• UNAIDS, WHO commend Vietnam’s progress in HIV

    UNAIDS, WHO commend Vietnam’s progress in HIV

    30/11/2010 05:00

    Senior officials from the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have commended Vietnam for its progress in combating HIV/AIDS at a joint press briefing for World AIDS Day (December 1), in Hanoi on November...

  • Former transport ministry's officials to stand trial for graft 

    30/11/2010 05:00

    Bui Tien Dung (R), Former Director of the Ministry of Transport's Project Management Unit 18, at a trial in August. Dung will stand trial for embezzlement this month. Vietnam’s supreme prosecutor’s office is charging...

  • Vietnamese movie takes two prizes in Sweden

    29/11/2010 05:00

    “Bi, Don’t Be Afraid” by Phan Dang Di, the only Asian film at the Stockholm International Film Festival, won two prizes, Outstanding First Film and Best Cameraman, on November 27. Earlier, the movie won two unofficial prizes at the Cannes Film Festival 2010, the...

  • Hanoian collector of old clocks

    29/11/2010 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Trung Dung has a great passion for old clocks and watches. He has collected hundreds of clocks and watches in the last 20 years. “I have spent most of my earnings in old watches and clocks,” Dung said. He said clocks are...

  • 50 Chinese disabled artists to perform famous dance in Vietnam

    29/11/2010 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – A troupe of 50 Chinese disabled artists will have a special performance at the Hanoi Opera House on December 2. They will perform their worldwide famous dance entitled “Goddess of Mercy with hundreds of arms and thousands of eyes” and a dance...

  • Three accused of blackmailing police with bribery footage 

    29/11/2010 05:00

    Police in the Northern province of Ninh Binh are investigating three people on suspicion of blackmailing local traffic police.   According to authorities, Le Xuan Hoang, Nguyen Trong Hai, and Hoang Van...

  • Vietnam commits to tiger conservation

    Vietnam commits to tiger conservation

    28/11/2010 05:00

    Vietnam stands ready to cooperate with foreign countries and international organisations to improve tiger conservation in the country and the region. Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Bui Cach Tuyen made this commitment at a historic tiger...

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