2010February08

About 1,000 overseas Vietnamese offered incense at the Thang Long Royal Citadel and attended a special Tet get-together at Bao Son Paradise Park on February 6.  Officials of Hanoi, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs and nearly 1000 overseas Vietnamese attended the incense-offering ceremony and...

VnnNews – Sales of locally assembled automobiles in Vietnam in the first month of the year picked up 76% year-on-year to over 6,960 units.

Government agencies moved energetically to prepare the nation’s first formal complaint to the World Trade Organization, and are hopeful of success. Processing shrimps for export. Earlier this month, some local newspapers reported that the Government has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on behalf of Vietnamese...

Hanoi people flocked to buy votive papers and then to the Red River and area lakes to release carp on the Kitchen God’s Day, which fell on Saturday, February 6.    Burning votive papers on the pavement.   Releasing carps to the Hoan Kiem Lake. Throwing carps to the Red River.   People...

The HCM City Zoo on February 7 opened its white tiger cage for the public.  The two white tigers are two years old, around 100kg in weight, and were transported to HCM City from the Elmvale Zoo in Canada earlier this year. They have quickly become familiar to their new living environment in Vietnam. Previously, Dai Nam Van Hien park...

Annually, HCM City’s “Ong do” (those who teach Han script and also calligraphers) gather on Pham Ngoc Thach and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai before Tet festival.            VietNamNet/Dan Tri/Tien Phong  

The Tet holiday is coming nearer and hotels and restaurants in the city under the management of Saigontourist are introducing food and entertainment programs . . .  Guests take a look over a lion dance for Tet holiday at the Bong Sen Hotel Saigon.Especially, on New Year’s Eve and the first day of the New Year, tourists can join in...

VnnNews – More than 50 Tet (Lunar New Year) markets have been opened throughout Ha Noi, selling flowers and agricultural products. “This is the biggest grouping of flower and agricultural markets ever held for Tet, with 24 more markets than were present last year,” said Nguyen Thi Nhu Mai from the Ha Noi Industry and Commerce...

The chief coach and the coaching assistant of Viettel’s young football team have been fined for insulting referees at a National U19 Football Tournament. VnnNews - The chief coach and the coaching assistant of Viettel’s young football team, both of which are former stars of the national squad, have been fined for insulting referees...

Hanoi will choose 1,000 objects to bury with a message for future generations so that people in 1,000 years will know more about their ancestors. The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism introduced the container that would keep the 1000 items at a press conference in Hanoi last week. These objects will be ordinary items from...