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Standing Vice Chairman of PPC, Le Quang Thich and leaders of functional departments of the province worked with the delegation.   At the meeting, the Vice Chairman Le Quang Thich expressed his thanks for the enthusiastic support of the Australian Government to Quang Ngai over time in all fields, especially in disaster relief activities, education and training, raising awareness of communities in natural disaster prevention and reduction, in contributing to disaster risk mitigation in vulnerable areas where are habitually affected by floods and storms in the province. Vice Chairman hoped that, after the visit, Consul General would recommend Quang Ngai to Australian business and investors to seek the investment opportunities in all fields, especially in culture, health, education etc., the Vice Chairman also showed his desires to cooperate with a certain university or hospital in Australia in order to receive training and experiences exchanged with Quang Ngai.   Vice-Chairman … [Read more...] about Quang Ngai Provincial leaders worked with the delegation from the Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City

Police have detained 34-year-old woman, Tang Thi Thu Trang, who provided prostitutes to foreigners at her barbershop in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City. From a tip-off from the public, police on Monday afternoon conducted a raid on Trang's barbershop at 12A Ba Vi Street, District 3. At the time of inspection, there was nothing strange on the ground floor of the shop but on the second floor, police caught a young woman making love to a Chinese national in a well-furnished room. Police escorted Trang, a native of southern An Giang Province, and her nine female employees to the office for questioning. Trang later confessed to investigators that her barber's offered sex workers only to foreigners in the past two years. With such an act, Trang will be charged with prostitution brokerage, police said. Prostitutes told police that they charged their foreign guests VND500,000 (US$24) per session and Trang got VND200,000 of the amount. The ground floor of the barbershop was designed as a real … [Read more...] about Police bust sex barber’s for foreigners in Ho Chi Minh City

The 13th Vietnam International Textile and Garment Industry Exhibition (VTG 2013) kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on October 24 with 200 enterprises taking part. State-of-the-art machinery, accessories and chemicals from renowned brand names such as Dai Hoang Long, Tan Hung Thinh, Van Su Loi, Dong Guan Hong Sui Industry Investment, Taiwan Giu Chun and CSP are on display. According to Pham Xuan Hong, Chairman of the HCM City Association of Garments, Textiles, Embroidery and Knitting, Vietnam's garment and textile sector's export value reached 17.5 billion USD last year. The figure hit nearly 15 billion USD in the January-September period this year. He added that the sector is seen as the country's spearhead industry that has significantly contributed to national economic growth. VTG 2013, to run until October 27, offers an opportunity for businesses to purchase modern machinery and equipment, access stable and suitable supplies of materials to expand their production, and seek new … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City hosts int’l textile, garment industry exhibition

Ho Chi Minh City's consumer price index (CPI) in October increased by 0.17 percent against the previous month and 4.89 percent year on year. The highest price rise, 0.41 percent, was recorded in food and restaurant services, pushed up by a 0.85 percent increase in the cost of meat and vegetables due to storms and flood. However, the rice price has decreased by 0.19 percent, contributing to a total decrease of 3.64 percent from the beginning of this year due to impact of gloomy rice export markets. The prices of transportation, telecommunication, culture-entertainment and other commodities and services also saw declines. This month, the price of gold dropped by 1.83 percent over last month and 20.24 percent against December last year while the USD price fell by 0.1 percent against the previous month but up 1.33 percent year-on-year. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City’s CPI increases slightly in October

University of Polytechnic - Ho Chi Minh National University will organize principals conference RESCIF (Réseau d'excellence des sciences de l'Ingénieur de la Francophonie - Network of Excellence in science and technology community of French-speaking countries) from November, 18 to 19. RESCIF will focus on 14 universities from 11 French-speaking countries such as Africa, America, Asia and Europe. This conference will discuss the training activities of young engineers with knowledge of the most advanced technologies and the development of useful research to contribute to the development of the countries in the world. The initial field of research of projects includes water, energy, nutrition and food safety. During that time, University of Polytechnic - Ho Chi Minh National University will inaugurate Asia Water Research center - CARE (Centre Asiatique de Recherche sur l'Eau) at one of the facilities of the university. The goal of the project is to build CARE to provide … [Read more...] about Asian Water Research Centre will be established in Ho Chi Minh city