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Regulate and escalate?

This is yet another attempt from above trying to regulate something that cannot be regulated.

A black hole in our education

Failure is a stepping stone to success, they say.

Wipe the blackboard clean and begin a new clean, lesson

It has been tomtomed in expert circles and in the press for years that many universities of dubious quality are being established, but this has not stopped citizens from patronizing them in search of higher education.

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Tourists are not here on an academic trip(May 28, 2010)

Tourism is a hot college major these days, so there is a rush to teach and study the subject, only to make the education simplified and ineffective.

We don’t give a damn about our heritage anymore(May 15, 2010)

The Hanoi Transport Department has violated Vietnam’s Heritage Law as work on a new street has damaged a wall at the underground Dai La Citadel, which was built a thousand years ago.

Thanh Nien Weekly is hiring(May 10, 2010)

Thanh Nien Weekly is looking for reporters and copy editors to be based Ho Chi Minh City.

Hoang Sa Islands should be safe for Vietnamese fishermen(May 08, 2010)

Central Vietnamese fishermen have the right to fish in their country’s territorial waters, including those around the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa Islands.

Architects are failing rural and urban areas(May 04, 2010)

Our rural areas are losing their character. Our cities are threaded and fringed with dirty slums.

Corporate promotions ruin national holidays(Apr 25, 2010)

A beverage firm gave a giant bottle of vodka as an offering for the death anniversary of Vietnam’s first kings. But they only did it to set the record for Vietnam’s biggest largest bottle of booze.

Water supply for 15-million people needs saving(Apr 17, 2010)

Action, not talk, is the key to solving Dong Nai River pollution issues

Too many ceremonies another source of waste(Apr 10, 2010)

Groundbreaking and inauguration ceremonies are two important events for any infrastructure project.

Vietnam needs to solve the Laos paradox(Apr 05, 2010)

I had mixed feelings when I returned to Laos recently after a long while.

Public transport, not vehicle fees, cure for traffic(Mar 28, 2010)

Developing efficient public transportation will be more effective than imposing fees on private vehicles

Sword Lake being put to the sword(Mar 23, 2010)

The Hanoi administration has approved a project by the Vietnam Electrical Equipment Corporation (VEC) to build department stores, hotels and offices for lease near Ho Hoan Kiem (Sword Lake).

Relief agencies help central typhoon victims(Mar 13, 2010)

Two international relief agencies in cooperation with Thanh Nien newspaper on Tuesday provided further humanitarian aid to victims of typhoon Ketsana in central Vietnam.

If you keep adding stones the water will be lost in the well(Mar 13, 2010)

The 20-episode documentary “Nourished by the Same River” was immensely popular when it was broadcast across China and five nations in the Mekong sub-region in 2008 because it showed how charming and mysterious the Mekong River is in every nation it flows through.

Urban migration needs both short and long term solutions(Mar 01, 2010)

Hanoi has good reason to impose taxes and other conditions on its residents in order to stem the flood of immigrants from other parts of the country.

Don't let foreign bosses do whatever they like(Mar 01, 2010)

The fact that foreign bosses fled the country without paying months of salaries to thousands of workers just before Tet should enrage the public, and the state agencies that allowed it to happen should be blamed.

Killing tourism with festivals(Mar 01, 2010)

Many countries organize tourism festivals when tourism is slumping to ensure that they can attract as many customers then as when the business is booming.

Loving our country always, not only during wartime(Mar 01, 2010)

Are Vietnamese people as patriotic as they were when they had to rise up against the world's largest military juggernauts?

Food inspectors are mere whistle-blowers(Mar 01, 2010)

It is a paradox that food safety and hygiene inspectors do not have the authority to take action when they discover contaminated foods.

Agent Orange campaign should start at home(May 03, 2010)

Today – the first Orange Day organized in Vietnam – is not only to be remembered by victims of Agent Orange but has been chosen to be the day of the country's common pain.

Gone abegging(Mar 25, 2010)

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