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Lake captured in photo book
10/06/2011 05:00
Photographer Quang Phung has dreamt of showing off his Guom (Sword) Lake photographs for decades. Legendary : A photo from Around Sword Lake and Beyond by photographer Quang Phung. The book features 100...
First national puppetry festival to open next week
10/06/2011 05:00
About 18 puppetry troupes will be performing at the first national puppetry festival from Monday to Saturday in the northern province of Hai Duong. Audiences will get the chance to see traditional puppetry...
MOIT shows strong determination to ease trade deficit
10/06/2011 05:00
Though asserting that it is very difficult to curb the trade deficit at 16 percent of the export turnover, Director of the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) still stressed that easing the trade deficit is a must. Could...
Consumer confidence goes down
09/06/2011 05:00
Consumer confidence in Viet Nam dipped by five points in the first quarter to 98, below the Asia Pacific average of 106 but still higher than the global average of 92, a global survey by market research agency Nielsen has found. The Nielsen Global Online...
President Ho’s fruit-made portraits
09/06/2011 05:00
Over 100 artworks made from fruits and seeds were displayed at the “Southern Fruit Festival 2011” in HCM City’s Suoi Tien park, to mark 100 years since President Ho Chi Minh left Vietnam to seek ways to liberate the country from colonialism. The...
Festival for young contemporary artists
09/06/2011 05:00
A National Young Fine Arts Festival will be held to find works that reflect contemporary life, the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition announced yesterday, June 8. Artists between 18-35 are invited to submit art in the...
E5 bio-petrol not cheap enough to attract users
09/06/2011 05:00
While the government is encouraging to develop ethanol petrol products to protect the environment, E5 petrol, in the Environment Law to be applied as of 2012, is still listed as the product that bears high environment tax rate. This explains...