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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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Since the start of this school year, Dinh Van Bay, a veteran in Dong Thap Province, has been offering free lunches to nearly 100 students of Nguyen Van Khai High School. Dinh Van Bay (standing) prepares meal for 100 students of the Nguyen Van Khai High School, near his house At around 11.30 [...]
The Dutch Embassy in Vietnam will present the capital city of Hanoi with 4,625 pots of lily for decoration during its upcoming flower festival, Deputy Director of the Municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Khac Loi announced on Dec. 15. Themed, “ Hanoi , meeting place of street and flower”, this year’s festival [...]
National Assembly deputies unanimously agreed with the need for the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control during on November 16′s morning session. Deputy Nguyen Thu Anh said the tobacco industry had seriously harmed the public’s health and the national economy. She cited a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that estimated there were [...]
American plastic surgeon McKay McKinnon who is known for many successful giant tumor removal surgeries around the world arrived in Ho Chi Minh city Wednesday. He visited and examined Nguyen Duy Hai, a 31-year-old Neurofibromatosis patient from Da Lat who has a 90-kilogram tumor on his right leg the next day and had a meeting [...]