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Harsh penalty for fashion show host, models

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will apply the harshest penalty and ultimate sanctions on the Venus Company, who hosted a fashion show called ‘Dem Hoi Chan Dai 7’ (the Long-Legged Festival), said Vo Trong Nam, deputy head of the department.

Keywords: Models Fashion Show intentionally The Ho Chi Minh City Department apply

Jewellery shop robbers receive death sentence for murder

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SaiGon GP English 4 hour(s) ago 2 related news

The Ho Chi Minh City Court has sentenced three men to death for murder and fifteen year imprisonment to their accomplices in jewellery shop heists in HCMC and the southern provinces for the last several years.

Keywords: shop murder Tay Ninh Hoa Thanh District Le Van Nhan rob Thoai Son District

New cave larger than world’s largest cave discovered

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SaiGon GP English 5 hour(s) ago

Howard Limbert, a cave expert from the British Royal Cave Research Association, said on May 23 that his team along with some scientists from the US had discovered a cave which is larger than the Son Doong Cave--currently the world’s largest cave--in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.

Keywords: cave Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park Caves center exit table Larger

Viscera transplant operations at nighttime end in success

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SaiGon GP English 5 hour(s) ago

Doctors at Viet-German Hospital in Hanoi were successful in conducting three simultaneous kidney and liver transplant operations on the night of May 21, thus giving a renewed life to three people suffering from life threatening diseases, said Dr. Nguyen Tien Quyet, director of the hospital.

Keywords: transplant Physicians Nguyen Tien Quyet Quyet Recipients Doctors Diseases

City sees drastic drop in FDI

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SaiGon GP English 1 day(s) ago

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Statistics Department, there were 130 foreign direct investment projects licensed until May 15 in the City with a total registered capital of US$158 million, of which chartered capital was at $105.1 million.

Keywords: Statistics Department Additional Holland total newly direct

Property price drops heavily

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SaiGon GP English 1 day(s) ago

A report on property price index by Savills Vietnam showed that house price in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Cities has dropped by 27 percent and 22 percent respectively, compared to its highest price in the second quarter of 2011.

Keywords: The Index Hitting second consecutive

Trade gap increases in first half of May

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SaiGon GP English 1 day(s) ago

Figures from Vietnam Customs showed that trade gap in the first half of May hit US$830 million, much higher than the trade gap of $723 million in April.

Keywords: gap Hanoi City Components spare Computers steel Figures

Rice exports exceed billion dollars

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SaiGon GP English 1 day(s) ago 3 related news

According to Vietnam Food Association, businesses have exported 2.38 million tons of rice since early this year, bringing in revenue of upto US$1.038 billion.

Keywords: rice Mekong Delta grain right Mekong Delta Provinces exceed Vinh Long

Doubts on joint-ventures with FDI companies

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SaiGon GP English 1 day(s) ago

A shortage of capital, poor technology, unprofessional administration, along with market difficulties have urged local firms to establish joint ventures with foreign companies to resolve these problem, however, most firms mainly focus on how to escape difficulties without calculating on keeping ownership.

Keywords: Bibica cement bay market Partners take over Doubts

Socio-economic plan discussed by officials

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SaiGon GP English 1 day(s) ago

National Assembly deputies reviewed the country's socio-economic development plans and the 2012 State budget while also reviewing socio-economic development during the first months of 2013.

Keywords: Deputies Economic Development Socio Reviewed State Budget The Na Nghe An Province

Massive outage in southern region of Vietnam

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SaiGon GP English 1 day(s) ago

Sheer carelessness on the part of a truck, deployed to plant trees in the New City Urban Area in the southern province of Binh Duong that rammed into an electric line at the national power grid, caused a massive outage in the southern region of Vietnam at 2.19pm on May 22.

Keywords: dispatch line load The Electricity center sheer Trees

Nick Vujicic visits Vietnam

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SaiGon GP English 1 day(s) ago

Nick Vujicic, the well-known Australian who has been an inspiration to millions around the world by surmounting his disabilities and living life to the fullest without the use of any of his four limbs, arrived in Vietnam on May 22.

Keywords: nick laugh Tuong Vy White Palace Convention Center center My Dinh Stadium His Vietnamese

Investor promises less obstruction from canal cleanup project

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SaiGon GP English 1 day(s) ago

Le Thanh Liem, director of the City Urban Upgrading Project Management Board and investor of the project to clean up Tan Hoa-Lo Gom Canal, said that they would try their best to minimize flooding caused by on-going construction of the project.

Keywords: canal project Inundation Flooding minimize complete flow

Millions register to an exchange with Nick Vujicic

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SaiGon GP English 2 day(s) ago

More than one million people have registered to take part in an exchange with Nick Vujicic, the Australian motivational speaker at White Palace Convention Center in Ho Chi Minh City on May 22.

Keywords: nick Titled Nguyen Ngoc Ky White Palace Convention Center Hoa Sen Group Books physically