More Swing for the Kids scholarships go out to excellent students in Hung Yen province By By Anh Duc 11:02 | 17/08/2017 In the lead-up to the 2017-2018 school year, Vietnam Investment Review, the press agency of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, has ... Swing for the Kids 2017 hands out 160 scholarships By By Duc Hanh 08:00 | 19/05/2017 Vietnam Investment Review honours 160 disadvantaged students who produced stellar results in the previous academic year with scholarships worth VND80 ... Swing for the Kids 2017 a fun and meaningful competition By By Hong Anh 18:39 | 22/04/2017 The 11th Swing for the Kids charity golf tournament, co-organised by the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency, Vietnam Investment ... VIR's Swing for the Kids 2017 teed off By By … [Read more...] about Society, The latest news about Society
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VietNamNet Bridge – High-ranking General Vo Nguyen Giap is a legendary general of Vietnamese people and international friends. The country is about to celebrate Mr. Giap’s 100th birthday, which will fall on August 25. On this occasion, Colonel Nguyen Huyen, who has been working for the general for nearly 40 years, including 20 years in charge of the general’s office, told reporters about the current situation of the legendary general. You have just visited the general at the Army Hospital 108. Could you tell us the recent health situation of the general? I visit the general three or four times a week. His health is stable now. He is of sound mind but we still need to conserve his health so visits are restricted. Today I asked him “Do you feel painful?”, he shook his head. Several days ago, when I asked him that question, he pointed his finger to his stomach. When I came, he shook my hand and when I left, he held my hand tightly. What were … [Read more...] about Latest news of General Vo Nguyen Giap
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 4
Check out the news you should not miss today, December 4: Society -- Following more than three months of repair, the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi will be reopened to visitors to pay tribute to the late Vietnamese president this Tuesday, December 5, the management board of the mausoleum said at a working session with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Sunday.-- At least seven waterway tourism products will have been launched in Ho Chi Minh City by 2020, according to the city's river tourism development plan recently approved by the municipal administration.-- Floods triggered by continual downpours over the weekend have left more than 2,700 houses inundated in the south-central province of Binh Dinh, local authorities said Sunday.-- Ho Chi Minh City authorities are considering opening more ‘food streets,’ following the success of two such venues in District 1.-- A woman and her two children were killed when their house in District 11, Ho Chi Minh City caught fire on … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 4
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 2
Check out the news you should not miss today, December 2 Politics-- Top leaders of Vietnam on Friday sent messages of congratulations to their Lao counterparts on the nation’s 42nd National Day today, December 2.-- Vietnam opens widely the door for and vows to stand side by side with Australian enterprises who wish to do business and invest in the country, top lawmaker Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said at the Vietnam-Australia Business Dialogue in Perth on Friday. Society-- A gang consisting of five Colombian nationals have been arrested for stealing from people shortly after they left ATM booths with large cash withdrawal in Hanoi, local police said on Friday.-- Binh Duong police are investigating a case in which a female worker set fire on her own factory over disagreement of her work, causing financial damage worth some VND260 million ($11,454), officer said on Friday.-- A new fleet of 24 buses using environmentally friendly fuel was put into use in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday.-- A … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 2
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 1
Check out news you should not miss today, December 1: Politics-- Vietnam highly values the EU’s commitment to further enhancing its cooperation with ASEAN in general and Vietnam in particular and is committed to constructively working with other relevant countries to consider the EU’s proposal to join the East Asia Summit (EAS), foreign ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said at a regular press conference in Hanoi on Thursday. Society-- Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc decided to provide VND1 trillion (US$44 million) for south-central provinces affected by typhoon Damrey early this month, as he toured Khanh Hoa and Phu Yen on Thursday.-- Vietnam’s foreign ministry has sent a diplomatic note to the Supreme Court of Indonesia, suggesting the country release five Vietnamese fishermen who were captured by local authorities for illegally fishing in Indonesian waters on April 13, if there is no evidence to find them guilty, spokesperson Le Thi … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 1