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The tournament is taking place from January 25 to 31, co-organised by the Vietnam Tennis Federation (VTF) and the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Tay Ninh Province and Hai Dang Group. Through the tournament, VTF will continue to select outstanding players for the national team to prepare for the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games hosted by Vietnam later this year, with tennis to take place in Bac Ninh Province this November. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 27

Kon Tum (VNA) - About 200 sets of winter clothes were presented to primary school students in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum by the Vietnam News Agency’s representative office in the Central and Central Highlands region and the Kon Tum Power Company on the morning of January 26. The students, who are from the Xe Dang ethnic minority group, are studying at the Dak Nen Semi-Boarding Primary School for Ethnic Minorities in Dak Nen commune, Kon Plong district. The school has a total of eight campuses, the farthest of which is in Dak Puk Village, 30km away from the centre of Dak Nen. The Dak Pao campus has only five students in first grade; the smallest number of all. The handover was part of a programme to bring impoverished children in mountainous and ethnic minority areas a warmer Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. Ethnic minorities in remote Dak Nen commune face many hardships, said Principal Le Tan Truong Anh. Most of the students have to walk a long distance to … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency brings warmer Tet to poor ethnic children in Kon Tum

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership could provide opportunities for local small and medium enterprises to move up the value chain with the simplification of procedures. Manufacturers in advanced countries such as Japan, China and South Korea may consider minimizing costs by outsourcing the final processing steps to less expensive ASEAN countries such as Vietnam to achieve cost benefits. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 27

The security center, which developed the widely used Hyperlink "http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938 – 105-10109507-1.html" BKAV antivirus software, said that 90 per cent of users had to reinstall their operating systems after becoming infected with viruses. … [Read more...] about PC viruses cost US$4.5m a month

A representative of the International Monetary Fund said that Viet Nam's current foreign debt management mechanism has not focused on sources of risk. Short-term loans are less managed than long-term ones; no self-insurance requirement as well as a clear regulatory change strategy in response to vulnerability risks. … [Read more...] about Viet Nam’s foreign debts under control