2010February04

Climate change was now one of the most important development priorities for the World Bank in Viet Nam, the Bank’s Environment Sector Co-ordinator Douglas J Graham said. Workers plant trees along the coast in central Thanh Hoa Province’s Hoang Hoa District. More than 256,000 trees have been planted as part of environmental programmes...

VnnNews – Viet Nam has tried its utmost to widen and deepen its friendship and co-operation with China on the basis of mutual trust. NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong (right) receives President of Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament Han Qide in Ha Noi.The top Vietnamese legislator made this statement in Ha Noi yesterday,...

The BKZ team from the Da Nang Polytechnic University passed 28 teams from 14 universities to take first prize in a landmine-disarming robot contest on January 29-30 in HCM City.               A team from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry, Heat 3, and Can Tho University’s...

VnnNews – The national flag air carrier has decided to provide 136 more flights during Tet days. The airline has said that in peak days between now until the end of February 28, 136 more flights will be provided on the Hanoi – HCM City – Da Nang air routes. In particular there will be four more flights per day on Hanoi...

Eighty percent of the four million overseas Vietnamese would like to buy a house in Vietnam, says the head of the HCM Committee for Liaison with Vietnamese Abroad. So why don’t they?  A meeting between HCM City’s officials and overseas Vietnamese. A few days ago, the media reported that since 2005, only 140 Viet...

VnnNews – Vietnamese rubber producers have put high hopes in 2010 which they believe will bring prosperity with price expected to increase by 30 percent. The Vietnam Rubber Association, said that it expects to export 750,000 tonnes of rubber in 2010 and reap $1.5 billion in export revenue thanks to a 30 percent price increase. International...

Parents of many table-tennis players in HCM City sent a petition to the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism complaining about the behavior of the ping-pong division’s chief. HCM City’s table-tennis player Mai Xuan Hang.< /> The petition, signed by parents of senior players Mai Xuan Hang, Mai Hoang My Trang, Tran...

VnnNews – It is now the high shopping season, but buyers are ignoring electronics and home appliances. Despite many sales promotions, home appliance centres in HCM City these days are not as bustling as expected. Thai Thanh Son, marketing director of Nguyen Kim Trade Company, said that consumers seem to have purchased everything...

Researchers have found out a new species of gecko in the Ta Cu Nature Reserve in Binh Thuan province. For illustration only, photo: Daily MailThe new endemic gecko is named Gekko takouensis sp. nov. Ngo & Gamble since it was discovered by Ngo Van Tri, an expert from the HCM City Institute of Tropical Biology and Dr. Tony Gamble from the...

The World Bank will consider increasing aid and help Vietnam seek aid sources from other donors to meet its sustainable development goal, says a senior WB leader. VnnNews - The World Bank will consider increasing aid and help Vietnam seek aid sources from other donors to meet its sustainable development goal, says a senior WB leader.James...