Author: VnExpress
Miss Vietnam 2012 on catwalk for first time
VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2012 Dang Thu Thao took to the catwalk for the first time in Ho Chi Minh City fashion show on December 12.
As time goes by, passion for water puppets never cools
The artisan has brought thousands of water puppets to life over the past 25 years.
El Nino hits Vietnam's coffee output; exports run out of steam
Aging crops, flooding and drought: not the ideal blend for the world’s second largest coffee exporter.
Vietnam weighs doubling overtime limit following calls from foreign firms
The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed an amendment to the Labor Code that would sharply increase the country's overtime limit.
130,000 overseas Vietnamese to return home for Tet holiday
The Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese expects about 130,000 overseas Vietnamese to fly home for the upcoming Lunar New Year, or Tet, the country's most important holiday.
Female Vietnamese worker dies after robbers set her on fire in Angola
A female Vietnamese worker in Angola was killed and another seriously injured after robbers set them on fire at the hostel they were staying in, according to the Vietnamese embassy in the African country.
Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral to undergo extensive roof renovation
Ho Chi Minh City's municipal government has approved a proposal to restore the roof of the Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, according to the Infonet news site.
Fresh Vietnamese grads dissatisfied with life in the workplace: survey
When it comes to being happy and satisfied at work, fresh graduates in Vietnam are reported to have the lowest level of happiness in the region, according to a survey conducted by employment websites JobStreet and JobsDB.
Vietnam loses US$300 million a year due to tobacco smuggling
Contraband tobacco results in a loss of VND7 trillion (US$309 million) for Vietnam’s state budget, Nguyen Dinh Truong, head of the Tobacco Economic Technical Institute has said at a recent meeting.
Funding delay holds up Hanoi's metro rail project: official
Hanoi mayor Nguyen Duc Chung has promised to speed up the construction of the city's Metro Line 3, blaming the sluggish progress so far on delays in fund disbursement.
