• 2011 power fee hike won’t affect much: ministry

    2011 power fee hike won’t affect much: ministry

    19/02/2011 05:00

    This year’s electricity price increase will not cause much harm to the economy, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. It has proposed the Government raise electricity prices by 18.03 percent. This will cause the power bill to rise about...

  • Petrol stations on strike as price could surge

    19/02/2011 05:00

    Many petrol stations in southern localities temporarily limit their operations, even close their doors all together following rumors petrol price will surge in the coming months. Meanwhile, the country’s leading petrol providers have pledged to...

  • VN celebrates poetry

    VN celebrates poetry

    18/02/2011 05:00

    The annual Viet Nam’s Poetry Day took place yesterday on the full-moon day of the first lunar month across the country. Poetry corner : This year, children have their own area where they can read poems as...

  • A new twist on an old art

    18/02/2011 05:00

    Tran Huu Trang Theatre’s cai luong (reformed theatre) shows offered old stories in a modern style for HCM City theatre fans during Tet (Lunar New Year). One of the shows featuring the play Da Chien Pha Song Ngan (Fighting on the Ngan...

  • Feel-good “Idol” right for the times, producer says

    Feel-good “Idol” right for the times, producer says

    18/02/2011 05:00

    Is “American Idol” and its new judging panel going soft this year? Yes, says executive producer Nigel Lythgoe. Brutal honesty was the right tone when the TV talent show and Britain’s Simon “Mr. Nasty” Cowell brought a breath of fresh air to...

  • Argentine passenger train collision kills 4

    Argentine passenger train collision kills 4

    18/02/2011 05:00

    Two passenger trains collided near Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing at least 4 people and injuring 70 others, local media reported. Rescuers work at the site of trains collision in San Miguel, some 35 km northeast of Buenos...

  • Who will inherit the land left by Hanoi?

    Who will inherit the land left by Hanoi?

    17/02/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve universities in the inner city of Hanoi have been “ordered” to relocate to new places. This means that the schools will leave attractively located land plots , considered the “open-cast gold mines”....

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