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President Sang begins Laos visit
President Truong Tan Sang, accompanied his wife and a high-ranking delegation, began a three-day official visit to Laos on March 23.
Made-in-Vietnam oil rigs go overseas
Vietnamese engineers have worked to master advanced oil rig construction technology and have now exported their giant oil platforms.
Can Cau market, a sea of brocade, nightingales and even horse meat
The Can Cau market is not as spacious as the markets found in Sa Pa Town or Bac Ha District, but it attracts people from all over due to the cultural diversity of the ethnic groups residing in the border region of Si Ma Cai District.
Opera house performs Carmen for anniversary
The 140th anniversary celebration of Bizet's opera Carmen will be held at the HCM City Opera House on March 29 with a two-part performance, featuring excerpts from the opera and a ballet staged by P. A. Kim Quy.
Vietnamese stone lions roar online
A teenager's passion for stone lions has given them an imposing global presence via a website on which he uploads photographs that can be seen in three dimensions.
World Bank launches new MapVietnam
Organisations and individuals can now easily access socio-economic data at provincial and district levels in both English and Vietnamese at the new website www.worldbank.org/mapvietnam/, launched by the World Bank on March 20.
Bad US weather hurts VN seafood exporters
Vietnamese seafood exporters are expected to encounter difficulties due to bad weather in the United States and the recent depreciation of the euro against the US dollar.
Trained help for home hard to find
The application of regional or international labour standards for Vietnamese domestic workers would be unlikely to work at present, despite an ASEAN model introduced by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) last month.
Minister advises high school students to stop worrying
The Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Vinh Hien has advised students to not worry too much about their national high school graduation.
City clothing, jewellery designer favours ethnic minority fabrics
On one mid-summer day, the sun's strong, burning rays seem to have kept most people inside. Endless waves linger on a white, sandy beach in the central province of Binh Thuan.