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Para Games opening to highlight love
11/12/2010 05:00
The opening ceremony of the Guangzhou Asian Para Games will not focus on high-tech performances but emotion - a feature that will display disabled performers’ and athletes’ love for life and society, Zhu Jianwei, director-in-chief of the ceremony, said....
Nearly 70 artists and works nominated for Golden Apricot Blossom Award
10/12/2010 05:00
The election round of the Golden Apricot Blossom Award for Television programs, serial, stage, cinema and music will start on December 10 and finish on January 20, 2011. In the board of music category,...
Tentative regulations on ATM transactions make people feel inconvenienced
09/12/2010 05:00
The State Bank of Vietnam plans to apply measures to protect card holders, but the measures have not been applauded by the public. In the draft regulations on managing ATM transactions the State Bank stipulates that people cannot not...
Fire control rehearsal at Hanoi’s building
08/12/2010 05:00
Up to 400 firemen, hundreds of health workers, dozens of ambulances and fire trucks were mobilized for a rehearsal at the Vincom Center building in HCM City’s hub on December 7. Several minutes after the building’s fire alarm bell rang...
Hanoi: Million USD tunnels for pedestrians unused
07/12/2010 05:00
Millions of US dollars were invested in the construction of tunnels in Hanoi for the safety of pedestrians but they are unused or become sleeping places for homeless people, garbage dumps or private shops. Hanoi has around 20 tunnels on Pham Hung,...
Residents to stare at street barriers for several years more
07/12/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Commuters squeeze into a narrow strip of Le Van Sy Street in HCMC that is blocked by an ongoing city improvement project Â The green fences surrounding infrastructure project construction sites in Ho Chi Minh City will...
Outdoor music fest to aid underprivileged
07/12/2010 05:00
This year’s LoretoFest charity concert will be supported by Viet Nam’s top rock singer Pham Anh Khoa as the Loreto Ambassador. Khoa has been associated with the event since it was founded in 2007. An outdoor concert,...