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European stocks fell on Friday, following Asia’s earlier in the day and a worldwide decline Thursday, because of fears that the US economy will fail to recover. European shares suffered their biggest two-day slump since 2008 and oil dropped to 80 dollars a barrel, while gold reached a record high. Paris’s Cac 40 was down [...]
A French-Vietnamese lecturer and blogger was jailed for three years Wednesday for attempted subversion in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Pham Minh Hoang, 56, who holds dual nationality, had undermined national security, according to chief judge Vu Phi Long. In writing 33 articles under the pen name Phan Kien Quoc, Long said Hoang was “blackening [...]
Nha Trang, on Vietnam’s south-central coast, carries a contradictory reputation: many people, guidebooks included, say it is home to the country’s best beach; while a recent National Geographic survey rated it as the worst beach destination in the world. With all of that in mind, I wasn’t sure what to expect when I visited Nha [...]
A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of hacking phones, police said Wednesday, the 12th person detained over the long-running scandal. “At approximately midday today a 61-year-old man was arrested by appointment at a London police station by officers from Operation Weeting and is currently in custody,” Scotland Yard said in a statement. A [...]
122 art works by 100 artists are being showcased at the Fine Arts Exhibition Region VI at the HCMC Fine Arts Museum, 97A Pho Duc Chinh, district 1, HCMC as part of activities to celebrate the 66th anniversary of August Revolution and the National Day, September 2nd. The exhibition, organised by the Association of Vietnamese Photographers, [...]
No headquarter, no factory, no practice license, but the Ha Lan Environment Service and Waste Treatment Company still could sign a lot of contracts with enterprises on waste treatment. In late 2010, the HCM City Department of Natural Resources and the Environment released a decision on revoking the practice license on treating and disposing hazardous [...]
He has traveled to Vietnam several times in the last 12 years with his family but until 2012, the relations between Zoedonne, a former member of the Australian national rowing team, and the Vietnamese rowing squad began. Mr. Zoedonne. During his tour to Vietnam last April, Zoedonne stayed at a hotel on the bank [...]
Lee Kirby, the British man who is known for his sweet voice in late composer Trinh Cong Son’s songs, will perform at the ATB club on August 11-12. Lee Kirby is singing with a Vietnamese friend. The shows will open at 8.30pm at famous singer Anh Tuyet’s ATB club. Kirby will not only perform Trinh’s [...]
VSummer proves to be the busiest time for “star” schools, because it is the time for them to enroll students for the new academic year. Especially, they cannot refuse the students who are the relatives of children of VIPs, even when the schools get overloaded. A long queue of parents was seen in front of [...]
Vietnam’s indigenous Phu Quoc ridgeback dog was recognized a primitive hunting purebred 117 years ago before the World Canine Organization even came into existence. But due to historical and political reasons it has never been acknowledged by the FCI – the organization, as it is called by its French acronym — which was established in [...]