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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) has stated that it had never announced to withdraw the Miss Vietnam title of Mai Phuong Thuy. The Ministry said that it would assign a specialized agency to check Thuy’s photos before making the final decision. The Ministry said that the photo shoot featuring Mai Phuong Thuy [...]
Mr. Ngo Hoang Viet has never forgotten to wear mask whenever he went to street for years. Viet said he is afraid the most the after-work hour because that is the time of dirt and smoke from vehicles. “It is said that men look less manly if they wear mask but for me, protecting health [...]
Authorities in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue have started to build two conservation stations in forests inhabited by the Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), one of the world’s rarest mammals, in A Luoi District. The construction, part of the “Annamites Carbon Sinks and Biodiversity” project funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, [...]
Many girls pursuing high school or tertiary education have opted to earn money by acting as sex workers. Many female students are seduced into easy money through the sex industry Student prostitutes According to the Ministry of Public Security, recently Hanoi and HCM City have detected several cases where many girl students have acted as [...]
Vietnam highly valued UNICEF’s help in social and cultural development in the country, National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said. Vice Chairwoman Ngan made the appraisal while receiving UNICEF Chief Representative in Vietnam Lotta Sylwander in Hanoi on Jan. Ngan thanked UNICEF for its cooperation in implementing policies on protection and care for [...]
The Soc Trang City Party inspector who has been detained for playing Chinese chess games through which he won VND2.5 billion (US$119,000) has earlier been conferred an “outstanding performance” certificate but has not yet received it, said Nguyen Thanh Binh, deputy secretary of the Soc Trang Province Party Committee. The committee has received the certificate [...]
Many businesses, agencies and domestic and foreign social organizations have joined charitable activities to help the poor and disadvantaged in the central and southern provinces prepare for the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival. In the central province of Binh Thuan, the Lawrence S.Ting Community Support Fund in Ho Chi Minh City, in cooperation with the [...]
With the Sundance Film Festival starting next Thursday and the Oscars not too far off, the movie buffs at online travel adviser Cheapflights (http:///www.cheapflights.com) have compiled a top 10 list of their favorite film festivals across the globe. 1. Sundance Film Festival – Park City, Utah, United States Sundance Film Festival started out in 1978 [...]
A cacophony ranging from Asian string instruments to the delicate cadences of classical piano pours out of a two-storey building in central Kabul. Here, at Afghanistan’s sole music academy, students are taught music with the hope it will bring comfort in the face of war and poverty, bringing back cellos and violins to revive a [...]
Plan International in Vietnam will provide $3.2 million in support of poor children in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum in the next five years (2011-2016). A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed by the Kon Tum provincial People’s Committee and the organisation in Kon Tum city on January 10. This [...]