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Hoang Thi Thuy, one of the two skinniest contestants in Vietnam Next Top Model’s second season, became the winner in the finale held on January 8 in Ho Chi Minh City. After a five-month-long competition, Thuy defeated two competitors, Le Thi Thuy and Tra My. Hoang Thi Thuy, 19, is a student at Hanoi University [...]
A man in Ho Chi Minh City was arrested on Sunday after he allegedly shot and injured another man in a cockfighting gambling conflict. Police said Luyen Danh Tam, a 29-year-old ex-convict, held two guns in his hands to bring down Thai Phi Hung, who was coming with many men to take care of Tam, [...]
Police in Ho Chi Minh City have cracked down on a ring producing fake train tickets for train trips departing from Saigon during Tet (Lunar New Year), detaining two suspects and 55 counterfeit tickets. The police have yet to reveal personal details of the two suspects, who were arrested yesterday. On January 9, a woman [...]
After pleasing his fans by posting a picture he took in Ho Chi Minh City on January 9, renowned South Korean actor Song Seung Hun excited his fans who saw him on his trip around the city over the past few days. Represented by the Korea Foundation, the 36-year-old artist arrived at the city’s University [...]
“Music Interchange” – a collaborative project between the Australian National University and the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music will kick off on January 12 at the HCMC Conservatory’s Concert Hall, the Australian Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh announced on Tuesday. The concert features Le-Tuyen Nguyen from the Australian National University, Huynh Khai and [...]
A delegation of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee, headed by First Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh, is on a working visit to Laos from January 10-14. The Vietnamese delegation held talks with a delegation from the Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union, led by Secretary Vilayvong Bouddakham, on January 11. At the talks, [...]
A cartoon named “Duoi Bong Cay” (In the Shade of the Tree) by a group of Vietnamese students won three big prizes at the award ceremony of the Vietnamese online short film festival YxineFF on December 12 at Megastar Paragon Cinema in Ho Chi Minh City. Made by a group of students from 18 to [...]
The Vietnam Bank of Investment and Development (BIDV) would invest in Myanmar and the Czech Republic next year, the President of the Board of Directors of BIDV, Tran Bac Ha, announced at an initial public offering on December 11th in Ho Chi Minh City. He said that Myanmar was a potential market as it was [...]
Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City on December 12 signed a deal with their counterparts in six southeastern and 13 southwestern provinces for deeper co-operation in the trade and service sectors. Under the agreement, the provinces will create the most favourable conditions for enterprises from other localities, exchanging experience in administration reform. The co-operation, [...]
With the first bank merger successfully carried out earlier this month, Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper analyzes three possible trends for other changes to be made under the State Bank of Vietnam’s restructuring plan. On December 6, Ficombank, TinNghiaBank and Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) became the first three banks to be merged, as the central [...]