Vietnam

Vietnam chairs ASEAN Bankers Association

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | yesterday

Vietnam: Taxi fare refund

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

RantingsbyMM shares a story on how she was able to get back her money from a taxi driver who overcharged her in Vietnam.

Dogs find endangered rhino's dung in Vietnam

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Hanoi - Biologists working with trained dogs have confirmed that critically endangered Javan rhinos remain alive in the Vietnamese jungle, a conservation organization said Friday. The Worldwide Fund for Nature's (WWF) biologists in Vietnam and the co...

• Javan rhinos 'exist' - IOL

AIDS, malaria eclipse the biggest child-killers

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

HANOI, Vietnam -- Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention.

Vietnam users annoyed as government blocks Facebook

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Hanoi - Employees at Vietnamese internet providers confirmed Thursday that the government had ordered their companies to block the social networking site Facebook. Vietnamese Facebook users had complained of being unable to access the site for days, ...

Bus crash kills two in Vietnam

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Hanoi - Two people were killed and 15 injured when two buses collided on the main national highway in southern Vietnam's Ninh Thuan province, a traffic policeman said Thursday. Officer Pham Van Bay of the Ninh Thuan provincial traffic police said a b...

Four men killed trying to saw open old bomb in Vietnam

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Hanoi - Four men were killed in the province of Tay Ninh while trying to remove the explosives from a Vietnam War-era bomb for use in fishing, a local policeman said Wednesday. The men, two pairs of brothers in their mid-20s, were attempting to cut o...

Amazing Fansipan - Vietnam

togovn99 | 11/17/2009

Fansipan Discovery 2009 Programme had lots of new points compared to previous years. This year is the first time that tourism enterprises with their tourist delegations together discover Fansipan. For the past years, the programme was dedicated to “professional mountaineers” with urgent trips within one day, or two days one night. This year, tourists had three days and two nights to conquer

Vietnam protests China move in South China Sea

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

Hanoi - Vietnam has protested new moves by China to assert sovereignty over the disputed Spratly and Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, local media reported Tuesday. China announced November 8 it had decided to establish local governing bodies k...

Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet makes his first state visit to Singapore

Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

SINGAPORE: Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet is in Singapore for a two-day state visit at the invitation of Singapore President S R Nathan.

Vietnam vet on fraud charge

Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

A SENIOR member of the Townsville Vietnam Veterans Association has been charged with defrauding the charity of almost $18,000 this year.

President of Vietnam to visit Singapore

Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

SINGAPORE : Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet will make a state visit to Singapore from November 16 to 17 at the invitation of President S R Nathan.

US, Vietnam throw support behind Trans-Pacific Partnership

Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

SINGAPORE: Two APEC economies - the US and Vietnam - have committed to work towards a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) goal.

UNICEF : Best of the Youth-Made Oneminutesjr. on Child Rights – Vietnam

The News Market (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Oneminutesjr. are 60 second videos made by young people between the ages of 12 and 20 from around the world.

Vietnamese Air Force crash kills two pilots

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Hanoi - Two Vietnamese Air Force pilots were killed when their fighter jet crashed into a hill in northern Vietnam, a military source said Friday. An official at Yen Bai military airfield, who declined to be named, said the Russian-built MIG-21 fight...

Amazing Fansipan - Vietnam

togovn99 | 11/17/2009

Fansipan Discovery 2009 Programme had lots of new points compared to previous years. This year is the first time that tourism enterprises with their tourist delegations together discover Fansipan. For the past years, the programme was dedicated to “professional mountaineers” with urgent trips within one day, or two days one night. This year, tourists had three days and two nights to conquer the mountain...

Vietnam country profile

bharatbook | 11/10/2009

This 29-page report will give you a complete snap-shot of Vietnam''s telecom environment, providing you with all the information you need to be successful in this market. It initially defines the country''s economic and political environment keeping you abreast of any events that could impact the business environment in the near future. It then provides an overview of the country''s regulatory environment,

Hoi An, Vietnam is one of Top 10 Old Town districts - theatre of the streets

activetravelvietnam | 10/27/2009

Heading to the oldest parts of a city delivers the richest rewards, writes Kerry van der Jagt. You have arrived in a new city and don't know where to start. Tempting as it is to hop on a sightseeing bus with a two-kilogram guide book in one hand and a list of "must-sees" in the other, there is a better way. Get off the bus, tear up the list, pull on your walking shoes and head to the oldest part of...