• Dream weavers

    21/03/2010 05:00

    In the craft village of Quat Dong, women were traditionally judged on their ability to embroider – perhaps it’s no wonder girls start practicing while still in primary school. Da Nang: Marble Mountains to become spiritual cultural park...

  • Work rules for foreigners tightened

    21/03/2010 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Additional regulations concerning the recruitment and management of foreign employees will take effect in July. Vietnamese engineers exchange experience with foreign experts at the Dung Quat Oil Refinery in the central province of Quang Ngai....

  • The village of long-lived people

    The village of long-lived people

    21/03/2010 05:00

    Dien Ngoc commune in Nghe An province is very poor, but it is famous for its residents’ longevity –up to 1500 people over 80 years old. Dien Ngoc Elderly Association Chair Vu Sy An and Mrs. Thai Thi Bich, 107, the oldest person in Dien Ngoc commune....

  • Rural traditions left behind in dash towards urbanisation

    Rural traditions left behind in dash towards urbanisation

    21/03/2010 05:00

    Sociologist Nguyen Duc Truyen at the Settlement Studies Institute speaks with Dai Doan Ket (Great Solidarity) newspaper about the urbanisation and its consequences. Presently, we are facing many cultural conflicts in either urban or rural areas because we have...

  • Saigon teenager rides bicycle for Earth Hour

    21/03/2010 05:00

    Over 100 volunteers paraded through HCM City streets on March 20 to kick off activities celebrating Earth Hour 2010 in Vietnam....

  • Capital traffic policemen equipped with tear-gas guns

    Capital traffic policemen equipped with tear-gas guns

    07/02/2010 05:00

    To confront the rise in crimes against traffic police in Hanoi, the capital city’s Traffic Police Department has equipped its staff with tear-gas, electric rods and handcuffs during the lunar New Year festival. Department Chief, Senior Lieutenant...

  • Caught shark not attack sea bathers in Quy Nhon

    Caught shark not attack sea bathers in Quy Nhon

    07/02/2010 05:00

    Experts said that the one-tone shark netted by a Phu Yen province’s fisherman is not the cruel fish that attacked ten people in Quy Nhon. Vietnamese province puts bounty on “shark” after 10 recent attacks Vietnamese fisherman hunting “ten...

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