|
American plastic surgeon McKay McKinnon performed a surgery on Thach Thi Sanh Ly, whose whole body is covered in tumors at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh on Saturday. Ly, 35 from Tran De, Soc Trang suffers from neurofibromatosis, the same disease with Duy Hai and My Dung’s, two patients whose operations were carried [...]
20- year old Le Huynh Thuy Ngan has been named as Vietnam’s representative on the Miss Tourism Queen International 2011 pageant’s official website. Ngan stands 1.72m tall and possesses the vital statistics of 90-60-89. She is pursuing an English Major at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages – Information Technology. In 2009, [...]
Authorities in the south central province of Binh Thuan on Sunday released five endangered sea turtles, previously caught by local fishermen, into the sea. The name of the sea turtle species was not known, but an official at the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said it was a critically endangered species and protected [...]
German trumpeters Ma’alot-Quintett will perform at the HCMC Conservatory of Music on November 17 and 24 hours later at the Hanoi Youth Theater. Ma’alot-Quintett will feature classic and modern works of Mozart, Ligeti, Glanert and Piazzolla in the framework of the European Music Festival 2011, where they will represent Germany in festivals to be held [...]
Vietnam’s U23 side made the nation sweat a little but still managed to overcome ten-man East Timor 2-0 in the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) at Lebak Bulus Stadium in Indonesia on Wednesday, while Myanmar thrashed Brunei 4-0 to secure top spot in Group B. German coach Falko Goetz again rang the changes after [...]
An investigation conducted by Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Fire-Fighting Police in 2010 showed that more than 60 percent of high-rise apartment buildings in Vietnam violated fire safety regulations. According to the investigation that has recently been revealed, there were 1,709 apartment buildings with more than 5 floors, including 336 buildings with over 10 [...]
A delegation of the Commission for Organisation of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) is paying an official working visit to Laos from June 4-8. The delegation, headed by the commission’s head To Huy Rua, held talk with their counterparts from the Organisation Commission of the Lao People’s Revolution Party (LPRP) Central Committee. [...]
Students of gifted high schools now have to study natural science subjects in English, but they have to take final exams in Vietnamese. Therefore, teachers have proposed organizing some national exams in English. The “schools must not fail” pressure The Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted in HCM City started a trial [...]