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The dream of renewable energy
26/04/2011 05:00
Some investors are planning to set up factories in Vietnam to make solar panels. However, the products to be churned out by the factories will not be used in Vietnam, but exported, because of the foreseeable high production costs. Indochina...
Desolate children of Vietnamese-foreign marriages
26/04/2011 05:00
Bringing her two children from Taiwan to Vietnam, Thuy left her children with her mother in the southern province of Soc Trang and went to HCM City to work. Thuy, from An Thanh Nhat...
Police film traffic rule-breaking students
25/04/2011 05:00
For the first time, Hanoi’s traffic police officers have filmed tens of students who broke the rules that ban high school students from driving motorbikes. Under a joint plan of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training and Hanoi Police...
Da Lat: Elephant stabbed to death
25/04/2011 05:00
A 38 year old male elephant, named Beckham, was killed in the Tuyen Lam Lake Tourism Area in the resort city of Da Lat on April 24. The elephant was found dead near Tuyen Lam forest with two cuts on his two hind legs. It is said that the elephant...
Bus firms want ad ban lifted to boost revenues
25/04/2011 05:00
Transport companies in the city have asked the HCM City People’s Committee to seriously reconsider the ban on public buses carrying advertisements. Transport companies in HCM City have asked the...
BBC seeks Vietnamese documentaries for its show
25/04/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The world famous TV channel has called for Vietnamese documentary makers to send their works to BBC’s “My country – Vietnam” program. BBC World News will air the “My country – Vietnam” program this August. This...
15th Hennessy – a Dreamlike Concert
25/04/2011 05:00
Hennessy Concert Series is always a high-class concert that is most expected by Vietnamese audiences, and the 15 th show was no exception. The 15 th Hennessy Concert Series brought three world leading opera singers to Vietnam: French soprano Noral...