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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Traffic cop arrested for murder in Vietnam
A traffic police officer in Vietnam has been held in custody for allegedly shooting a man dead in a tenanted house on the weekend.The Department of Police in Dong Nai Province has apprehended Lieutenant Nguyen Tan Phuoc, 40, who works for the province’s traffic police division, for the alleged murder of Bui Viet Hai, a source close to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper confirmed on Sunday.According to police records, Hai, 30, from the northern city of Hai Phong, was in his tenanted house on Tran Cong An Street in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province on Saturday evening when he was approached by a strange man.The man asked if the victim was Hai, before shooting him in the head after he said yes.The shooter then drove away on his motorcycle.Hai was admitted to the hospital for emergency treatment but succumbed to his head wound.Doctors said that the patient had taken a bullet to his left temple.Following an investigation, authorities identified Lt. Phuoc as their prime suspect.The traffic … [Read more...] about Traffic cop arrested for murder in Vietnam
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 8
Check out the news you should not miss today, January 8: Society -- Dinh La Thang, former chairman of the Member Board of PetroVietnam, Trinh Xuan Thanh, former chairman and general director of PetroVietnam Construction JSC (PVC), and 20 other defendants began standing trial in Hanoi today, January 8, for their alleged wrongdoings at the two state-run companies. -- A severe cold front started to hit northern and north-central Vietnam from today, January 8, and will last through January 14. -- A traffic police officer in the southern province of Dong Nai has been held in custody for allegedly shooting a local man to death at his rented room on Saturday, the provincial police department confirmed on Sunday. Business -- Forty-six defendants, including Pham Cong Danh, former chairman of the erstwhile Vietnam Construction Bank, and banking tycoon Tram Be, appeared at a month-long court in Ho Chi Minh City today, January 8, for economic mismanagement resulting in serious … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 8
Da Nang authorities hunt for Facebook user who fakes broken bridge news
Authorities in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang are hunting for the owner of a Facebook page that faked the news about the collapse of the city’s iconic bridge.The municipal Department of Information and Communications confirmed on Saturday that the name of the Facebook page was ‘Tin tuc hang ngay - VTV Online’ (Daily news - VTV Online).The avatar of the page contained the logo of national broadcaster Vietnam Television (VTV), the department stated, adding that the bogus Facebook page had been deleted.On Saturday morning, the page uploaded a status claiming that the Dragon Bridge, Da Nang’s symbolic bridge that spans over the Han River, had been broken due to heavy downpours and strong gusts.The status added that there were 10 people traveling on the bridge at the time of the incident, along with several photos, which seemed to be edited, as proof.The city’s Department of Information and Communications is working with other agencies to look into … [Read more...] about Da Nang authorities hunt for Facebook user who fakes broken bridge news
Internet cable connecting Vietnam to Asian destinations restored earlier than expected
Internet traffic through the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) cable system from Vietnam has been restored to normal since Saturday afternoon, more than 30 hours earlier than expected. According to an announcement made by Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), the cable system would experience a temporary shutdown from 12:00 am on Saturday to 10:00 pm on Sunday for its relocation in Singapore. The relocation was reportedly to facilitate a project to expand the city-state’s Changi International Airport. However, the works were finished much sooner than anticipated, and the full capacity of APG was restored as early as 3:45 pm on Saturday, VNPT said. APG, which runs about 10,400 kilometers underwater across the Pacific Ocean, connects Vietnam with mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Singapore. The cable system was launched in 2016 with a traffic capacity of 54.8 terabits per second – the … [Read more...] about Internet cable connecting Vietnam to Asian destinations restored earlier than expected
Ethnic beauty crowned Miss Universe Vietnam 2017
A young ethnic woman from the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak took home the crown of Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 on Saturday evening after a sweeping performance in the grand finale. Forty-two contestants from across Vietnam shone their brightest in the final night of Miss Universe Vietnam 2017, held in the resort city of Nha Trang in south-central Khanh Hoa Province. H’Hen Nie, a 25-year-old contestant of ethnic E De descent, took home the VND2.7 billion (US$119,000) crown of the competition together with a cash prize of VND200 million ($8,800). The Ho Chi Minh City-based freelance model is dubbed ‘the black pearl’ of Vietnam thanks to her vigorous brown complexion, athletic shape, short hair and powerful strutting skills. Professional models Hoang Thi Thuy and Mau Thi Thanh Thuy became the pageant’s first and second runner-up, respectively. Hoang Thi Thuy was the champion of the 2011 cycle of Vietnam’s Next Top Model, a modeling reality … [Read more...] about Ethnic beauty crowned Miss Universe Vietnam 2017
Draft decree highlights conditions for operations of Grab, Uber in Vietnam
Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has proposed a series of conditions to tighten the management of Uber and Grab in the country. The transport ministry has submitted a draft decree to the central government, which is expected to replace the current Decree No. 86/2014/ND-CP on the conditions for the auto transportation business. According to Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The, the provisional decree highlights the addition of new requirements for the operations of passenger transport businesses via digital contracts and software, namely Uber, Grab, and similar services. The proposed regulations are aimed at striking a balance with the conditions that have been applied to local taxi companies, Minister The continued. The transport ministry previously collected feedback from taxi firms and transport associations before finalizing the decree, the official added. Pursuant to the tentative legislation, businesses such as Uber and Grab would have to get legitimate licenses … [Read more...] about Draft decree highlights conditions for operations of Grab, Uber in Vietnam
Record $52bn in foreign reserves new momentum for Vietnam’s growth: official
Vietnam’s foreign exchange reserves reached a record high of US$52 billion in 2017, which the National Financial Supervisory Commission believes will boost trust from potential local and foreign investors and open up new growth opportunities for the country. Such hefty foreign reserves, coupled with Vietnam’s policy of limiting its dependence on gold and U.S. dollars, have kept foreign exchange rates stable and given a jolt of energy to the local stock and real estate markets. During the Vietnamese stock market’s second trading session of 2018 on Wednesday, the country’s benchmark VN-Index broke the 1,000-point threshold, closing up 0.99 percent with 1,005.67 points, its highest close since November 9, 2007. New growth momentum Truong Van Phuoc, acting chairman of the National Financial Supervisory Commission, said the $52 billion in foreign reserves has boosted faith in Vietnam from domestic and foreign investors. “Low inflation and a stable foreign … [Read more...] about Record $52bn in foreign reserves new momentum for Vietnam’s growth: official
Vietnam moves to cope with unconventional challenges on social media
Social media regulation, particularly relating to Facebook, was an agenda-topping item for various Vietnamese state agencies in 2017, highlighting the country’s apparent maneuvers to counter new threats in cyberspace. With Vietnam’s tax authorities unable to develop a viable strategy to force Internet-based technology giants to pay taxes and the Ministry of Information and Communications’ concern that social media is providing an easily accessible place for publishing "toxic content," a Party-run agency has been created to focus on ‘orienting’ content on certain platforms. Social media as a medium for ideology sharing At a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City late last year to recap its 2017 action plan, Vo Van Thuong, head of the Vietnamese Party’s Central Commission for Propaganda and Education, spent a chunk of his speaking time focusing on issues related to social media content. Thuong said social media can create profound impacts on public sentiment … [Read more...] about Vietnam moves to cope with unconventional challenges on social media
Authorities powerless to supervise explosives in northern Vietnam ‘scrap village’
While the risk of explosion at a ‘scrap village’ in the northern Vietnamese province of Bac Ninh where a fatal blast occurred this week has loomed for years, local authorities are still working out a feasible way to mitigate the situation. The blast at around 4:10 am on Wednesday at a scarp warehouse in Quan Do Village, Van Mon Commune, Yen Phong District, killed two children and injured seven people. Seven nearby houses were also leveled by the explosion. Nguyen Van Tien, the owner of the facility who was arrested later the same day, claimed the explosion was caused by the seven metric tons of old bullets he had recently bought to extract scrap metal. The bullets were being stored in the warehouse yard when they triggered the blast. Quan Do has long been a notorious ‘scrap village,’ with many residents earning small fortunes from buying and reselling metal. Unfortunately, the quest for riches has led these entrepreneurs to make several questionable scrap … [Read more...] about Authorities powerless to supervise explosives in northern Vietnam ‘scrap village’