http://www.vietnamnews.biz Vietnam News Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:07:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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.Following a 2-2 draw during the official 90 minutes of the match, HAGL excelled with a 4-2 victory ... http://www.vietnamnews.biz/Hoang-Anh-Gia-Lai-advances-to-national-U-21-football-finals_360.html 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.Yoshikazu Fukumura, who has just marked another successful performance of Vietnam-Japan classical music in Ho Chi Minh City recital, talked to Thanh Niens ... http://www.vietnamnews.biz/Vietnam-classical-music-needs-support-conductor-Fukumura_374.html 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.The agencies have allocated $988,000 to improve the road between the communes of Tam An and Tam Thanh of ... http://www.vietnamnews.biz/3-million-for-Quang-Nam-rural-projects_654.html 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.Its possibly the best way to see the Mekong Delta, and it just so happens that Saigontourist and Fiditour offer a guided tour of the ... http://www.vietnamnews.biz/On-two-wheels_884.html 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.The self-styled "capital of the free world" has been a democratic black spot for the United States -- ... http://www.vietnamnews.biz/Washington-after-200-years-may-get-vote-in-Congress_912.html Travel companies in HCMC report lower than expected tour bookings ahead of the extended Southern Liberation Day holiday, according to local agencies.Lua Viet, Fiditourist and VYC among other travel companies said their sales have not hit the numbers that they had predicted weeks ago.Many factors have contributed, including what ... http://www.vietnamnews.biz/Tour-bookings-down-for-Liberation-Day-holiday_647.html 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.The Mubarak mosque, located along the Hau Giang Riverbank which is home to a group of Cham minority villagers, was recognized as ... http://www.vietnamnews.biz/Islamic-elegance_129.html 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.Quang Hung Ltd. and Dong Song Xanh Ltd. are required to accept full responsibility for the inconveniences their passengers experienced ... http://www.vietnamnews.biz/Authority-ask-hydrofoil-firms-to-compensate-for-passenger-losses_186.html 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. Nguyen Quoc Viet, 42, working for a navigation company under the Vietnamese Maritime Department, received ... http://www.vietnamnews.biz/Milder-penalty-for-pilot-in-fatal-sea-crash_954.html 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.This is PM Thaksin Shinawatras 10th reshuffle since he took office in 2001, coming just a few months ... http://www.vietnamnews.biz/Thai-PM-sacks-agriculture-defense-ministers_595.html