Features

Snow falls in Sapa
16/03/2011 05:00
Snow appeared in Sapa town, a famous tourist attraction in the northern province of Lao Cai, in the morning of March 16. Pham Quang Ho, director of Lao Cai Hydrometeorological Forecast Center, said “snow began falling in the town at 5 am. By 9.15 am, the snow was 2.5cm...
Vietnamese rocker to attend International Music Fest
16/03/2011 05:00
Rocker Pham Anh Khoa will perform his own songs at the International Music Festival in Pattaya, Thailand from March 18-20. Rocker Pham Anh Khoa “This is my chance to learn from foreign artists who come from countries with developed music, to introduce...
Vietnam’s music award: too inexperienced nominee
16/03/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Music critics and fans have been deeply divided when nomination for the 2010 Cong Hien Award was announced recently. Vietnam Idol 2010 Uyen Linh Among the nominees for best singer of the year is Uyen Linh, a fresh face catapulted to fame by...
Commandos in training
15/03/2011 05:00
Detecting and clearing hurdles, overcoming barbered wire fence to break into a military post is practiced by soldiers of the commando battalion 113. Practicing martial arts. Overcoming a ground of bamboo spikes....
HCM City to build Vietnam’s biggest traffic control center
15/03/2011 05:00
HCM City plans to invest Eur131 million to install cameras at over 1,400 crossroads, which are connected to a traffic control center. HCM City Department of Transport and Sagemcom, a French company, has finalized the detailed...
Hooligans slash schoolgirls’ buttocks, thighs
14/03/2011 05:00
When going to school these days, female students in the southern Tay Ninh province’s capital town are haunted by a threat: being slashed on the thighs or buttocks by bad men using a razor or small knife while riding on a scooter. Many have been too fearful to go to school...
Vietnam Oscar 2011 go to Lan Ngoc, Dinh Toan
14/03/2011 05:00
Lan Ngoc, leading actress in “Floating Lives” won the Best Actress while Dinh Toan who played King Le Long Dinh in “Thang Long Aspiration” received the Best Actor titles at the Golden Kite Award 2011 ceremony in HCM City on March 13. People’s Artists The Anh...