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23-year old Nguyen Van Tien from the central province of Quang Binh was sentenced to six years in prison and fined RM200,000 (US$65,000) at a Malaysian court last Tuesday after collecting agarwood in the country’s Penang state. On January 1, Tien and his two brothers, who later fled, were logging agarwood without a permit at [...]
A Vietnamese fashion week titled “I’m a designer” featuring the latest collections of nine designers will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 14-20. Model Vu Thu Phuong The designers are well-known names like Vo Viet Chung, Hoang Hai, Duc Hung, Kelly Bui, Chung Thanh Phong, Duy Quan, Van Thanh Cong, Duc [...]
Due to inefficiencies related to the country’s 3G mobile service providers, the licence for the more modern 4G service will be put on hold until around 2018, experts have said. Customers use D-com 3G services provided by Viettel. After three years developing the 3G service, Vietnam has more than 12.8 million subscribers. — VNA/VNS [...]
Hanoi is host to a most unusual market in Vietnam: open only once a week, on Saturday, and then for only a few hours, 9:00 to 12:30. It’s known as much for its discriminating buyers and sellers as it is for its fresh products. Fresh and unique impression The Tay Ho Weekend market, located at [...]
Vietnamese families offered feasts, burnt votive paper and released carps to see the Kitchen God off to the heaven in the morning of January 23. Purchasing votive products for the Kitchen God. Votive products are indispensable. People also purchase chicken for the feast. This family, in Long Bien district, Hanoi, is preparing the feast for [...]
The days near the lunar New Year (Tet holiday), the drum-making village of Doi Tam in the northern province of Ha Nam is very busy making drums of all kinds for spring festivals throughout the country. Doi Tam village is very famous for its drum-making techniques. The village is located at the foot of Doi [...]
Brocade weaving retains the traditional characteristics of the Co Tu ethnic group of Quang Nam Province. Long ago, local people wove brocade products to serve their own family’s needs. With the development of a market economy, the Co Tu began to buy clothes from elsewhere and their brocade weaving almost faded out. A few years [...]
Sao Beach draws visitors seeking a place to reflect on the beauty of Phu Quoc. The beach, on the opposite coast from the rapidly developing Long Beach, is prized for its relative inaccessibility. IT was my first time operating a motorcycle, but I handled the Honda with the confidence of a veteran, zipping alongside my [...]
US Ambassador to Vietnam David Shear has presented a grant for US$30,000 to officials of the Thai Binh Province Museum to restore and preserve a valuable collection of wooden devotional objects. This grant was provided through the US Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation. This restoration project will allow Nam Dinh Provincial Museum to preserve 29 [...]
A 27-year-old man survived after falling twice from the Yen Tu Mountain during his visit to the Yen Tu relic site in Quang Ninh Province on December 13. The lucky man is Nguyen Tai Quyen from Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi. He was hospitalized at Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi in the morning of the [...]