• Vietnamese treasures shine in Seoul

    Vietnamese treasures shine in Seoul

    19/01/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition entitled “Treasures of the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam” will be held at the Korean National Royal Museum in Seoul, South Korean until February 2. The exhibition displays 165 objects and photos of the Nguyen Dynasty and video clips of...

  • 9 topics that caught the most attention from readers in 2010

    18/01/2011 05:00

    In an effort to show what issues interest readers the most, VietNamNet would like to introduce the nine topics that caught the most attention from readers in 2010. 1. Young staff left MOET Â In early 2010, when the Ministry of Education and...

  • Flood forecasting needs more funds

    Flood forecasting needs more funds

    18/01/2011 05:00

    The technology is available for flood-mapping in Viet Nam but little progress has been made due to a lack of capital to pursue the project, says Professor Nguyen Dinh Duong, head of the Institute of Geography’s Department of Environmental Information Study and...

  • ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 18/1

    17/01/2011 05:00

    Tea-coffee cultural week opens in Can Tho City A tea and coffee cultural week opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on Jan. 14. The event, jointly held by the Vietnam Coffee-Cocoa Association and the Vietnam Tea Association, drew the participation of 151 enterprises...

  • Farmers grow rice in chill

    Farmers grow rice in chill

    17/01/2011 05:00

    In the piercing cold, thousands of farmers in central Vietnam still work very hard in the field. In 11 degree Celsius, Nguyen Thi Viet in Nam Dan district, Nghe An province, covers her face with a scarf when working in the fieldher field. Lien’s husband...

  • Historical banyan tree restored back to life

    Historical banyan tree restored back to life

    17/01/2011 05:00

    The Tan Trao banyan tree has recently come back to life, said the deputy director of Tan Trao Cultural, Historical and Ecological Tourism Area, Ly Manh Thang. The sole surviving branch of the legendary tree has now two clusters of roots that go deep into the soil and receive...

  • Signing up the Kitchen God to popularise Vietnamese food

    17/01/2011 05:00

    The head of the Institute of Vietnamese Gastronomic Research wants the 23 rd of the 12th lunar month to be designated “Ngay Bep Viet” or Vietnamese Stove Day in honour of Ong Tao, the Kitchen God. According to traditional belief, the Kitchen God returns to...

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