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Last Updated: 16h29, 10 March, 2010
Regional conference on post-crisis period wraps up

The Hanoitimes - A regional conference o­n sustainable development and finding opportunities in the post-crisis period wrapped up in the central city of Da Nang o­n March 9.

Hanoi halts 11 golf course projects (09h51, 10 March, 2010)
Outstanding women entrepreneurs honoured with Golden Rose Cup (15h44, 09 March, 2010)

SPECIAL REPORTS

Spring festival Thăng Long-Ha Noi opens

Festival to honour heroic Trung Sisters opens

State President attends 1,000-year-old ploughing festival

Local industries spin-off component producers

Vietnam Airlines to open Hanoi-Rangoon route

Huong Pagoda Festival opens

Hanoi marks end of first Tet week with religious, cultural fests

Thang Long -Ha Noi

NEWS

18 provinces and cities to turn off lights at Earth Hour (17h29, 10 March, 2010)

The Hanoitimes - Millions of people in 18 cities and provinces in Vietnam will turn off lighting equipment and electric appliances for o­ne hour between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. o­n March 27 to promulgate the need for more action to protect the environment, according to a member of the World-Wide Fund Vietnam.

Tet in the eyes of foreigners (19h43, 18 February, 2010)
Overseas Vietnamese welcome Lunar New Year (19h37, 18 February, 2010)

MY HANOI

Hanoi Craft Week 2010 held to honour thousand years of cultures (17h24, 10 March, 2010)

The Hanoitimes - The Hanoi Craft Week 2010, entitled “A thousand years of quintessence” is taking place at the Friendship Cultural Palace in Hanoi with the participation of 500 craft villages.

Hanoi introduces its encyclopedic books (08h19, 17 June, 2009)
Online contest on Ha Noi for foreigners and overseas Vietnamese launched (08h16, 17 June, 2009)
Why invest in Hanoi?
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Japanese economic experts honoured (17h32, 10 March, 2010)

The Hanoitimes - Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Phu Binh has presented a friendship medal to Director of Japan’s Vietnam Economic Research Institute Kubota Teruyoshi for his active contributions to developing friendly cooperation between the two countries.

New foreign-funded projects okayed (18h15, 09 June, 2009)
PM Dung calls for more RoK investments (10h03, 01 June, 2009)
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Garment sector targets 10.5 bln USD in exports (17h50, 10 March, 2010)

The Hanoitimes - The garment and textiles sector aims to earn about 10.5 billion USD from exports this year based o­n recovery signs from the country’s two major markets in the US and the EU.

Vietnam Airlines operates 350 flights daily for Tet (19h41, 18 February, 2010)
Vietnam Airlines to attend 30 int'l tourism fairs (19h33, 18 February, 2010)
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PM pushes for consensus to fulfil national targets (17h44, 10 March, 2010)

The Hanoitimes - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has emphasised the need to create solidarity and a high consensus among the entire Party, army and the people to accomplish the country’s socio-economic tasks set for 2010.

Nhan Dan newspaper celebrates 59th anniversary (17h35, 10 March, 2010)
Ministry promises sufficient supplies of essential goods for Tet (19h38, 18 February, 2010)
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Tourism promotion in Malaysia marks Hanoi’s birthday (10h04, 10 March, 2010)

The Hanoitimes - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia and Vietnam Airlines jointly held a seminar and a gala night to promote the Vietnamese tourism in Kuala Lumpur o­n March 5.

UK cruise ship brings 800 tourists to Vietnam (19h31, 18 February, 2010)
Overseas visitors enjoy free visas (21h54, 17 May, 2009)
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Tertiary education management renewal campaign launched (17h11, 09 March, 2010)

The Hanoitimes - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thien Nhan has launched a campaign to reform tertiary education management for the 2010-2012 period, paving the way for changes in improving training quality in the higher education level.

School’s admissions halved after quality, enrollment violations (15h47, 25 May, 2009)
Localities response to voluntary blood donation day (21h42, 13 April, 2009)
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Laptop production plant back on track (17h49, 09 March, 2010)

The Hanoitimes - Taiwan-based Compal Electronics, the world's second-largest maker of notebook computers, has equipped its new manufacturing facility in Vinh Phuc Province in preparation for a production launch in the second half of this year, according to representatives of the province's industrial zones management board.

Asia-Pacific Wireless Forum in Vietnam (13h07, 05 April, 2009)
Vietnam’s int’l phone calls double in 2008 (22h03, 15 February, 2009)
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Photographers capture Ha Noi (17h37, 10 March, 2010)

The Hanoitimes A new exhibition at The Bui Gallery in downtown Ha Noi has gathered four photographers, all with vastly different views and subjects from the capital, to showcase the underlying mysteries of the city.

New York Philharmonic to come to Hanoi in September (18h42, 09 June, 2009)
Miss World arrives on charity mission (08h23, 01 June, 2009)
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Thang Long Royal Citadel vestige complex opened for public visitors (09h56, 10 March, 2010)

The Hanoitimes - Under the decision of Permanent Deputy PM Nguyen Sinh Hung, the Thang Long Royal Citadel vestige complex will receive visitors o­n the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long–Ha Noi.  

Plan for the first economic corridor development approved (11h41, 11 August, 2008)
Are Vietnamese enterprises strong enough? (17h13, 31 July, 2008)
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