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Vietnam’s biggest museum has few visitors
21/05/2011 05:00
Built at the cost of VND2.3 trillion (nearly $128 million), the Hanoi Museum - Vietnam’s largest museum, doesn’t have a single room to keep visitor belongings; electric wires run zigzags on the wall; some display areas are empty; exhibits are downgraded...
Residential flats to be allowed to operate as offices
21/05/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Construction has just completed a draft circular allowing the use of resident apartment blocks for commercial purposes. The new draft regulates that to be used as office, an apartment is required to ensure a minimum...
Old man walks 2,000 km to visit President Ho
21/05/2011 05:00
A 72-year-old man has arrived in Hanoi after walking nearly 2,000 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City over a two-month period so he could visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Ho Ngoc Khiet, from the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, arrived in Hanoi on...
Bottlenecks block the growth
21/05/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - About US$10 billion of investment capital, nearly US$8 billion worth of the output, an average growth rate of 25% over the past 20 years, a large number of orders, expanding markets and high consumption demand are factors that bring a bright...
Da Lat historical sites to get major facelift
21/05/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - A number of cultural and historical relics in Da Lat will be upgraded for tourism purposes. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has spent more than VND45 billion (US$2.2 million) to upgrade the Da Lat Teachers’ College,...
VinaPhone starts selling white iPhone 4 on May 21
21/05/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - VinaPhone will on Friday begin selling a white iPhone 4 cell-phone global version at its stores across Vietnam. The enterprise is pricing the white version on a par with the black iPhone 4 despite high demand for the luxurious cell-phone....
Vietnamese ignorant of air pollution sources: poll
21/05/2011 05:00
A recent mood sampling poll by GE Energy shows that almost 2 in 3 Vietnamese people rate air pollution as their top environmental concern, but it also reveals that more than 2 in 3 respondents are unaware that the burning of fossil fuels is one of the top...