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Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh defeated the world No 3 Chen Long of China 2-0 at the Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminary Asia Zone in Chinese Macau yesterday afternoon. In the first singles match of Group A between Viet Nam and China men’s team, the Olympian and world No 9 Minh played fiercely [...]
The Quang Ngai market’s director, his deputy and 8 security guards have been suspended pending investigation into their responsibilities for the violent fire that burnt down the entire market last week. The Quang Ngai Agricultural Products and Foodstuff Joint Stock Company, which manages the market, yesterday announced the suspension against Tran Quang Vinh, director, Nguyen [...]
Vietnamese doctors have successfully recreated the whole penis skin of a man after it was destroyed in an accident, according to a report released at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City-based Binh Dan Hospital, on Feb. 10-11. The 28-year-man, who declined to be named, was taken to the hospital last September for treatment [...]
The Indonesian community and diplomats in Ho Chi Minh City launched a charity blood drive yesterday and collected 88.5 units of blood, or 22 liters of blood. Officers and diplomats of Indonesia Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh join the blood donation The event drew the participation of 65 officials from the Indonesian consulate [...]
Vietnam’s first film to openly feature love and intimacy between gay men is helping to change attitudes in a country where homosexuality is often seen either as a disease or a source of ridicule. Curious filmgoers have streamed into cinemas to catch “Lost in Paradise”, which chronicles the doomed love affair between a gay prostitute [...]
Kazakhstan voted on Sunday in an election that will admit a second party to parliament, in a small concession to democracy by President Nursultan Nazarbayev after deadly clashes in a mutinous oil town shook the country’s stable image. In Zhanaozen, the oil town where at least 16 people were killed in December clashes between police [...]
Preliminary statistics show that travel firms have a “bumper crop” this Tet, despite the economic difficulties and high inflation. The number of travelers booking tours for Tet holiday has increased greatly. Nha Trang is a good choice for travelers Travel demand up, turnover up The recent reports all have pointed out that 2011 was a [...]
Near the lunar New Year or Tet holiday, la dong growers and traders in Trang Cat village in Thanh Oai district, Hanoi, are hurriedly cutting la dong (leaves used to wrap square glutinous rice cakes) to sell to many provinces. La dong field in Trang Cat village. All villagers plant la dong. They take advantage [...]
Veteran writer Nguyen Xuan Khanh won the Viet Nam Writers Association Book of the Year prize for his novel Doi Gao Len Chua (Bring Rice to the Pagoda). The association annual awards for 2011 also presented prizes to author Dinh Kinh for his novel Huyen Thoai Tau Khong So (Legend of the Ships with No [...]
Dozens of students at Hang Dong Primary and Secondary School in the mountainous province of Son La Province these days have to huddle themselves in their thin clothes in the icy cold. Hang Dong, one of the poorest communes in Son La, often witnesses thick fog and the temperatures below 10 degrees in winter. Wooden-made [...]