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College students prepare games to help kids learn about Southeast Asian countries at the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology. — Photo courtesy Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology Children from around Southeast Asia will play together in an exciting and action-packed two-day festival entitled Befriend Southeast Asia at the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology in Ha [...]
It’s not an uncommon sight. Hundreds of motorcycle riders have flocked to Ho Chi Minh City-based Binh Thanh Dist to put on their speed shows on spacious streets as a break for every weekend. SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH THE VIDEO VIA FIREFOX On hot spots of illegal street racing like Hoang Hoa Tham Bridge, Thanh [...]
HIGH HUMIDITY To say Ho Chi Minh City can be humid is an understatement. We found the heat incredibly debilitating at times – be prepared, and save sightseeing for early morning or evening. Sarah Evans, Edinburgh HAPPY EATER Young travellers might be au fait, but not all visitors will know that the prefix “happy” in [...]
An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale hit Lai Chau province in northern Vietnam at 03:37:09 (GMT) (10:37:09 local time) today, according to Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST). The earthquake occurred off the East Sea at a depth of 4km, with the epicenter 14km northeast of Lai Chau town or 26km away [...]
Yesterday, Hanoi police arrested a woman for “appropriating” VND6 billion (US$287,287) in a curious case where the money was mistakenly transferred to the accused, who then spent it all rather than gave it back. Nguyen Thi Thuy, 52 is facing charges of illegally holding money belonging to Hanoi-based Vincom which by mistake transferred VND6 billion [...]
Tran Khang Thuy, Director of the Economic Science Research Center under the Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics, told Tuoi Tre that Vietnam could certainly afford wind and solar power. In the following interview, Thuy said it wasn’t money that prevents Vietnam from switching from thermoelectricity plants using fossil fuels to wind and solar power [...]
Local residents living near Len Co Mountain in the central province of Nghe An are still reeling from the tragic accident that killed 18 stone miners on Friday. In recent years, rising demands for stone in construction have been good news to many people in Nghe An Province, a place well known for its numerous and [...]
VnExpress newswire Friday had an interview with deputy head of Hanoi’s Construction Association Pham Sy Liem about the recent five-storey collapse in the capital that happened late March. As an experienced construction specialist and a person who conducted investigation of the collapse, in your opinion what is the exact cause of the incident? April 1 [...]
Many Ho Chi Minh City-based importers and exporters have fallen victims to African and Asian ‘partners’ which conned considerable cash posing as legitimate firms seeking cooperation based on trust and pay-in-advance thumb rules. A Ho Chi Minh City-based importer named X., after finding out a supplier in Cameroon via the Internet, immediately signed an agreement [...]
Every Sunday at 10 a.m. the market is set up at a corner of Trieu Viet Vuong Street with a couple of plastic stools, one or two small tables made of bamboo and several cups of tea. The market does not have shops or sellers, because the market goers, mainly senior citizens, office goers and university students, don’t go there [...]