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The Vietnam Navy held a ceremony to receive two EC-225 helicopters and set up a squadron of helicopter at Vung Tau Airport on December 25th in the presence of Admiral Nguyen Van Hien, Deputy-Minister of Defence and Head of the Navy. Addressing the ceremony, the Admiral affirmed that the Squadron represents the honour, pride, and [...]
A man was stabbed in front of Blue Moon club in Nguyen Du Street, Vung Tau City in the coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau after getting into a fight on Tuesday morning. He later died due to his injuries. According to an initial investigation, there was a fight between two groups of security guards [...]
As many as 52 countries and territories have invested in Vietnam so far this year. Hong Kong remains the country’s biggest investor with total registered capital of over US$3 billion, followed by Japan (US$2.1 billion) and Singapore (US$1.6 billion). Most foreign direct investment (FDI) capital has been poured into Hai Duong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau [...]
Mermaid Maritime Vietnam JSC last Friday opened the new office and workshop in Dong Xuyen Industrial Park in Vung Tau City. Klaus Vikkelsoe, general director of Mermaid Maritime Vietnam JSC, said that with the newly opened office and workshop, the company would provide quality services of lifesaving appliances, firefighting equipment and other safety equipment for [...]
Vung Tau city in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau celebrated its 20th founding anniversary (1991-2011) on November 1. Over the past two decades, Vung Tau has become a modern and dynamic city with a strongly developed economic structure for services and tourism. The city achieved an average annual income [...]
Vietnamese photographers had an overwhelming victory in the 6th international artistic photography contest 2011, winning three out of five gold medals. The winning photos are “Tam Tau” (Trio) by Ha Van Dong, “Ba Chi Em Nguoi Mong” (Three Little H’mong Girls) by Tran Thiet Dung and “Qua Khu Mot Trieu Dai” (Remnants of a Dynasty) [...]
The Tanimex team from Ho Chi Minh City dominated both men’s and women’s events at the National Beach Volleyball Championships – Tanimex Cup 2011, which wrapped up in the coastal city of Vung Tau on October 5. Tanimex players Kim Trong and Anh Tuan were crowned champions after defeating Quoc Trong and Thanh Vinh from [...]
It is necessary to renovate the mechanism to better exploit the Cai Mep-Thi Vai ports, or some ports would be eliminated due to interminable losses. Price war leads to heavy losses According to Nguyen Uyen Minh, Director of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau branch of the Saigon Port Development Company, all the container ports in the [...]
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Bien Hoa-Vung Tau Highway Joint-Stock Company (BVEC), Vietnam, has just signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the loan for the Bien Hoa-Vung Tau Highway project. Accordingly, JICA will support 80 per cent of the total investment for the project of some VND 22.522 billion. At the same [...]
Vung Tau city’s department of industry and trade and the people’s committee have made a concerted effort to target rip-off restaurants and introduce new measures to protect tourists from being overcharged. Yesterday they publicized the names of seven restaurants that have been fined or complained by tourists for overcharging. These restaurants not only refuse to [...]