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Some 30,000 people on May 18 flocked to Gia Lam district of Hanoi to attend the main day of Giong Festival 2013, commemorating Saint Giong, who legend says turned from a child to a giant overnight to fight against invaders in the past.
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Despite the continued slowdown in the economy, Vietnam’s nutrition industry saw robust growth in the last 12 months, with local consumers still rating health as a major concern behind the economy and job security, according to a recent report from market research company Nielsen.
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Voters and people across the country have by far sent over 1,700 opinions covering a wide range of fields to the National Assembly (NA) in the lead to the law-making body’s fifth session, which is to convene on May 20.
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Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 18 issued an order to kick off construction of two tunnels in Phu Loc district, central Thua Thien-Hue province.
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The People’s Court of southern Long An province on May 16 sentenced Dinh Nguyen Kha to ten years’ imprisonment and Nguyen Phuong Uyen to six years in prison for “conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”.
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etnam had over 2.1 million poor households and over 1.4 million families living near the poverty line in 2012, accounting for 9.64 percent and 6.57 percent of the population, respectively.
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Two-way trade between Vietnam and Cambodia in the first four months of the year reached 1.3 billion USD, a 10 percent rise over the same period last year.
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Vietnam’s socio-economic performance in 2012 and the first four months of this year was high on the agenda at the National Assembly (NA)’s fifth session that opened in Hanoi on May 20.
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Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho Anh Tuan have met with President of the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism Alexander Radkov to discuss measure to strengthen cooperation in tourism.
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Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Company (HAGL group) has refuted accusations made by Global Witness that the group has acquired vast amounts of land for rubber plantations in Cambodia and Laos.
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Nearly 300 artifacts featuring Buddhist culture and fine art heritages are on display at an exhibition which opened on May 17 in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has hailed the positive contributions of the Vietnamese community in Belarus to Vietnam-Belarus relations, saying that each of them is a bridge popularising Vietnam and its culture and people.
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Continuing the fifth session, the 13th National Assembly on the afternoon of May 20 heard reports on the collection of opinions on draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution, and a proposal asking for NA approval of the State budget balance for 2011.
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A fine art contest was launched on May 20 to encourage Vietnamese and Australian students to express their feeling about their homelands, and the solidarity between the two countries.
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