’s government received a letter of denunciation from Ms. O saying that she was harassed by Mr. Tran Van Tuong, deputy secretary of Cai Lay [...]
Many establishments in Ho Chi Minh City and the adjacent province of Binh Duong produce hundreds of thousands of liters of unsafe drinking water a day. Unregistered or bearing no trademarks, their products are distributed and sold everywhere. In the role of entrepreneurs who want to install a water purification system or open a business [...]
Thuy Dien, a village of Phu Vang District, is about 15 kilometers from Hue City. Most villagers know of an old woman named Tran Thi Nguyet, who has lived for a record long time, 121 years. Her identity card issued on September 19, 1979 by Binh Tri Thien Province’s public security agency shows she was [...]
Many specialised jeeps run continuously from the foot to the top of Lang Biang Mountain. At the peak it is a sea of vehicles and people as tour guides try to keep the tourists in line as they talk on loudspeakers. An ethnic boy makes a brocade product in his booth on Lang Biang Mountain [...]
CEO Group will build the Sonasea Villas & Resort complex covering 77.16 hectares in Phu Quoc district in the southern province of Kien Giang. The total cost is estimated over four trillion VND. A resort in the beach of Phu Quoc island Established in Hanoi in 2001, CEO Group operates in two key business areas, including real estate [...]
Domestic gold prices have gone up by VND700,000/tael after the world gold hit a new record of $1,661 per ounce on August 2. In Ho Chi Minh City, gold prices were listed at 9.10am on August 3 as followed: – SJC gold: VND40.73-40.85 million/tael – SBJ gold: VND40.81-40.85 million/tael – SJC gold at Sacombank: VND40.80-40.86 [...]
In Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, this July will mark long-awaited comebacks, both geographically and professionally of Vietnamese music veterans with a myriad of shows of all genres. Guitarist Phuong Thu – Phuong Thao Stirring much expectation from classical music fans is “The twins return”, a guitar concert to be held at Ho Chi Minh [...]
“Come on, wake up quickly, I will treat you to some art and breakfast,” my friend enticed me in a sweet voice, but I replied in a half-sleepy tone “Are you crazy, I just want a normal breakfast that can help me survive after a long night.” Eventually I was able to surface about 30 [...]
Bamboo Wing, an architectural work made from bamboo in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, has won the International Architecture Award of the Chicago Athenaeum Museum in the US. The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design has organized the International Architecture Awards on annual basis as away in which to honor the best, new [...]
At the requiem for Mong Diep, the concubine of Vietnam’s last king Bao Dai, held in the ancient capital city of Hue on July 1, many people were attracted to an old lady, who kneeled in front of the altar for over one hour, with a respectful face. Nguyen Dac Xuan, a senior researcher of [...]