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The Spring Flower Festival 2013, under the theme ‘The country’s position and people’s will,” opened in Tao Dan Park, Ho Chi Minh City on February 5. Organized by the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, the 12-day event features more than 8,000 exhibits including various kinds of bonsai and flowers, rock sculptures, and ornamental [...]
Samsung Electronics Vietnam will build a factory to produce and assemble mobile phones and hi-tech electronic products as part of a high-tech project in northern Thai Nguyen province. On February 6, a land lease was signed by Samsung and its Vietnamese partner for the implementation of the Samsung Hi-tech Consortium project in Yen Binh Industrial [...]
The management board of HCM City’s Thu Thiem New Urban Area signed a contract yesterday with Archetype Viet Nam Co to develop a 1/500-scale zoning plan for a park in the area. Because of the importance and usefulness of the park, the city People’s Committee urged the Investment and Construction Authority of Thu Thiem to [...]
Customers buy durians at a market in HCM City. Farmer and traders are hurryng to transport fruits and flowers to the city HCM CITY (VNS)— With just a few days left before Tet (Lunar New Year holiday), farmers and traders are hurrying to transport fruits and flowers to the HCM City market. The Binh Dien, [...]
Vietnam will hold its first-ever large-scale Ong Tao (the Kitchen God) ceremony in the capital city of Hanoi on February 3, the 23rd day of the last lunar month, one week before Tet, or Lunar New Year. The festival has been organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Hanoi authorities, The Thao [...]
Eight houses and six motorbikes caught fire in Ho Chi Minh City Sunday from votive objects set ablaze in celebration of Lunar New Year, known as Tet in Vietnamese. Tuoi Tre reported that a woman had been burning votive objects at around noon in an alley on Luong The Vinh Street, Tan Phu District, and [...]
East Sea issues need to be tackled with peaceful measures and on the basis of international laws, a Vietnamese official said while commenting on the Philippines’ recent lawsuit against China. Scaborough Shoal is part of a territorial dispute between China and the Philippines Nguyen Duy Chien, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry’s National Borders Committee, [...]
The Gulf Cup champions United Arab Emirates defeated their Vietnamese hosts 2-1 in the opener of the 2015 Asian Cup qualifying round yesterday, Feb 6, in Ha Noi. Onlookers: Vietnamese striler Huynh Quoc Anh (left) watches the ball next to UAE’s forward Omar Abdulrahman during their 2015 Asian Cup qualifier yesterday in Ha Noi. The [...]
While vocational schools play a very important role in the educational systems in other countries, experts have warned about the disappearance of the schools in Vietnam which cannot attract students. A report by the Ministry of Education and Training showed that in 2012, the ministry assigned 591 training establishments to provide vocational training services. The [...]
The Vinashin ocean shipping company will be one of two subsidies of the Vietnam Maritime Corporation (Vinalines) that will be permitted to go bankrupt in the process of restructuring Vinalines. Vinalines will also disinvest and dissolve nearly 40 subsidiaries. The restructuring scheme of Vinalines has been signed by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh. Accordingly, [...]