• HCM City plans end to flooding

    10/02/2011 05:00

    HCM City aims to have drainage systems on 70-80 per cent of its streets connected with wastewater treatment plants by the end of this year. The city also aims to reduce 70 per cent flooding in areas that typically experience serious...

  • Ministry considers changes to personal income tax

    10/02/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Finance is collecting public opinion on the rates of personal income taxes so that they can be adjusted to suit the current economic situation. The survey will be completed by the end of March. The Law on Personal Income...

  • Hanoi’s Buddhist temples crammed in early lunar New Year

    Hanoi’s Buddhist temples crammed in early lunar New Year

    10/02/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Famous Buddhist temples in Hanoi and HCM City are crammed, full of people who come to pray for good fortune in the Year of the Cat. The Lunar New Year is the time when Vietnamese people to go to Buddhist temples and pagodas to pray for...

  • Vietnamese boy reaches South Pole

    Vietnamese boy reaches South Pole

    09/02/2011 05:00

    Pham Vu Thieu Quang, a nine-year-old boy from Hanoi became the youngest person in Asia to set foot on the South Pole on February 3. Accompanied by his father, he is now visiting different locations in the freezing area. Thieu Quang is also...

  • Artworks made of water pine wood

    Artworks made of water pine wood

    09/02/2011 05:00

    Artworks made from water pine wood, the rare plant species that appeared millions of years ago, were displayed in Hanoi during Tet holiday. Water pine (glyptostrobus pensilis) is the sole living species in the genus Glyptostrobus. It is native to...

  • Grannies of the gong perform highland tunes

    Grannies of the gong perform highland tunes

    09/02/2011 05:00

    In the autumn of their lives, a group of E De Bih women have discovered the freshness and vigor of spring. Jamming : A group of women from Trap Village play mountain rhythms from the heart. — File Photo...

  • “Think outside the box” brings them success

    09/02/2011 05:00

    Unconventional ideas can produce roaring success, as illustrated by the following stories of three daring entrepreneurs who defied and turned conventional wisdom on its head. Nobody but Phan Quoc Nam, director of Long Uyen company in the southern province of...

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