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China water project to ‘begin operating in 2013’  Posted:  05 Feb 2012 05:13 AM PST A farmer is seen following her flock of sheep near a fenced-off canal that is part of China’s hugely ambitious South-North Water Diversion Project, in Yixian, in 2009, in northern China’s Hebei province. A massive project to divert water from China’s south to its drought-prone north — which has seen hundreds of thousands of people relocated — will become partly operational next... Read Full Story

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Russian travel firm re-opens in Phan Thiet February 4, 2012 For illustration only. (Photo: Internet) LookAtVietnam – Lanta Viet Travel Company, the branch of Lanta Tour Voyage – one of the leading Russian tour operators, re-opened yesterday, Feb 3, in central Binh Thuan Province’s Phan Thiet City. The move aims to serve Russian tourists who remain stranded at local resorts after their tour operator Lanta Tour Voyage declared bankruptcy on January 27. The company has agreed to... Read Full Story

2011 – A ‘multicolored’ year of Vietnamese media VietNamNet Bridge – The year 2011 has passed with many events in all fields, which were reported lively by the local media. Inflation and the requirement of restructuring the economy Inflation emerged as a burning issue of Vietnam in 2007 but it was then overshadowed by the global economic crisis. In 2011, in parallel with the public debt crisis in Europe, the Vietnamese economy began revealing its problems. The country’s inflation rate... Read Full Story

Mekong Delta man uses sex tape to blackmail homosexual monk  Posted: 30 Jan 2012 02:45 AM PST   Police in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang said Saturday they had arrested a gay man who blackmailed the chief monk of a local pagoda with a film of having sex with the former, online newspaper Dan Tri reported. The chief monk of Phuoc Son Pagoda in Chau Thanh District, whose name has not been released, had been in a homosexual relationship with... Read Full Story

Free visit to Ha Long Bay during Tet January 23, 2012 All domestic and foreign tourists will have the chance to visit Ha Long Bay without fees during the traditional Lunar New Year festival (Tet) from January 23 to February 5. Quang Ninh province’s decision aims to show its gratefulness to people from across the country and international friends who supported and voted for Ha Long Bay to become one of the seven new Natural Wonders of the world. Phung Duc Tin, Deputy Head of the Management... Read Full Story

Vietnam New Year shoppers defying central bank spurs inflation January 25, 2012 Consumer demand for holiday goods and transportation will grow 10 percent from last year, according to a government forecast that urged authorities to monitor and stabilize prices. Asia’s fastest inflation is the last thing on Tran Hang’s mind as she jostles fellow shoppers at a street stall in Hanoi’s Old Quarter to snap up Belgian chocolates and Thai candies for Tet, or lunar New Year. While... Read Full Story

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Vietnam Airlines handed control of Jetstar Pacific Vietnam Airlines has tightened its grip on domestic aviation by taking a majority stake in Qantas-affiliated Jetstar Pacific. Vietnam's national carrier will be handed the government's stake in the loss-making budget airline. The 70 percent stake was held by the government's State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) with the remainder owned by Qantas (27 percent) and Saigontourist. Despite restructuring, Jetstar Pacific has... Read Full Story