The 2012 Vietnam International Agriculture Fair got underway in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on November 15 with the participation of 250 domestic and international businesses. The week-long event themed “Cooperating for Agricultural Development, Promoting Exports and Building a New Rural Area Model” is co-organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and [...]
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The 4th International Circus Festival will take place in Hanoi from November 15 to 21, creating a chance for spectators to get indulged in a feast of the most excellent artistic performances in the world. Five Vietnamese troupes participating in this year’s festival include the one from the Vietnam Circus Federation and four others from [...]
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Music lovers are in plenty in the country who enjoy musical performances, shows and skits in theaters and even tea lounges in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. A flamenco music performance in front of the City Opera House Recently singers and musical performance groups have been presenting free shows on City streets or in [...]
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A stem cell laboratory at the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. The quality of scientific research in Vietnam is declining, according to the prestigious Spanish SCImago Institutions Rankings. The SIR World Report 2012 ranks 3,290 research institutions from 106 countries that published at least 100 scientific documents in 2010 as collected by scientific [...]
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The piano on which Mozart wrote all of his late concertos returned home to Vienna on Thursday for the first time since the composer’s death in 1791. The fortepiano that Mozart played almost daily for nine years will stand in his former Vienna home, now a museum, for two weeks, culminating in a concert of [...]
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Medicinal bathing is a local feature of the indigenous Red Dao in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai. In Tả Phìn Commune (Sa Pa District), tourists can spot many families drying herbs in their front yards. Legend has it that on the last day of the year the Dao boiled leaves from the forest [...]
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East Sea typhoon Gaemi will turn towards the west today and bring bad weather to Central and Southern Vietnam, the Central Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Center has said. At 7 pm yesterday, September 2, the storm was located 430 km south-southeast of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, with winds of 62-74 kph and gusts of 76-102 kph. [...]
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A magnitude-4.4 earthquake hit the northern city of Hai Phong at 10:18 local time on Wednesday morning, sending seismic waves to neighboring provinces and cities. The quake occurred at latitude 20°, 81′ North, longitude 106°, 66′ East in Kien An District at a depth of 15 kilometers, the Vietnam Institute of Geophysics said. The institute [...]
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Celebrity chef Martin Yan’s new Vietnamese show explores the ‘precious stories hidden behind every single dish’ Martin Yan enjoys bun cha (vermicelli with grilled pork) at famous shop on Hang Manh Street in Hanoi.Photos courtesy of Dien Quan Media It was around 8 a.m. and nobody in line at the famous pho restaurant on Hanoi’s [...]
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Thousands of young women have been duped into sex slavery An undated photo shows a woman who had been trafficked to China at a repatriation ceremony held at the international border in Lao Cai Province Hang Thi Xay, a 57-year-old retired teacher, still vividly remembers the night she lost her daughter three years ago. C.T.D., [...]
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