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The People’s Committee of Binh Thuan Province has assigned the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to design a project to explore the treasure with 4,000 tons of gold in Tuy Phong district. Tran Van Tiep (right) has been hunting down the treasure for a half of his life For decades, many people have tried [...]
Foreign electronic enterprises only seek profits when they come to Vietnam, while they do not intend to help develop supporting industries or transfer technologies. Meanwhile, domestic enterprises are still weak. This explains why Vietnam’s electronic industry remains behindhand. Foreign manufacturers flock to Vietnam… According to the Vietnam Electronics Enterprises’ Association, a lot of big foreign [...]
Having excessive amount of thick hair covered all over his body since birth, 12-year-old Hoang living in Le Thuy district in the central province of Quang Binh grows up being called wolf man, jungle man or hairy boy by people around. Even his father left him because of his strange skin color. “Hoang’s father saw [...]
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been named among top ten Asian cities for 2011 by the US Travel and Leisure magazine. In the list, the capital city of Thailand, Bangkok took the first place while Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi came seventh and ninth, respectively. Additionally, this list also honoured Vietnam’s Sofitel [...]
The bumper litchi harvest in Luc Ngan District of the northern Bac Giang Province this year does not mean profits to farmers as prices have slumped due to farmers’ heavy dependence on Chinese traders for output. Litchi nuts in Luc Ngan now fetch only VND5,000 a kg, a price which Le Thi Lieu, a farmer [...]
The Cultivation Department laid out its plans, at a conference hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday, to increase the rice output for the coming autumn-winter crop in the Mekong Delta Region of Vietnam. Harvesting rice in the Mekong Delta (Photo: SGGP) The department is targeting 24.5 million tons this year, an [...]
Admiring the bay from the Hai Van Pass, going fishing in the bay or swimming in the blue water are among pleasures of tourists at the Lang Co Bay in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue, one of the most beautiful bays in the world. Lying between Da Nang and Hue cities, Lang [...]
The internationally famous ‘ceramic road’ running along the Red River in Hanoi has now begun to show signs of damage and decay. Volunteers clean up the ceramic road Journalist and painter Nguyen Thu Thuy, who initiated the project, says that uncertain weather conditions during both summer and winter could be one of the reasons that [...]
The Nha Trang Sea Festival 2011, ‘Nha Trang – The Sea Rendezvous,’ ended with colourful art performances in April 2 Square in Nha Trang city on June 15. The exciting festive atmosphere and the variety of programmes attracted many domestic and international tourists. The festival also gave a good impression of Nha Trang as [...]
Major musical talents from three continents: American Idol 2008 David Cook, X-Factor 2008 winner from the UK Alexandra Burke, and Top 8 Australian Idol Vietnamese-Australian Thanh Bui, are now in Hanoi preparing for their first ever performances at the H-Artistry concert on June 16 at Quan Ngua Gymnasium. Following the success of the previous programmers, [...]