Italy, besides improving cultural cooperation with Vietnam, is seeking ways to boost economic ties with the country. Italian companies are interested in sectors like leather, footwear, textile, machinery, motorbikes, and infrastructure, the country’s ambassador to Vietnam, Lorenzo Angeloni, tells Thanh Nien Weekly. Thanh Nien Weekly: The 2011 Italy-Vietnam project is coming to an end. Could you tell us about its results? Lorenzo Angeloni: I am very happy since the “Y-Viet 2011 – Connecting Countries” project [...]

Accusations and denials as Vietnam Airlines co-pilot suspected of using bogus certification The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has requested its Indonesian counterpart to verify information regarding a South Korean pilot suspected of using bogus flight records. “However, we are yet to receive any feedback,” Lai Xuan Thanh, CCAV’s deputy director, told a press conference organized by the Transport Ministry on November 8. The case involves South Korean Kim Tae Hun, 36, a co-pilot [...]

The Ba Na people toiled all day in the fields yet had little to show for their efforts and often went hungry. The situation troubled and intrigued Patrick Desir, whose charity organization helps six orphanages in Gia Lai – Kon Tum for parentless children of the central highland tribe. Orphanage staff would travel up to a dozen kilometers to get to the fields where they grew the traditional cassava as the closer land was so [...]

The serious flooding that has hit Thailand over the past three months, inundating large areas of its capital Bangkok, has raised concerns about similar risks faced by Vietnam. The current images of Bangkok under water could be replicated in Ho Chi Minh City in the future, Dr. Nguyen Huu Ninh, chairman of the Scientific Council of the Center of Environmental Research, Education and Development, told Thanh Nien Weekly in an interview.