5 July 2008, 11:01 am
VietNamNet Bridge - As Oman's State General Reserve Fund makes a $20 million strategic investment in Vinaconex Investment and Tourism Joint Stock Company (Vinaconex-ITC), the local partner's general director Tran Ngoc Quang said he believes there are good experiences to be had in attracting overseas... read more
4 July 2008, 12:02 pm
VietNamNet Bridge – Memories of Long Bien Bridge of several generations of Hanoians, the historical and cultural values of this over-one-century-old bridge will be showcased at an upcoming festival named “Long Bien memories”.... read more
4 July 2008, 9:27 am
As Vietnam modernizes, vestiges of the French colonial era are fading fast, except for the return of the Emeraude to Halong Bay. Since 2003, the beautiful, wood-lined paddle steamer has been taking guests for one-night cruises in a wonder-world of towering limestone islands, inlets and fiords off Vi... read more
4 July 2008, 9:27 am
HANOI, Vietnam - A tall, blond woman in black and a small Asian girl stand at the prow of a gilded barge moving slowly over a wide, jungle-banked river. The woman is Catherine Deneuve, star of the 1992 movie "Indochine" about the war for independence in French colonial Vietnam.... read more
1 July 2008, 4:30 pm
HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnam's economy grew at the slowest pace in at least seven years, as slumping stock and property markets prompted building companies to halt projects amid the fastest inflation in a decade and a half.... read more
1 July 2008, 2:12 am
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam's economy expanded at the slowest pace in at least seven years, as slumps in the stock and property markets prompted builders to halt projects amid the fastest inflation in a decade and a half.... read more