Wednesday January 4, 2012

Wednesday January 4, 2012

New Year’s greeting cards have been pouring into our office this week. Listeners’ sincere wishes and beautiful postcards are making our office more colorful and joyful in these gloomy winter...
Prime Minister's New Year message

Prime Minister's New Year message

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has sent a New Year message emphasizing the central tasks of 2012, which include economic restructuring, growth model renovation, and rapid, sustainable development. In today’s...
Review of one year of inflation control

Review of one year of inflation control

Controlling inflation was the main task of the Vietnamese government in 2011. Despite 18.5% inflation this year, well above the set target of 7%, signs of recovery during...
Leader Kim Jong-il state funeral held in Pyongyang

Leader Kim Jong-il state funeral held in Pyongyang

The funeral of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has begun in Pyongyang in the presence of hundreds of thousands of people. A three-hour long procession started today/ Wednesday at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where...
Iraq faces recurring violence

Iraq faces recurring violence

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi. The Iraq’s highest-ranking Sunni official is accused of being involved in...
Vietnam and Belarus foster closer ties

Vietnam and Belarus foster closer ties

Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich has begun his first official visit to Vietnam. The visit is expected to create opportunities for both countries to promote bilateral cooperation in various fields including...
Dancing with Fire

Dancing with Fire

Every year, when the coldest days of the winter come, Pa Then ethnic people begin to celebrate their mysterious fire dancing festival. The warmth of the fire, the sound of gongs echoing...
Egypt will form a national salvation government

Egypt will form a national salvation government

Egyptian military rulers have officially begun crisis talks with leaders of political parties across the spectrum, a day after the cabinet submitted its resignation to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF)....
Co Tu ethnic people keep brocade weaving alive

Co Tu ethnic people keep brocade weaving alive

Although it has not developed as an occupation village yet, brocade weaving occupation bears cultural characteristics of Vietnam’s Cotu ethnic minority in the Nam Giang district of Quang Nam province....