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Tighter rules to control nearly 8,000 festivals
28/03/2013 05:14
When she heard that Tran Temple was holding a festival where you could buy a sheet of paper with a presumely "royal" seal on it for VND20,000 that would help you get promoted quickly, Nong Thi Yen went to purchase one for her son. But before the festival even started, people rushed into the...
Gender equality key to nation's progress
28/03/2013 08:26
Many girls in her remote commune drop out of school, either to do housework or get married at a very young age, said Nong Thi Tuoi said. "It's tradition. However, many of them go on to lead a terrible life of being heavily beaten by their husbands." The 16-year-old, who lives in the...
35 years, Vietnamese’s height increases by 4cm
28/03/2013 08:23
According to nutrition experts, compared with 35 years ago, the height of the Vietnamese has increased by 4 cm, but the height growth is still slower than the neighboring countries such as Thailand and China. The recent surveys of height and habitus show that in each 10 years, the...
OIF helps Vietnamese civil servants improve language skills
27/03/2013 03:22
These courses are part of a cooperative agreement between Vietnam and the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) to train Vietnamese diplomatic cadres and civil servants over the 2013-2016 period. Addressing the opening ceremony, DAV Deputy Director Nguyen Dinh Thao said that...
Hospital overload still stressful
27/03/2013 03:35
The former obstetrics and gynaecology department of the HCMC University of Medicine and Pharmacy on Hoang Van Thu Street is to be renamed the Mekong Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital this month. Despite new clinics being built, hospital overload remains the biggest headache for the...
Calls for traffic order as road death toll increases
26/03/2013 01:01
The number of deaths increased by 300 from the same period last year, despite the fall in the number of accidents, it was reported. The conference, attended by permanent member of the Party Central Committee Secretariat Le Hong Anh, was called to discuss the adoption of a decree on strictly...
Information security – a challenge of the digital age
26/03/2013 12:54
More than 400 senior government leaders, corporate executives, chief information officers, IT directors, and associated professionals gathered at the two-day event to share technology updates and devise solutions to the challenges of the new digital age. � � They addressed key...