The more Viet Nam's roads get better, the less people want to travel by train. Plans are therefore being made to get more trains and make the railway system more modern. There is also talk of the railways allowing train passengers travelling between China and Viet Nam to have their passports stamped on the train. Another is to offer special deals for people who want to send large amounts of cargo by rail. HCM CITY (VNS) — The modernisation of Viet Nam's railway system is projected to cost about US$5.1 billion, experts said during an event on detailed plans to upgrade the 1,726 km stretch of the North-South railway from Ha Noi to HCM City. The plan, introduced to the public on September 18 by the Viet Nam Railway Authority (VNRA), outlined major projects to be carried out until 2030. The plan aims to eliminate bottlenecks, such as the tunnels of Khe Net and Hai Van, and move the Da Nang Train Station out of the city, as well as more than 90 other infrastructure upgrades to the … [Read more...] about Plan to get people back on to the rails – English Through the News – Vietnam News Politics, Business, Economy, Society, Life, Sports
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Professor shows qualities of people born in the Year of the Rooster – English Through the News – Vietnam News Politics, Business, Economy, Society, Life, Sports
Viet Nam News A famous person who was born in the Year of the Rooster is Professor Nguyễn Văn Huy. He has studied a lot about the people of Việt Nam. He also once started a museum. The professor's personality shows all the signs of someone born in the Year of the Rooster. By Bạch Liên January 27 marks the start of the Year of Rooster, the tenth ranked of the Chinese zodiac animals, another Lunar New Year. In Chinese and Vietnamese culture, the rooster represents fidelity and punctuality, as it wakes people up. People born in this year are believed to be kind-hearted, hard-working, courageous, independent, humorous, optimistic, honest and have pride in their inner self. Born in August 1945 in Hà Nội, Professor Nguyễn Văn Huy, one of most famous researchers of ethnology of Việt Nam, is among a few renowned Vietnamese researchers born in the Year of the Rooster. Those who know about his life and career can see that he has several characteristics of people born in the year of … [Read more...] about Professor shows qualities of people born in the Year of the Rooster – English Through the News – Vietnam News Politics, Business, Economy, Society, Life, Sports
Power reaches villages high up in the mountains – English Through the News – Vietnam News Politics, Business, Economy, Society, Life, Sports
Life has become different, and easier, for people who live high up in the mountains. That is because electricity has come to places in Lai Chau Province where there had not been electricity in the past. Sometimes people there would make electricity from an oil generator but the smells from the machine would end up making people sick. By the end of the year nearly all villages in the province will have power. LAI CHAU (VNS) — Many poor remote mountainous villages of the northern province of Lai Chau have access to the national electricity grid making their lives more convenient. Ca Van Ngoan, head of the Nam Cay Village in Nam Hang Commune, Nam Nhun District, said that the village had more than 200 households with more than 900 people. Most of them were Thai ethnic minorities. Earlier, without electricity, the lives of local residents was hard and it was difficult for them to access information. To receive electricity the residents needed to install mini electric generators by … [Read more...] about Power reaches villages high up in the mountains – English Through the News – Vietnam News Politics, Business, Economy, Society, Life, Sports
No Tet at home for dedicated athletes – English Through the News – Vietnam News Politics, Business, Economy, Society, Life, Sports
Being an athlete can be a hard life. Not only must athletes train a lot and never give up. They also sometimes must give up nice things, like returning home to their families for Tet. Some Vietnamese athletes are out of the country on training programmes and have missed their families very much. HA NOI (VNS) — Many people are heading home to unite with their families after a hard working year. Others are making final preparations to decorate their homes to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Many athletes, however, have no such planned celebrations. Indeed, these athletes do not enjoy Tet, as they continue their intensive training before upcoming tournaments. For instance, this is the sixth year in a row that swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien must celebrate the new year far from her home. Vien is with her coach, Dang Anh Tuan, in the US as she trains for this summer's Olympic Games in Brazil. She recalled that in earlier years she felt homesick, but now it is easier to be far from home. The … [Read more...] about No Tet at home for dedicated athletes – English Through the News – Vietnam News Politics, Business, Economy, Society, Life, Sports
The Environment through the Eyes of Vietnamese Students
The Institute of International Education (IIE) Vietnam is organizing the Photo Essay Contest "The Environment through the Eyes of Vietnamese Students" in cooperation with the U.S. Consulate General and Thanh Nien Daily News. This photo essay aims to provide an outlet and opportunity for talented Vietnamese students (regularly enrolled in a full-time undergraduate degree program) from throughout the country to capture different aspects of the environment and to write about those environmental issues in English. Photo essay may be submitted any time after March 1, 2009 but by no later than March 31, 2009 at midnight. Applicants have to submit the photo and the essay digitally to this email address: [email protected] and send two hard copies to IIE Vietnam, 11 Bis Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street , District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. The photographs can cover any aspect of the environment that you deem important, be "positive," "neutral," or "negative" and must have … [Read more...] about The Environment through the Eyes of Vietnamese Students