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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High-ranking General Vo Nguyen Giap is a legendary general of Vietnamese people and international friends. The country is about to celebrate Mr. Giap's 100th birthday, which will fall on August 25. High-ranking General Vo Nguyen Giap On this occasion, Colonel Nguyen Huyen, who has been working for the general for nearly 40 years, including 20 years in charge of the general's office, told reporters about the current situation of the legendary general. You have just visited the general at the Army Hospital 108. Could you tell us the recent health situation of the general? I visit the general three or four times a week. His health is stable now. He is of sound mind but we still need to conserve his health so visits are restricted. Today I asked him "Do you feel painful??", he shook his head. Several days ago, when I asked him that question, he pointed his finger to his stomach. When I came, he shook my hand and when I left, he held my hand tightly. What were your first … [Read more...] about Latest news of General Vo Nguyen Giap
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 15
Check out news you should not miss today: Politics-- General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from December 19 to 21 under the invitation of Vietnam’s Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang. Society-- Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is closely monitoring and preparing necessary methods to ensure the legal rights of Vietnamese fishermen, spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said on Thursday, referring to a case whereby four Vietnamese fishermen captured in Indonesia have gone on hunger strike to claim their innocence after being charged by a court in Indonesia for violating Indonesian waters.-- Typhoon Damrey has caused total damage worth US$1 billion after it swept through several regions in the central and southern Vietnam last month, with 4.3 million people affected, 123 killed and 342 injured, according to the Ministry … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 15
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 12
Here are today’s leading news stories: Politics-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held talks with Sonoura Kentaro, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in Hanoi on Monday evening, discussing measures to boost the two nations’ relationship. Society-- Minimum wages in Vietnam will increase in January 2018, according to a regulation promulgated by the central government.-- A total of 16 fifth-grade students at Van Mon Elementary School in the northern province of Bac Ninh were hospitalized for emergency treatment after the balcony on the second floor collapsed on Monday morning, causing the kids to fall onto the first floor. -- The People’s Procuracy in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday proposed the death penalty upon Nguyen Thi Hoang Oanh, former director of the Agribank branch in Ben Thanh Ward, District 1, for embezzlement of property, bribery, and violations of regulations on the operations of credit institutions.-- … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 12
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 14
Read what is in the news today, December 14: Society -- Fifty-eight new caves have been discovered within the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in north-central Vietnam’s Quang Binh Province, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its system of massive caves and grottos. -- Vietnam should update its salary policies for public workers by possibly adopting a new payment system based on the civil servants’ productivity instead of academic credentials, experts proposed at a conference on salary reform held in Hanoi on Wednesday. Business -- Hsu Ming Jung, a.k.a. Saga, a 42-year-old businessman from Taiwan, is facing life imprisonment for his economic frauds carried out between 2012 and 2014 that conned 724 people out of nearly VND270 billion (US$11.89 million) through a gold trading floor he ran in Vietnam. -- The Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam has prosecuted seven people involved in wrongdoings that led to the … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 14