• Newborn baby almost buried alive because of unsound customs

    09/12/2010 05:00

    A newborn baby was reported to be nearly buried alive with his dead mother in a mountain village in Quang Binh province in central Vietnam. On December 5, Ho Thi Lon, 37, a Chut ethinic minority woman in Ka Ai village in Dan Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh...

  • Many Hue royal antiques stolen

    08/12/2010 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Many valuable antiques in the imperial city of Hue city and kings’ tombs have been stolen recently. Researchers worry that the ancient capital city will lose its attractiveness once its antiques are lost. On...

  • Vietnamese teen takes prize in Singapore piano contest

    Vietnamese teen takes prize in Singapore piano contest

    08/12/2010 05:00

    Viet Nam’s Hoang Pham Tra Mi won the first prize for the under-15-year-old category at the Singapore International Chopin Piano tournament, which ended on Sunday. Key player : Pianist Hoang Pham Tra Mi won the under-15 category at the...

  • Big electronics and home appliance distributors list their names in VNR500

    07/12/2010 05:00

    A high number of electronics and home appliance distributors were listed In the VNR500, the ranking of Vietnamese top 500 enterprises in terms of turnover, which has been released by Vietnam Report and VietNamNet, . This shows the stiff competition among the distributors on the...

  • Ethnic minority women and strange make-up methods

    Ethnic minority women and strange make-up methods

    07/12/2010 05:00

    To beautify, women of B’rau ethnic minority group in Vietnam’s Central Highlands often tattoo their faces with strange patterns, pierce and extend their ears or grinding their teeth. Before marriage, B’rau girls pierce their ears by thorns and try to stretch the...

  • Coffee bean pickers swindled in Central Highlands

    03/12/2010 05:00

    In recent days, dozen of residents in central provinces of Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa had been tricked into going to the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong to pick coffee beans with meager payment. Lam Dong province is in severe lack of workers to pick...

  • Vietnamese paintings favored in Singapore

    Vietnamese paintings favored in Singapore

    01/12/2010 05:00

    Black Earth Museum director Ng Ngeng Hee (L) and Vietnamese artist Nguyen Thi Bao Ngoc at the “A touch of Vietnam 2” exhibition last month. Several Vietnamese artists managed to sell their works at an exhibition held at Singapore’s Black Earth...

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