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ADB symposiums highlight regional challenges
04/05/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - A number of symposiums were organised in Hanoi on May 3 as part of the ongoing 44th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors. At the seminar on “Integration of the capital and finance markets, and...
Unicorn and dragon dance on Hue’s street
04/05/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists and local people enjoyed a special unicorn and dragon dance show on the street of the ancient capital city of Hue city on May 1. The show was organized during the Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2011, which...
Miss Vietnam walks for environment
04/05/2011 05:00
Miss Vietnam 2010, Dang Thi Ngoc Han and 1,000 students, veterans and elder people in the ancient capital city of Hue city joined the walk for the environment, in the morning of May 1, in Hue city. After signing for the environment, Miss Vietnam 2010 and...
Italian team tops Da Nang Firework Festival 2011
04/05/2011 05:00
Displaying a perfect show, the Italian team won the top prize at the Danang . The Italian firework show, which was accompanied by musical pieces such as, “Il proprio fine” and “Hopipolla,” was better received than even an equally impressive...
Rag trade eyes moves to low cost Vietnam
04/05/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - More foreign garment and textile investors are stitching up investment deals in Vietnam as production costs rise in China. Last week, Hai Duong provincial People’s Committee licensed a joint venture between Pacific Vietnam Textile...
40,000 Vietnamese die of tobacco a year
04/05/2011 05:00
Around 40,000 people in Vietnam die because of smoking annually, equivalent to the death cases caused by HIV/AIDS until March 2008, an expert said at a seminar in late April in Hanoi. “The dead...
Painting auction for kids with cleft palate
04/05/2011 05:00
Sixteen paintings will be auctioned in “Night of Smiles 2011” in HCM City on May 21, to raise fund for cleft palate children. A representative of Operation Smile said that the 16 paintings...