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Concerned agencies have yet to reach agreement on whether or not they will return the baby boy who was found in a dustbin in Binh Duong Province to a young girl who has admitted that she is the mother, and the hospital that rescued the baby has demanded that a DNA test be carried out. [...]
The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) has released a document guiding the method to define the production costs of telecom services. This aims to prevent the unhealthy competition which may kill the small networks on the market. Defining production costs helps stabilize telecom service market The need to define the telecom service production [...]
The Ministry of Information has sent a letter to mobile phone operators in a move to force them to become more transparent. Workers at VNPT in northeastern Quang Ninh Province check signal transmission systems. Mobile operators have been asked to send their customer databases to the Ministry of Information and Communications. Many are believed to [...]
Many tourists coming to Saigon are cheated by taxi drivers by old tactics, but very effective such as meter fraud, running around, transferring passengers from one car to the other cars, etc. Having access to taxi drivers in Saigon, reporters have disclosed many tricks. Meters – “magic wand” of taxi drivers It seems that everyone [...]
It is still yet to be decided who will officially represent Vietnamese broadcasters in the auction to acquire the telecast rights of the English Premier League for the next three seasons, despite a second meeting the Vietnam Pay Television Association convened on Tuesday. In the first meeting last week, several broadcasters demanded that VTV represent [...]
Pope Benedict, putting his stamp on the future of the Roman Catholic Church, on Wednesday named six new cardinals from around the world to join the elite group of prelates who will one day choose his successor. The six are from the United States, Lebanon, India, Nigeria, Colombia, and the Philippines. The ceremony, known as [...]
A lot of excellent university graduates refuse to go on the “red carpet” laid by the local authorities to attract talented workers. Mr Nguyen The Ninh The students who come first at the university graduation exams are called the “talents,” while their names are glorified at the conferences held every year at the Temple [...]
The “Venus in Vietnam” exhibition will introduce artworks concentrated in imagery and gender, as well as extended meanings of these themes in the social, cultural and political context of Vietnam in late 20th century and early 21st century. Late artist Vu Dan Tan (1946 – 2009) is known to be a brilliant artist, a leader [...]
The State Bank of Vietnam announced yesterday that the circulation of VND10,000-denominated and VND20,000-denominated bills that were made of cotton will be suspended as of next year. Accordingly, as of January 1, 2013, the two cotton bill types cannot be used across the Vietnamese territory. Starting from the said date, organizations and individuals that still have [...]
In the rocky mountain areas of Hoang Su Phi, a district in the northern border province of Ha Giang, the Dao, Mong and Nung, ethnic people begin transplanting paddy seedlings after rain covers the drought-effected, terraced fields in late June. Visiting Hoang Su Phi during this time of year, visitors will not only see the [...]