• ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 18/4

    ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 18/4

    18/04/2011 05:00

    Hoi An goes Dutch with fund to restore relic The Netherlands-based Prince Claus Fund has donated an unspecified sum of money for restoring a degraded relic in world heritage city Hoi An. A centuries-old house at 14 Nguyen Thai Hoc...

  • Ineffective road signs in Hanoi

    Ineffective road signs in Hanoi

    16/04/2011 05:00

    Many Hanoians ignore road signs to violate traffic rules, causing traffic chaos in the capital city. Whenever the red light turns on at Dai Co Viet – Hue city intersection, vehicles move from the one-way street to go to Hue Street. The one-way...

  • Thousands of red necked phalarope flock to Ninh Thuan

    Thousands of red necked phalarope flock to Ninh Thuan

    16/04/2011 05:00

    Scientists from the Institute for Tropical Biology have said that the flock of birds numbering in the thousands have recently come to the central province of Ninh Thuan recently are red necked phalaropes. The flock of birds has appeared in An Hai and Phuoc Dinh communes in...

  • ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 17/4

    16/04/2011 05:00

    Miss Auto Vietnam Contest to take place in July Miss Auto Vietnam Contest, the first ever beauty pageant of its kind, kicks off this month. Applications are available at Auto Vietnam magazine, 12A13, Me Linh Street, Ward 19, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, beginning...

  • Ca Mau confronts receding future

    16/04/2011 05:00

    The Ca Mau headland could disappear altogether if authorities fail to prevent rock falls into the sea and soil erosion by wind and rain, environmentalists said on Wednesday. More than 1,100m of the headland have already been lost and the rate of erosion shows no sign of declining,...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 17/4

    16/04/2011 05:00

    Trade bank asked to make room for school expansion The People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City proposes to ask the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank of Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) to look elsewhere for locating their new office building, making room for a high school...

  • Vietnamese anchor caught calling names on live TV

    16/04/2011 05:00

    A finance and business news anchor for Vietnam Television has apologized after being caught insulting other people during a news broadcast on April 7 on the national network. Le Binh was hosting a morning news program which had a live interview segment between another...

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