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In the past two months, up to 200 children have drowned in Vietnam, causing a big concern among the public. It is early summer in Vietnam but the weather is very hot, especially in central Vietnam. To relieve from the heat, some people, including children, have bath in rivers, canals, and streams. Many drowning cases [...]
Why do Hanoian parents all want to send their children to the Giang Vo Experimental School instead of other state owned schools in Hanoi? The answer lies in the “education technology” that the school is following. Parents gather in front of the Giang Vo Experimental School The news that hundreds of Hanoians jostled in [...]
Preparations should be stepped up so that the construction of the US$2.25 billion Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro system in Ho Chi Minh City can be kicked off this September, said Nguyen Huu Tin, deputy chairman of the city People’s Committee. He was speaking at yesterday’s signing ceremony for an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract [...]
When Hanoi experienced an economic boom in 2000, a local man with a deep love for animals opened a hotel dedicated to dogs and cats. A decade later, he even built a five-star pets-only hotel for the four-legged guests as local pet owners were willing to spend a fortune to give their companions high-class services [...]
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Huynh Dam has congratulated local Buddhists on the occasion of Buddha’s birth anniversary. In his letter sent to the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), Dam highly valued Buddhism’s great contributions to the nation. “Since its foundation, the VBS has always encouraged monks, nuns and followers nationwide to [...]
Supply chain needs trimming to ensure better deal for producers and consumers A farmer drives an agri-machine to harvest rice on a paddy field in Ngai Cau Village, outside Hanoi. Rice has to take a very long journey from the field to the consumer, with prices being inflated several times by middlemen. It might be [...]
Gender biases sharpen in Vietnam as unemployment soars A female employee at a workshop in Bat Trang Village outside Hanoi. In 2010, the unemployment rate among females in Vietnam was 8.3 percent, compared to 5.9 percent among males, according to a new report. When the going gets tough, it gets tougher for women. Nguyen Thi [...]
When I moved to Vietnam in 2004 to live out my retirement years, I was 69 years old. Among my expectations was that over time I would become able to speak and listen to enough of the Vietnamese language to be able to navigate the culture. Now at the ripe(er) old age of 77, I [...]
Japan will provide US$6.58 million to support modern technology application for Vietnam’s customs sector. A project to this effect was signed in Hanoi on April 9 between the Vietnamese General Department of Customs and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The project aims to amend the current legal frameworks, create a viable strategy for information [...]
The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) says 89 businesses are expected to complete their rice purchase in mid April as they have already bought as many as 637,000 tonnes of rice for temporary stockpiling. Rice and paddy prices in the Mekong Delta currently hover around VND4,600-4,700 per kg for high-quality variety and VND 4,500 per kg [...]