Last updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
New lease on life – a Vietnamese man with a 198-lb tumor, a woman with tumors all over the body and another with several covering half her face look forward to bright futures
Doctor McKay McKinnon (L) visited Nguyen Duy Hai, 32, on January 8, three days after his 82-kilogram...
Last updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Vietnam now has two stock exchanges, both of which are small
Vietnam will only have one stock exchange instead of two as at present under the Finance Ministry’s plans to restructure the securities market in 2012.
Under a new plan approved by the ministry last week, market reforms will focus on reorganizing the country’s...
Last updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The state-owned Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) said despite "complications" last year, it was business as usual for it in the East Sea.
Phung Dinh Thuc, the chief executive of PetroVietnam, which explores and drills oil in the sea, said at a press conference Monday that thanks...
Last updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Food retail sales in Ho Chi Minh City witnessed “skyrocketing growth” in recent year, a report said
Despite economic difficulties the retail market in Ho Chi Minh City expanded last year as top retailers and brands continued to come in, property consultant Knight Frank said in a new report.
The retail sales value...
Last updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
More than 500 tourist boats in Ha Long Bay will be decorated with white details instead of being repainted white totally to “renovate” the site’s tourism sector, the VnExpress newswire quoted a local official as saying Saturday.
Vu Thi Thu Thuy, vice chairwoman of the People’s...
Last updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
A US professor and an honored advocate for increased healthcare services for Vietnam’s rural communities died from a stroke Friday at 74.
Before she died, Judith Ladinsky expressed her wish that her ashes be spread in Vietnam, the country she supported unceasingly since 1980.
As a professor at the Department...
Last updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has launched an investigation into an incident in which a Vietnam Airlines passenger airplane nearly collided with one from Jetstar Pacific last month.
The incident happened near Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of December...
Last updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Burn marks on the hydrofoil that caught fire in the southern coastal resort town of Vung Tau on January 15
A hydrofoil caught fire in the southern coastal resort of Vung Tau when it was being refueled but no casualty has been reported so far.
The fire is believed to have broken out in the hold of Greenlines 2, belonging to...
