“All I wanted was a much-deserved promotion, and he told me to ‘Get up on the desk and spread ’em.’”
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“All the men in my office wrote down on a piece of paper the sexual favors that I could do for them. All I had asked for was an office with a window.”
Project team members meet with officials from World Bank and Vietnam’s education ministry at the World Bank Vietnam Office. Photo: EdUHK
The World Bank has appointed a Hong Kong university as a consultant for Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training on a project aimed at promoting the continuous professional development of the Vietnamese teachers.
There are more than 3,000 rivers in Vietnam, provide resources to feed millions of people and bring livelihoods to hundreds of communities. When the rivers change, fishermen and farmers are the first to be affected. By September 2013, more than 800 hydropower projects were planned, more than 250 hydropower projects operated, and more than 200 hydropower projects under construction. By 2013, due to only 21 hydropower projects in 12 provinces, more than 300,000 people were displaced and resettled. How are their lives now…?
Leaders of Bạc Liêu Province and SY Group sign MoU to build a solar power project in the province. — Photo moitruong.net.vn
Viet Nam News BẠC LIÊU — The Department of Planning and Investment of the Mekong Delta province of Bạc Liêu signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the South Korea-based SY Group to build a solar power project in Đông Hải District.
Under the MoU, the SY Group will construct a 400ha solar power plant in Long Điền Đông Commune, Đông Hải District, by June 2019 with a total investment of more than VNĐ10.24 trillion, or over US$450.5 million.
Hai Dân, a lottery ticket vendor with a disability, repairs roads of his own volition. — Photo baocantho.com.vn
Viet Nam News CẦN THƠ — Focusing on the heap of sand and rocks in front of him, the grey-haired man in a faded shirt—gradually darkening with sweat—took little rest as he worked to fill in a road pothole. Next to him was a tricycle carrying his supplies, lying beneath a white board saying “Road under repair. Please slow down”.
Nhớ hồi nào
em nguyện cầu mà không có bằng chứng một ai có thể nghe thấu.
Nhớ hồi nào
em viết những lá thơ tình mà không một ai đáp lời.
Nhưng trái tim em, một bài ca hy vọng,
vẫn quay về phía mặt trời, và hát.
The signing ceremony took place in the presence of President of Việt Nam Trần Đại Quang and President of the US Donald Trump, within the framework of the US President’s official state visit to Việt Nam. — Photo courtesy of VNA
HÀ NỘI — President Trần Đại Quang and President Donald Trump witnessed the signing of co-operation agreements worth a total of US$12 billion, mostly in aviation, petroleum and seaports between Việt Nam and the US after their talks in Hà Nội on Sunday.
Women in Lào Cai Province make products from traditional cloths and fibres. Aus4Equality expects to increase the incomes of 40,000 self-employed female farmers in Lào Cai and Sơn La provinces. – VNA/VNS Photo
Viet Nam News ĐÀ NẴNG – Australia will invest AU$33.7 million (US$25.6 million) through the new Aus4Equality programme, focusing on Sơn La and Lào Cai provinces in the north-west of Việt Nam.
1. We, the Leaders of APEC, gathered in Da Nang, Viet Nam under the theme Creating New Dynamism, Fostering a Shared Future, determined to take bolder and sustained collective actions to inject new dynamism into APEC cooperation to promote sustainable, innovative and inclusive growth, deepen regional economic integration, realize the full potential of the business sector, particularly micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and enhance food security and sustainable agriculture.
HCM City People’s Committee has asked relevant departments to tackle problems in granting house ownership certificates to overseas Vietnamese to encourage their investment into the real estate market.
Foreigners are provided with information about buying houses. — Photo vietnambiz.vn
Statistics of the municipal Department of Construction revealed that only 15 Viet kieu (overseas Vietnamese) and foreigners were granted house ownership certificates in the city during the past two years.
The 23-year-old entrepreneur puts women at the center of her travel startup
By Tuoi Tre News November 11, 2017, 17:30 GMT+7
Nguyen Thi Huong Lien (R) takes a photo with Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg in Da Nang, Vietnam, November 9, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre
A Vietnamese entrepreneur has inspired Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, by her vision to empower women with a startup company that offers city tours led by female bikers.
In 2017, the 20,000km-long AAG cable was disrupted four times and maintenance work had to be undertaken. — Photo fwallpapers.com
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The undersea Asia-America Gateway (AAG) internet cable – one of the six cables connecting Việt Nam with the rest of the world – has ruptured since Tuesday morning.This is the fifth time the cable has broken this year, slowing down internet speed in the country.