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Update May, 30 2012 15:39:02
Burning ambition
Burning ambition
May, 29 2012 10:57:15
Children can be a handful at the best of times, as any parent knows, but spare a thought for the young parents of an 11-year-old girl in HCM City who can apparently start fires at will, and without matches.
You will toe the line!
May, 22 2012 10:27:23
You will toe the line!
A 12th grader at Ngo Quyen High School in the northern province of Hai Phong was somewhat disappointed to be given 0 out of 10 for his school essay.
Parental power gets out of hand
May, 15 2012 10:12:29
Parental power gets out of hand
State-run Ha Noi Experimental Primary and Secondary School began issuing entrance examination forms to parents last Friday, but quickly postponed the plan on Saturday morning when frantic parents began jostling and fighting in front of the school gates.
Leaving no stone unturned
May, 08 2012 08:39:28
Leaving no stone unturned
The country is cracking down on illegal mineral exploitation, which is threatening to harm the environment and costs the Government huge sums of money in lost tax revenue. Among those recently accused of mining minerals without a licence is the unfortunate, or fortunate depending how you look at it, Le Hung Dung, who lives in Central Highlands Gia Lai Province's Chu Se District.
Who's afraid of the big bad owl?
April, 24 2012 10:46:09
Who's afraid of the big bad owl?
Throughout the history of mankind the owl has featured significantly in mythology and folklore; they are one of the few birds to have been found in prehistoric cave paintings.
A little more virginity please
April, 17 2012 09:22:46
A little more virginity please
FPT University, a private information technology university in Viet Nam, raised hackles recently when it asked would-be students sitting its entrance exam why unmarried women should be virgins.
The world's worst records
April, 10 2012 09:06:42
The world's worst records
The Viet Nam Record Book has on the whole been well received by the public since its launch in 2004.
Maybe it's time to share husbands
April, 03 2012 09:08:35
Maybe it's time to share husbands
I bumped into an old classmate last week and was surprised to see she was pregnant again although she is already a mother of two girls. She told me her husband now wanted to have a boy.
The Rapunzel of Hue Phuoc Pagoda
March, 27 2012 10:42:20
The Rapunzel of Hue Phuoc Pagoda

Some people are born famous, others try hard to become famous and either succeed or fail, while a few, it seems, are famous just for just being famous.

 

T'is the season to be jolly... broke
March, 13 2012 10:10:00
T'is the season to be jolly... broke
My cousin's sister called me early last Saturday morning in a very distressed state of mind. It seems that she had just received yet another wedding invitation in the post. Now far be it from my sister to begrudge a friend or a relative or a business colleague every happiness on this most important day of a girl's life, but it seems she had 19 others to attend on the same weekend.
Fathers don't always know best
March, 06 2012 09:34:58
Fathers don't always know best
Nineteen-year-old Nguyen Thi Xuan Thuy has asked local authorities in Can Tho City's Cai Rang District to intervene after her family found out that her estranged husband, Nguyen Phuc Duy, was about to marry another woman.
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