|
Japan will provide the famous tourism city of Da Lat in Vietnam’s central highlands with US$110,000 to plant 1,000 cherry blossom trees at Ba Huyen Thanh Quan Park. Vo Ngoc Hiep, chairman of Da Lat People’s Committee, and Komai Minoru, president of an association in Japan, reached the agreement at a meeting held in the [...]
Lacking power was the regular statement made by EVN, while cutting power was the regular thing made by the power group. Vietnam has been seriously lacking electricity since 2006. Power cuts were regularly made in many localities, especially in the dry and hot seasons, which caused big difficulties to people’s daily activities and [...]
Iran’s “terrorist activities” have been exposed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday after a spate of blasts in India and Thailand sparked a dramatic rise in tension between the arch-foes. Israel has blamed Iran for two bombs targeting its diplomats in India and Georgia on Monday, as well as for a series of [...]
The head of the district adminstration involved in the controversial revocation of land where the military was deployed and a farmer’s house razed to the ground in northern Vietnam was suspended Tuesday from his position. Le Van Hien, chairman of Tien Lang District People’s Committee in Hai Phong City, had directly ordered the controversial revocation [...]
International GM Le Quang Liem has put in a strong beginning at the 2012 Aeroflot Open Chess tournament, held in Russia from February 7-15, after beating his host Boris Savechenko. Liem, the top fourth seed and the Aeroflot defending champion, earned one point when defeating Boris (Elo rating 2609) after only 32 moves. Boris was [...]
Vietnamese marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh has earned a place in the 2012 London Olympics following outstanding results at the ongoing Asian Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar. Vinh, 37, earned 682.4 points, coming in fourth in the men’s 10m air pistol event and making him the first Vietnamese shooter to gain entrance to the Olympic Games. [...]
Thai police discovered bomb-making material after the detention of a Lebanese man suspected of planning an attack, but the prime minister insisted Monday that everything was under control. Authorities beefed up security in parts of the capital and other areas popular with tourists after the United States and Israel warned Friday of a possible terrorist [...]
Rescue workers searching the half-submerged hulk of an Italian cruise ship for missing passengers and crew recovered a sixth body on Monday, more than 48 hours after the vessel capsized off Italy’s west coast. The captain of the 114,500-tonne Costa Concordia, arrested on Saturday, was accused of manslaughter and abandoning his ship before all of [...]
While relevant agencies are trying to discover the cause of the fires that have destroyed of about 40 motorbikes nationwide, two more vehicles burst into flames yesterday, while a hydrofoil also suffered the same fate in Vung Tau. Yesterday afternoon, as 22-year-old Nguyen Thi Nhung was riding her Attila scooter on a road in Dong [...]
This story happened about 4 years ago. I had been dating my wife for about a year and she was ready for me to meet her family. She invited me to her sister’s, Ms. Diễm, wedding as an opportunity for a first meeting. I was nervous about this meeting. I had heard some of Mr. [...]