Duyệt theo July, 2009

Hoang Anh Gia Lai advances to national U-21 football finals

Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) defeated defending champions Binh Dinh 4-2 on penalty kicks in the second semifinal game of the Thanh Nien-sponsored National U21 Football Championship on Friday in Danang City.

Vietnam classical music needs support, conductor Fukumura

The Vietnamese Government, along with the business community should give more financial support to its music orchestras, said a Japanese conductor after his successful concert in HCMC.

$3 million for Quang Nam rural projects

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the French Development Agency (AFD) have granted almost US$3 million to traffic and reservoir projects in central Quang Nam Province, a provincial source said Sunday.

On two wheels

Traversing the countryside on a bicycle has much more to recommend it than gazing through the window from the confined interior of a tour coach.

Washington, after 200 years, may get vote in Congress

It has taken a little over 200 years, but Washingtonians finally sense that their quirky status as citizens without voting representation in the U.S. Congress might just be coming to an end.

Tour bookings down for Liberation Day holiday

Travel companies in HCMC report lower than expected tour bookings ahead of the extended Southern Liberation Day holiday, according to local agencies.

Islamic elegance

In front of a classic white and pale green mosque in Chau Doc Town of An Giang Province, a group of Cham children play under the blazing sun.

Authority ask hydrofoil firms to compensate for passenger losses

The authorities of the coastal province Ba Ria-Vung Tau ordered two hydrofoil companies to assume responsibility for their passengers stress and losses caused by an accident over a month ago.

Milder penalty for pilot in fatal sea crash

The Ho Chi Minh City Appeals Court Monday handed out a gentler sentence for a navigator involved in a waterway accident in mid Aug 2004 that left 7 dead and 4 crew critically injured.

Thai PM sacks agriculture, defense ministers

The Thai prime minister fired his agriculture and defense ministers on Oct. 5 following their failures to beat the countrys bird flu crisis and settle the political unrest in the Muslim-dominated south.