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Robusta coffee climbs to eight-month high as Vietnam sales slow
Robusta coffee climbed to an eight- month high as sales in Vietnam slowed, sending local prices to the highest since October. Sales of beans in Vietnam, the largest grower of robusta beans, slowed as farmers’ stockpiles became “thinner,” Volcafe, the coffee unit of commodities trader EDF Man Holdings Ltd., said in a report e-mailed Friday. [...]
Exhibition on Vietnam”s maritime cultural heritage opens
LookAtVietnam – An exhibition entitled Vietnam’s Maritime Cultural Heritage, aims at introducing facets of the country’s seas and islands and aspects of trade between East and West, opened today, May 19, at the National Museum of History, 25 Tong Dan Street, Hanoi. The display is arranged into categories ranging from prehistoric times to the 10th century, [...]
Wood statues at charnel-houses of Co Tu people
LookAtVietnam – Many charnel houses with special wood statues of Co To ethnic minority people are preserved in Thuong Long commune in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. Co Tu people’s charnel-houses are built along forest edge. The size of charnel-houses depends on the position of families. The roofs of charnel-houses are often carved with [...]
Vietnam-Laos special friendship
LookAtVietnam – Vietnam-Laos friendship is proven very clearly at the Prince Souphanouvong (late Lao President) Museum in Vientiane, Laos. President Ho Chi Minh took photo with Ms. Ky Nam and her children. The most respected memories of late President, Prince Souphanouvong are related to President Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam. The first photo that Prince [...]
Which industries suffer most in economic downturn?
LookAtVietnam – Processing and manufacturing prove to be the ones that have been distressed most in the last four months, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI). Manufacturing industry falls into decay A report by MPI has pointed out that the industrial production in the first four months of 2012 met a lot [...]
Vietnam to have specialized agency against disasters
LookAtVietnam – Vietnam aims to build an organization that is specialized in coping with disasters, search and rescue. Vice Chair of the central city of Da nang, Mr. Phung Tan Viet, has proposed to unify the steering committees of search and rescue, flood and storm control and anti-forest fires, in order to have a streamlined [...]
Illegal tin miners build tunnels in the Valley of Love
LookAtVietnam – Under the Valley of Love, a well-known tourist destination in Da Lat city, in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, is an interlaced network of tunnels of a hundred of kilometers to serve the illegal exploitation of tin. These tunnels are built firmly and propped up by pine wood. Tunnels are between 0.8 to 1m wide [...]
Bus falls into river, 36 passengers die
LookAtVietnam – A bus carrying nearly 60 passengers broke the banisters of Serepok Bridge on National Highway 14, which connects Dak Lak and Dak Nong provinces in central Vietnam, to fall into the river at night of May 17. Thirty-six people died. According to initial report, the bus, owned by a transport cooperative in Da [...]
Homosexual teens encounter dilemma of discrimination
LookAtVietnam – A majority of homosexual students have suffered from communal discrimination and violence, including from their friends and teachers, according to experts addressing a workshop in the capital on Wednesday. Duoc la chinh minh (Stereowoman), performed at the Youth Theatre of Viet Nam, marks the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17. [...]
$2.1 mil for medical waste treatment in Dong Thap
LookAtVietnam – The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap has received US$2.1 million in aid for a local hospital waste treatment project. Illustrative image. The money will be used to improve the management of waste in four hospitals, namely Dong Thap General Hospital, Sa Dec General Hospital, Hong Ngu Regional General Hospital and [...]
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