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  • Vietnam to co-operate with Asia-Pacific countries in managing scarce water

    Vietnam is willing to co-operate with countries and exchange experiences in managing water resources and coping with natural disasters.Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said this at the plenary session of the second Asia-Pacific Water Summit (APWS) in Chiang Mai, Thailand, yesterday.Nhan said Viet Nam, like other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, was facing great challenges in water ...

  • Vietnam airport customs officers seized over 5kg rhino horns

    More than 5kg of rhino horns were seized by customs officers at the Tan Son Nhat Airport in Vietnam yesterday.Vietnamese customs officers and policemen found six rhino horns weighing over 5kg hidden in the baggage of a passenger on a flight operated by Vietnam Airlines from Paris to Ho Chi Minh City.In his declaration, the owner of the rhino horns said he was not aware of the value of the rhino ...

  • Truck driver prosecuted over deadly collision

    Truck driver prosecuted over deadly collision BINH THUAN (VNS)-- Central Binh Thuan Province Police yesterday detained and charged a container truck driver involved in a serious head-on collision with a bus in Ham Tan District on May 11. Driver Le Van Quy from Binh Dinh was accused of driving at high speed when the collision occurred, leaving six people dead and 10 others injured. Following ...

  • Residents of ancient village petition for home preservation

    Residents of ancient village petition for home preservation HA NOI (VNS)-- A Ha Noi leader has confirmed that city authorities are going to work out a suitable management mechanism ensuring that the local residents of Duong Lam Village receive support in preserving their ancient homes and in relocating if neccessary. Secretary of the Ha Noi Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi told the residents ...

  • Expired vaccines given to children

    Expired vaccines given to children PHU YEN (VNS)-- At least three children have been vaccinated against measles, rubella and mumps with expired Trivivac vaccines in central Phu Yen Province's Tuy Hoa City. The latest case happened on Monday at Tuy Hoa city's preventive medicine centre. It was reported that the father of a 16-year-old boy found the vaccine had expired in April, 20 ...

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Spaceballs [Blu-Ray]

Spaceballs [Blu-Ray]

For most of his career, actor/director Mel Brooks has focused on lampooning the most precious genres of the classical Hollywood era. No cow was too sacred to be spared the farcical humor of Brooks pen, whether it be the western in Blazing Saddles (1974), classical horror in Young ... ...

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  • Experts urge new weather approach

    Experts urge new weather approach HA NOI (VNS)-- Experts urged Viet Nam to renew its weather forecasting technology in order to improve its effectiveness in predicting extreme weather phenomena, at a meeting held in the capital yesterday. Head of the Department of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change, Le Cong Thanh, said that weather forecasters play a key role in helping authorities ...

  • Patients praise satellite hospital services

    Patients register for health checks at Binh Tan Hospital in HCM City's Binh Tan District. By opening a satellite ward, the hospital saw a drop in patients being transferred to big hospitals. -- VNA/VNS Photo Manh ...

  • Vietnam US discuss search for missing soldiers

    Vietnam's Deputy Minister of National Defence and Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh yesterday met with W M Winfield, US deputy assistant Secretary of Defence for Prisoner of War and Missing Personnel, to discuss the search for the remains of soldiers killed during the American War.Vinh said Vietnam always took the co-operation in the search for US servicemen who went missing during ...

  • Rice Paper Scissors Vietnamese Food Pops Up on Divisadero

    The first thing you'll notice at Rice Paper Scissors at Mojo Bicycle Cafe is the parklet and the proliferation of red stools thereabouts. That might be the precursor to the most prescient observation you'll make during your visit - there are two vastly different experiences to be had here. When the weather is nice, the tables set on the wood planks protruding into busy Divisadero are ...

  • Vietnam Signals Rate Pause as Banking Revamp Approaches

    inflation to quicken toward the end of the year," Tien said in an interview in Hanoi yesterday. "A further rate cut by the central bank is difficult. There's a small chance." Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the formation of an asset management company to acquire non-performing loans from the nation's lenders, the central bank said yesterday. Officials ...

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