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A survey in Binh Duong province near HCM City shows that workers in the industrial zones there are poorly nourished. Workers buy xôi (steamed glutinous rice) before work begins. Companies budget eight to ten thousand dong per meal per worker, but after deducting the fee for contractors and other service costs, the true value of a...

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Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the World Wildlife Fund in Vietnam announced the Earth Hour 2010 programme in HCM City on March 3. VnnNews - Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Vietnam announced the Earth Hour 2010 programme...

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Since its debut on Nguyen Tieu day in 2003, Vietnamese Poetry Day has become a national tradition in the early spring of each new year. The Vietnam Poetry Day in HCM City in 2009.This year’s Poetry Day will be a “grand festival” held nationwide by the Viet Nam Writers’ Association to mark the 1,000th anniversary of the...

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VietNamNet Bridge – It’s smaller cheaper houses that will sell well in 2010 according to property experts. They say that it will be a good time to sell the apartments priced at 15 million dong per square meter and lower, according to Chairman of the HCM City Real Estate Association Le Hoang Chau. Anticipating a high demand...

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“It’s very pretty. There are elephants, rabbits and fish on the walls and there is always music playing,” a first grader of Tran Binh Trong school, described . . . Children in Muong Te District in northern Lai Chau Province wash their hands at a stand pipe.Dang’s comments conflict with many comments that we often hear...

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VnnNews - Traditional Tet favourites like calligraphy markets and flower fairs have begun in HCM City in the week before the lunar New Year. Artisans work at the calligraphy market on Pham Ngoc Thach Street in HCM City’s District 1.VnnNews - Traditional Tet favourites like calligraphy markets and flower fairs have begun in HCM City in...

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VnnNews – While kumquat and peach gardeners in the north are happy because they can be sure of a prosperous Tet sale season, gardeners in the south are more concerned. Kumquat and peach trees are on show in the homes of most Hanoians on Tet days, while southern people prefer to decorate their homes with apricot trees. Nguyen Van...

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VnnNews – The total number of foreign workers in HCM City is 16,055, including 2219 people without work permits, according to a report of HCM City People’s Committee. Foreign laborers in an asset dispute in HCM City. The report said that many garment and footwear companies as well as education and foreign language centres illegally...

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VnnNews – A series of illegal foreign exchange points have been punished as part of a cleanup of the black foreign currency market. The State Bank of Vietnam has been urged to take more drastic measures to settle the situation which is considered one of the reasons behind recent problematic currency issues. As a result, black market...

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Many singers start their careers at nightclubs. For some, singing has become a job to earn a living while some others sees night clubs as “classes” to train themselves and wait for opportunities.  Singers of the Van Nghe night club, HCM City.Nguyen T, a composer and singer, performed three days in a row. He was very nervous...

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