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Further price cuts are inevitable if developers want to woo homebuyers back to the market, news website Vietnamnet cited industry insiders as saying. Le Chi Hieu, vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association, said property developers have to change to survive these tough economic times. The first steps are to lower [...]
Hanoi moviegoers have joined their Ho Chi Minh City counterparts for the first time in thronging cinemas during Tet. Platinum Cineplex, which used to screen movies until 9 p.m., has extended its show timings to 10:30 p.m. for the last three weeks. National Cinema Centre has regularly seen full houses for the Vietnamese blockbuster “Thien [...]
When many people complain that there have been no new local tourism attractions for years, we, tour guides, have seen them gradually disappearing. One of the countries that knows how to exploit their tourism potential through film studios is Korea. Tourists visiting the country are taken to sites they have seen on television: Dae Jang Geum’s [...]
President Truong Tan Sang held a working session with the leaders of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Law Universities in Hanoi on Jan. 30, on measures to improve the quality of human resource training and achieve judicial reform. Sang, who is Head of the Central Steering Committee on Judicial Reform, urged the two universities [...]
“Taste of the World,” an annual food festival featuring delicacies from 18 nations and territories, is held until Jan. 1, 2012, at the September 23 Park in Ho Chi Minh City. In addition to showcasing Vietnam’s rich food culture with food and beverages, the festival will house 89 pavilions representing such countries and territories as [...]
A worker at a fashion shop in Ho Chi Minh City was killed and four others injured on Monday after a woman refused to leave her coat at the door and called her lover to intervene. Nguyen Van Tri, 36, was arrested an hour after arriving at Song Nhac, a big fashion shop in District [...]
A court in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday sentenced 14 members of a gang that traded fake medicine to between two and 10 years in jail, online newspaper Dan Tri reported. Gang leaders Huynh Ngoc Quang, 29, and Huynh Van Tien, his 33-year-old brother, received sentences of 10 years each, according to the verdict [...]
The Investigation Security Force celebrated the 60th anniversary of its Traditional Day (1951 – 2011) and received the Ho Chi Minh Order in Hanoi on December 28. Over the past 60 years, the Investigation Security Force has consistently been one of the core forces combating and controlling crimes against national security and always fulfilling all [...]
Having established itself as one of Hanoi’s most popular restaurants since the opening of its flagship eatery in 2003, Highway4 has expanded into a successful franchise with five outlets now scattered across the capital, one in Ho Chi Minh City, and another due to open soon in Hoi An. And though the Ho Chi Minh [...]
There are huge opportunities for Vietnam to export agricultural products to the US, said a representative of the USAID Star Plus (Support for Trade Acceleration) at a seminar for exporting agricultural products to the US in Ho Chi Minh City on November 29. Vietnam has huge oportunities to export agricultural products to the US. (Photo: KK) Vietnam [...]