• Treatment council for legendary turtle established

    Treatment council for legendary turtle established

    01/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities on February 28 set up the Council for Treatment of Hoan Kiem Lake’s Turtle, with 13 members, led by veterinary doctor Nguyen Huy Dang. Doctor Dang is also the deputy...

  • Hoang My to compete for Miss Asia Pacific 2011

    Hoang My to compete for Miss Asia Pacific 2011

    28/02/2011 05:00

    The first runner-up of the Miss Vietnam 2010 beauty pageant, Vu Hoang My, will take part in the Miss Asia Pacific International 2011 pageant. Hoang My, 22 years old and 1.75m tall, agreed to compete in the beauty contest, and she is now waiting for...

  • Michael Jackson’s father enjoy “cai luong”

    Michael Jackson’s father enjoy “cai luong”

    28/02/2011 05:00

    Joe Jackson, the father of “King of Pop” Michael Jackson, spent over four hours enjoying the live-show to celebrate the 30-year career of a senior cai luong artist Kim Tu Long in HCM City on February 25. Joe Jackson and Phan Thi...

  • Best TV series award goes to “Party Secretary”

    Best TV series award goes to “Party Secretary”

    28/02/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – “Party Secretary”, the TV series about the life of Mr. Kim Ngoc, who initiated the movement to give land to farmer families in the northern province of Vinh Phuc in the 1960s, 1970s, won three awards at the TV Film Awards 2010 in Hanoi...

  • Higher ceiling airfares under thorough consideration

    28/02/2011 05:00

    Relevant agencies are weighing carefully higher ceiling domestic airfares to help ease local financial airlines’ burdens made heavier by the increasing price of the world’s crude oil and the devaluation of Vietnam dong against the dollar. Lai Xuan Thanh,...

  • 2 Vietnam turtles among 25 most threatened

    27/02/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - Two turtles found in Vietnam are listed among the world’s 25 most endangered by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Turtle Conservation Coalition. The Red River giant softshell turtle and the Annam pond turtle are...

  • Rare turtle hunted to brink of extinction

    27/02/2011 05:00

    Hunting the highly endangered Annam pond turtle has become popular in the central province of Binh Dinh after the price of a kilogramme of its meat skyrocketed from a few hundred thousand dong to upward of US$1,000. Seeing the huge profits that the reptile –...

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