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
Vietnam latest news
Nearly 800 run half-marathon to end bile bear farming in Vietnam
Nearly 800 people from 43 countries have participated in a half-marathon to raise awareness of the protection of bears in Vietnam.The event themed “Run for Bears – End Bear Farming” was organized in Hanoi on Sunday morning, calling for support and assertive actions to end the farming of bears for their bile in the Southeast Asian country.Around ten years ago, bear bile became a hunted-for item on the black market in Vietnam due to its rumored medicinal properties.The craze for the digestive fluid – produced by the liver and stored in the bear’s gall bladder – led to the mushrooming of bile bear farms across the country.The half-marathon was organized by the charity club Red River Runners (RRR), in partnership with Sporting Republic Company and Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV).It was the fifth edition in a row the RRR had organized to raise funds for wildlife protection in Vietnam.The event attracted almost 800 participants including … [Read more...] about Nearly 800 run half-marathon to end bile bear farming in Vietnam
Facebook livestreaming a new medium for celebrity ads in Vietnam
Brands in Vietnam are hiring celebrities or ‘social media influencers’ to promote their products via the Facebook Live feature, a new form of commercials allowing them to defy both the advertising and tax rules.Facebook Live, launched in August 2015, is a live video streaming service allowing users of the world’s largest social network to broadcast themselves live and communicate with their audience in real time.Many Vietnamese celebrities and key opinion leaders – individuals who are popular on social media – are being paid by companies to promote products and brands through carefully-scripted and well-executed Facebook Live broadcasts.This new form of publicity allows companies to promote products whose advertising is being banned as per the law, just like dietary supplements or alcohol.Many experts believe that companies also avoid tax obligations with those ‘live-streamed ads.' Livestreaming for advertisingIt is common for Vietnamese celebrities … [Read more...] about Facebook livestreaming a new medium for celebrity ads in Vietnam
Skyjacking in Vietnam – Conclusion: Wrestling with leaflet distributor
800x600 A hijack committed by an anti-state propagandist in the early 1990s has remained vividly imprinted on the mind of a former Vietnamese ambassador. >> Skyjacking in Vietnam – P6: The fate of Vietnam’s plane hijackers >> Skyjacking in Vietnam: P5 – Hijacking military planes in broad daylight >> Skyjacking in Vietnam: P4 – Downing four hijackers >> Skyjacking in Vietnam: P3 – Tracking down perpetrators of 1978 DC4 hijack >> Skyjacking in Vietnam: P2 – 52-minute life-and-death ordeal >> Skyjacking in Vietnam: P1 – First hijackers At age 90, Vo Anh Tuan, former Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Nations, cannot forget the details of a hijack committed in September 1992 by Ly Tong, a pilot under the former Saigon regime.“As the Vietnamese ambassador to Yugoslavia at the time, I returned to Vietnam while the embassy was closed after the outbreak of the … [Read more...] about Skyjacking in Vietnam – Conclusion: Wrestling with leaflet distributor
Skyjacking in Vietnam – P6: The fate of Vietnam’s plane hijackers
One of the conspirators was given the death sentence while others received 20-35 year jail terms. >> Skyjacking in Vietnam: P5 – Hijacking military planes in broad daylight >> Skyjacking in Vietnam: P4 – Downing four hijackers >> Skyjacking in Vietnam: P3 – Tracking down perpetrators of 1978 DC4 hijack >> Skyjacking in Vietnam: P2 – 52-minute life-and-death ordeal >> Skyjacking in Vietnam: P1 – First hijackers While Mig fighter jets scoured Vietnam’s airspace in search of UH1 chopper number 576, Second Lieutenant Kieu Thanh Luc was landing the stolen helicopter in China.Luc was serving Regiment 917 when he was given a flight ban for violating military regulations. The resentment triggered by the ban eventually led the disgraced pilot to hijack a chopper at Bach Mai Airport in Hanoi on September 30, 1981.According to Duong Van Loi, an aviation officer under the former Saigon … [Read more...] about Skyjacking in Vietnam – P6: The fate of Vietnam’s plane hijackers
Traffic volume counted at Vietnam’s notorious tollgate to find solution to drivers’ opposition
Vietnam’s transport authorities are calculating traffic volume at a controversial tollgate in the Mekong Delta as they try to find a viable solution following repeated outcries from road users.Nguyen Van Huyen, head of the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam, said that his agency has been counting vehicles at the BOT tollgate in Cai Lay Town, Tien Giang Province.The developer of a BOT road project to upgrade a section of National Highway 1 and build a detour across Cai Lay Town is currently operating the facility.Controversially, the toll station has been placed on the existing highway instead of on the new route, which means that a fee is being collected regardless of the road used by drivers.Commuters have voiced their outrage over being slugged with an additional charge that they say should be covered with a regular road maintenance fee they pay annually.Since the opening of the station in August, drivers have expressed their displeasure by paying the fee in small denomination … [Read more...] about Traffic volume counted at Vietnam’s notorious tollgate to find solution to drivers’ opposition
Market pork, poultry test 100% positive for E.coli in Vietnam
A recent test by research institute the Pasteur Institute on poultry and pork samples taken from local markets revealed that 100 percent of the meat was contaminated with E. coli because of unhygienic conditions at marketplaces and slaughterhouses.Sixty-four percent of seafood samples also tested positive for the bacteria.E. coli, short for Escherichia coli, is a type of bacteria that normally lives in human intestines and is also found in the gut of some animals.According to doctors, most types of E. coli are harmless and even help to keep humans' digestive tract healthy, but some strains can cause diarrhea, pneumonia, breathing problems, urinary tract infection and even life-threatening symptoms such as acute kidney failure or seizures.The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, an epidemiological research institute, recently collected 150 raw meat samples from local markets.The specimens included two duck samples, 58 chicken samples and 90 pork samples, 100 percent of which were … [Read more...] about Market pork, poultry test 100% positive for E.coli in Vietnam
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 11
Check out the news you should not miss today, December 11: Politics -- The 11th National Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) for the 2017-22 tenure opened in Hanoi on Sunday, with the participation of nearly 1,000 young people. Tuoi Tre is the media organ under the Ho Chi Minh City chapter of the HCYU. Society -- Sixteen fishermen on board a fishing boat from the south-central province of Binh Dinh were rescued and brought to shore safely on Sunday after their vessel had engine problems off the central city of Da Nang two days earlier.-- A 31-year-old man is being held by police in the south-central beach city of Nha Trang for allegedly kidnapping a four-year-old boy for ransom, officers said on Sunday.-- Nguyen Van Khanh, 25, hailing from the southern province of Tra Vinh, has been placed under investigation on murder charges, after he fatally stabbed a woman for refusing to drink with him at a party last week, police said on Sunday.-- Bacteria E.Coli … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 11
‘Dark knights’ save central Vietnam roads
For the past two years, the Phat Quang Buddhist Club have been out on the streets at nightfall voluntarily mending roads in Vinh, the capital of Nghe An Province in central VietnamAccording to Le Van Duc, the club leader, fractured road surfaces are due to long-term use, creating bumps and holes which pose annoyance and potential dangers for travelers.With a strong desire to curb possible traffic accidents from bad road conditions, the club have been defying nasty weather and public criticisms to pursue their cause. Withstanding obstaclesDuring their ungodly public service hours on a December night, temperatures dropped coupled with drizzles, sending a literal chill down their spines despite any warm clothing.In fact, the ‘dark knights’ are mostly active after 9:00 pm, as the majority of them are high school and college students as well as office workers.The team of more than thirty dedicated young hearts assign tasks accordingly: some in charge of guiding … [Read more...] about ‘Dark knights’ save central Vietnam roads
Businesses fear added costs as Vietnam eyes new franchise price for airline meals
Airline catering services in Vietnam may soon have to pay VND75,000 – 100,000 (US$3.3 – 4.41) per ration served under a proposed circular on franchising prices of aviation services.The draft regulation, submitted by the Ministry of Transport to the government for review, looks to set a new price bracket for the franchising of a number of aviation services, including the preparation of airline meals.Typically, airlines do not prepare the in-flight meals themselves, but entrust the task to a specialist air catering service, which pays a fixed amount of money per ration of airline meal served – known as franchising price – to airport authorities in order to operate.The same rule applies to other franchised services such as supply of airplane fuel and operation of terminals, cargo warehouses and hangars.Under the new regulation, the franchising price for airline meals range from VND75,000 ($3.3) to VND100,000 ($4.41) per ration.To operate an international terminal, … [Read more...] about Businesses fear added costs as Vietnam eyes new franchise price for airline meals