• Demographic dividend period – time for VN to become dragon

    Demographic dividend period – time for VN to become dragon

    22/06/2011 05:00

    The time for Vietnam to become a dragon   Demographic dividend is a rise in the rate of economic growth due to a rising share of working age people in a population. This usually occurs when the fertility rate falls and the youth dependency rate declines, i.e the...

  • Lost in renovation 

    Lost in renovation 

    22/06/2011 05:00

    A man walks past a house under construction in Cu Da Village in the outskirts of Hanoi. Famed for its century old European-style houses, the village has lost its charm since its inhabitants began to build new, modern homes. In most countries, the village would have been a well...

  • Highway section a 'dead end' for drug traffickers 

    22/06/2011 05:00

    A section of the National Way No.6 in the northern province of Hoa Binh has earned a reputation for being a “dead end for drug traffickers." Truong Quang Hai, chief of Tan Lac District’s police division, said the section has earned its reputation firstly because it is located on the...

  • Electronic portals to enhance security

    21/06/2011 05:00

      Two of the most popular kinds of attack include defacement, which changes the visual appearance of a site and denial-of-service attacks (DDoS), which prevents users from accessing computer sources. Preventative measures include regular virus scans, changing network...

  • Growing pollution threatens development: ministry 

    Growing pollution threatens development: ministry 

    21/06/2011 05:00

    A woman skims rubbish out of a polluted river in Hanoi . A national environmental report has warned that increasing environmental pollution will hinder Vietnam’s economic growth. Dang Thi Thanh Loan’s sore throat has continued to bother her despite two weeks of intensive medical...

  • New Hanoi in photo exhibition

    New Hanoi in photo exhibition

    20/06/2011 05:00

    The best entries of the first Hanoi artistic photo festival, entitled “Hanoi – Renovation, Development and Integration”, are now on display at the Exhibition House 45 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi. 126 photos by nearly 100 photographers are chosen for the exhibition. The organizing board...

  • Documentaries lose favour with audiences

    Documentaries lose favour with audiences

    20/06/2011 05:00

    In recent years, Vietnamese documentaries, considered to be a strong point in the country’s cinematography industry, have not advanced as well as expected.   In search of lost audiences : A scene from the documentary Le Cai Tang (Digging up the Dead) by Dao...

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