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EVN begins rotating electricity cuts, quietly
11/03/2011 05:00
Right after Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong stated in late February that Vietnam may not have to apply rotating electricity cuts in the dry season, the Electricity of Vietnam began cutting electricity in early March....
Huge calabash harvested in Ninh Thuan
11/03/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - After a big flood last November, some calabash trees have grown up in Mr. Ba Le’s garden in Phuoc Thuan commune, Ninh Thuan province. A tree has yielded two huge calabashes. A calabash which is...
Elephant race at coffee festival
11/03/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - The Dak Lak provincial People’s Committee opened a coffee exhibition on March 10 as part of the third Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival. There are 650 pavilions set up by more than 180 local businesses and 18 foreign enterprises from...
700-year-old dug-out canoes fished out from Huong River
11/03/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – While collecting scrap irons from the Huong (Perfume) River in the central city of Hue city on March 9, two fishermen found separate parts ancient dug-out canoes in the river-bed. These items were discovered nearly Thao...
Free movies in Hanoi, HCM City
10/03/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - For Vietnam Cinema Day (March 15), the Vietnam Cinema Association will present free screenings of 11 films from Golden Kite Awards 2010 and previous years. From March 10 to 13 in Hanoi, the free movies will be screened at Ngoc Khanh...
Cloud computing summit attracts 300 IT specialists
10/03/2011 05:00
Microsoft Vietnam late last week hosted a summit featuring over 300 IT decision-makers and business leaders in HCMC to help them understand the role and impact of cloud computing, and introduce Microsoft’s vision for technology. Errol...
Strategy seeks to address housing issues
10/03/2011 05:00
The Ministry of Construction has presented a draft strategy for national housing development from now to 2020 and a vision toward 2030 that will serve as an orientation for housing development in the future when in place. Supporters of the draft...