• First international choir festival to open in March 16

    07/03/2011 05:00

    Thirty-seven choirs from eight countries will participate in the first international chorus festival in Vietnam, which will be held in the ancient town of Hoi An on March 16-20. By the end of February, 37 choirs from eight countries have...

  • Brokerages sniff at tight margin ratio

    Brokerages sniff at tight margin ratio

    06/03/2011 05:00

    Stock brokerages would be allowed to conduct margin trading under a proposed regulation currently being drafted by the State Securities Commission, although margins would be limited to a ratio of 30:70. Brokerages would be able to loan up to 30 per...

  • Vietnam ranks climate change as high priority

    Vietnam ranks climate change as high priority

    05/03/2011 05:00

    Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai told a workshop in Hanoi on March 4 that the annual budget for climate change had reached trillions of Vietnamese dong (hundreds of millions of USD). “Vietnam has been working hard to materialise international...

  • Power turbine to start ahead of schedule

    05/03/2011 05:00

    Power turbine to start ahead of schedule The second 250MW turbine at the Nhon Trach power plant in southern Dong Nai Province is expected to begin generating power early next week, a month ahead of schedule. The first turbine began turning on December 26,...

  • Eye-controlled laptop launched

    05/03/2011 05:00

    Controlling your laptop just with your eyeballs is no longer a dream as an eye-controlled laptop was unveiled Wednesday at the CeBIT technology fair, according to AFP reports. The cutting-edge laptop, jointly developed by Swedish company Tobii Technology...

  • 1/3 Vietnamese youth don’t oppose sexual relations before marriage

    1/3 Vietnamese youth don’t oppose sexual relations before marriage

    04/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly ten percent of people at the age of 15-24, who are married, said they had sexual relations before marriage. The figure comes from the second national survey about Vietnamese youth and juveniles, conducted by UNICEF....

  • Over 4,400 Vietnamese workers return from Libya

    Over 4,400 Vietnamese workers return from Libya

    04/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - More than 4,400 Vietnamese workers in Libya had returned home safely by 18:15 hrs Friday (March 4), said an official from the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA). According to Nguyen Xuan Tao, Deputy Head...

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