Earlier, the municipal People’s Committee also announced that schoolers of kindergarten, elementary schools, middle and high schools and vocational schools throughout the city will have a 9-day Tet break. Schools that currently adapt a five-day-a-week schedule will have 11-day Tet break, from February 6- February 10 (on the 25th day of the last month- the 5th day of the first month of the lunar calendar). … [Read more...] about HCMC announces 7-day Lunar New Year break
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Steel used in HCMC metro beam support falls short of contracted quality: source
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source said the agreement between the city Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR) and the contractors, Civil Engineering Construction Corporation No. 6 (Cienco 6) and Japan's Sumitomo Corporation, requires them to use a certain quality of elastomeric laminated bearings pads, which are reinforced steel plates sandwiched between layers of rubber. … [Read more...] about Steel used in HCMC metro beam support falls short of contracted quality: source
American veterans deliver flood relief for Vietnam
The donation given to Vo Bam Secondary School as part of the flood relief donation to Quang Ngai consists of four desktop computers. Photo courtesy Ron Carver; Co-editor with David Cortright and Barbara Doherty The donation to Vo Bam Secondary School as part of the flood relief to Quang Ngai consists of four desktop computers. … [Read more...] about American veterans deliver flood relief for Vietnam
Buffalo-shaped bonsai trees bring good money on Tet
Each pot of bonsai is priced at between VND600,000 (USD26.08) and VND4 million (USD173.91), depending on the age and design. There are three popular kinds of bonsai pots: a single buffalo, a couple of buffalo and with a buffalo couple and a miniature. … [Read more...] about Buffalo-shaped bonsai trees bring good money on Tet
38 Vietnamese caught making illegal entry into Vietnam
The local authorities sent all of the border jumpers and two Ca Mau locals, who had picked up them, to a centralized quarantine facility of the province for COVID-19 prevention and control on Friday. … [Read more...] about 38 Vietnamese caught making illegal entry into Vietnam