Feb 21
Personnel shortage could hinder ambition to become first nuclear nation in Southeast Asia Vietnam is more committed than ever to meet its growing energy needs with nuclear power while its energy-hungry neighbors have become more cautious about the energy source after the Fukushima meltdown. Construction of a two-reactor nuclear power station in the south-central province …
Feb 18
A giant cave column swagged in flowstone towers over explorers swimming through the depths of Hang Ken, one of 20 new caves discovered last year in Vietnam. - More pictures of cave at National Geographic Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the …
Feb 18
The country may be off most companies’ radars but with such a young, IT-ready population, its economy could take off at any moment Vietnam has “a real energy about the place”, says Paul Farrer, chairman of Aspire Global Network. “It’s a sort of ‘can do’ place — very vibrant, very positive.” Farrer speaks to …
Feb 14
(It was about time, since it’s not rare to see tourist paying 500.000 Vnd to 1.000.000 Vnd to come from the airport to Pham Ngu Lao, when the regular fee is 120.000 Vnd. This will help improve the tourism appreciation of Vietnam.) Noted firm Mai Linh temporarily banned from Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Ho …
Feb 11
HANOI, Vietnam – When local police arrived in riot gear to evict the Vuon clan, family members were ready with homemade land mines and improvised shotguns. In a guerrilla-style ambush reminiscent of a Vietnam War battle, they wounded six officers. But instead of drawing public condemnation, last month’s rare violence by fish farmers trying to hold onto leased land …
Feb 04
George Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, has died. He was 79. Esper died in his sleep on Thursday night, his son, Thomas, told the AP on Friday. Esper suffered from a …
Feb 04
The United States has said it will not resume adoptions from Vietnam as the country “does not yet have a fully Hague-compliant process in place”. The announcement was made on Wednesday, the day the Hague Convention came into force in the South-East Asian country, and weeks after Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald said she was satisfied …
Jan 29
VietJet Aviation Joint-Stock Co., the budget carrier that began flights in Vietnam last month, may double its fleet to six planes by the end of the year as it lures passengers from bus trips taking as long as 40 hours. The carrier’s 122-seat Airbus SAS A320s are 90 percent full on its first route, …
Jan 20
With the Vietnamese New Year approaching, the scramble for low-denomination currency notes has begun. People around the country want the bills, crisp and new if possible, to give “lucky money” to children and older people, a traditional custom during Tet just like visiting someone’s home on the first day of the new year, worshipping ancestors, …
Jan 19
A 22-year-old Vietnamese student has authored a book on how to build better iPhone applications published by a US-based publishing house. Last November, Vo Duy Khang made his debut as a writer with the book Pro iOS Apps Performance Optimization, published by Apress. Written within four months after Khang signed the contract with the …
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