• VN needs its own brain power

    19/12/2010 05:00

    Viet Nam Automation Association vice-chairman Trinh Dinh De told Khoa hoc va Doi song (Science and Life) newspaper Viet Nam could become dependent on foreign technology if it did not realise its own potential. When you made suggestions for the Science and Technology Development...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 19/12

    18/12/2010 05:00

    New suspension bridge collapses in Kon Tum The collapse of a new suspension bridge injured two people in Dak Ang Commune in Tay Nguyen (Central High-land) Kon Tum Province on Thursday. The collapse occurred as seven people on motorbikes were...

  • APF meets in Hanoi for climate change

    APF meets in Hanoi for climate change

    16/12/2010 05:00

    Vietnam needs active support from the francophone community in sharing experiences in institutional mechanism, solutions and resources to cope with climate change and to establish a mechanism for the exchange of parliamentary information on sustainable development and...

  • Hanoi: nostalgia, utopianism, romanticism?

    Hanoi: nostalgia, utopianism, romanticism?

    13/12/2010 05:00

    The audience will have a chance to admire a Hanoi of the past, the present and the future when they visit the three-part exhibition entitled “Hanoi-The City of? Art” at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi. The exhibition features paintings, etchings, engravings,...

  • Ambitious show on Vietnamese history falls flat

    13/12/2010 05:00

    The much hyped “Xin Chao” (Hello), a show featuring a mix of music and dance and depicting Vietnamese legends, has failed to amuse even Ho Chi Minh City’s undemanding audiences, thanks to its sloppiness. The show, which opened last Saturday, features three...

  • Climate change wreaks havoc on shrimp, salt harvests

    Climate change wreaks havoc on shrimp, salt harvests

    11/12/2010 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - Salt farmers working in a field in the central coastal region. Scientists say that today’s severe and unpredictable storms have significantly impeded traditional salt harvests. A close-up look at losses and damages to shrimp and salt...

  • Vietnam’s largest drum ruined after Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary

    10/12/2010 05:00

    Two months after the capital city’s great anniversary, the biggest drum in Vietnam, the gift of the Hanoi Fine Art Handicraft Association to the Thang Long Royal Citadel, has begun to deteriorate. This drum was used at the opening and the closing ceremony...

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