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Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Silly Gross Man mah, thats why tok like machiam hokkien peng

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

i always said you hua hee jiu hor...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Frankly I dun quite agree with this bugger's way of posting the VBs pictures openly on the internet and openly naming them prostitutes

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

tio lah...no way to post photos and stereotyping...

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Vietnam's property giant Vingroup decides to tap affordable apartment market

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 12/05/2016 11:21 GMT + 7

Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup has unveiled its new affordable property brand Vincity, which develops apartments for lower-income earners.

The new brand is the property developer’s latest foray into the local real estate market, with its previous brands Vinhomes, Vincom, and Vinpearl focusing on luxury condos, shopping centers, and high-end resorts.

Vingroup has announced its plan to build between 200,000 and 300,000 Vincity apartments starting from VND700 million (US$31,250) each over the next five years.

The first phase of its projects will be launched in the seven major Vietnamese population centers of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Hai Phong, Hung Yen, Thanh Hoa, and Ha Tinh.

The apartments will be located on the outskirts of these provinces and cities, reflecting the group’s ambition to form satellite urban areas that reduce population density and congestion in the central areas of established metropolises like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Vingroup’s vice chairman, Le Khac Hiep, has described the conglomerate’s ambitious project as a “makeover of Vietnam’s suburbs.”

Despite their affordable price tag, Vincity apartments will retain the core values of a Vingroup property, which are quality, synchronicity, and utility, Hiep said.

Vincity apartments will be developed as a part of self-sufficient mini-suburbs with integrated hospitals, schools, stadiums, shopping centers, and parks.

Vingroup is Vietnam's largest listed property company by market capitalization.

Its cash receipts from the sale of residential units and recurring revenue from its investment property portfolio – comprising retail, hospitality, healthcare and education businesses – increased strongly in 2014 and the first half of 2015, according to Fitch Ratings.

Vingroup's cash sales from property development rose 73 percent to $649.7 million in 2014 and its pace of growth was sustained during the first six months of 2015, the rating agency said in a report earlier this month.

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Traffic police open Facebook page in central Vietnam

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 12/05/2016 11:02 GMT + 7

Traffic police in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang have launched their own official Facebook page to receive traffic updates from local residents across the city.

The Traffic Police Division under the municipal Department of Police opened the page on Sunday, which is aimed at improving local traffic management.

Local citizens can interact by posting updates on the situation in their neighborhood, photos and videos capturing traffic violations or accidents, and reports on the shortcomings of any officers or the city’s traffic system.

The law enforcers will use the information to investigate and deal with offenders and make the necessary adjustments in an effort to ensure traffic safety in the central hub.

The social media page will also provide consultation and answers to local residents’ questions regarding traffic regulations and procedures.

Several opinions from Da Nang citizens have already been posted on the Facebook page since it first appeared, which have been responded to and noted by representatives of the city’s traffic police division.

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Ecotourism: Beach-cleaning tours on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 12/04/2016 10:51 GMT + 7

Many travelers on tours to Phu Quoc Island, off the southern Vietnamese coast, have jumped at a surprise offer from tour operators to take part in beach-cleaning activities as itinerary extras.

The activities are part of the ‘Phu Quoc Green Tourism’ campaign, jointly run by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper and the administration of Kien Giang Province, which is located in southern Vietnam.

Phu Quoc, dubbed ‘pearl island’ for its breathtaking beaches and vast forests, is an offshore district administered by Kien Giang, and is Vietnam’s largest island.

Dozens of travelers on tours operated by Ho Chi Minh City-based Viet Media Travel and Phu Quoc-based Dong Doi Tourism on Friday enthusiastically joined in litter-picking activities at Dinh Cau Beach in Phu Quoc after they were given a surprise notice the day before by their tour guides.

Among the participants were Vietnamese actress Viet Trinh and Tran Thanh Trung, vice chairman at local movie studio VnFilm, who cut short their diving and fishing itineraries to partake in the activities.

“It’s a meaningful thing to do,” Viet Trinh told Tuoi Tre as she live-streamed the event on Facebook to raise awareness among her friends and followers.

“I feel that this needs to be shared, and I hope the message will be passed on by my friends and family members on Facebook,” the actress said.

As a tourist herself, Trinh said she understood how it felt to stand before a beautiful beach that had been turned ugly by litter.

“It’s disappointing to visit a place that is filled with litter,” Trinh said to explain her motive for joining the activity. “Just imagine how much more beautiful our travel destinations would be if we were more sensible and put our garbage away.”

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http://tuoitrenews.vn/lifestyle/3832...hu-quoc-island

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Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 5

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 12/05/2016 08:30 GMT + 7

Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you should not miss today, December 5

Society

-- Traffic police in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang on Sunday announced their official Facebook page to receive reports of local residents on the traffic situation across the city.

-- The number of Zika patients in Ho Chi Minh City has topped 94, of whom 12 are pregnant women, the municipal Preventive Medicine Center affirmed on Saturday.

-- Police are carrying out an investigation to identify and determine the cause of the death of a 40-year-old woman, whose body was found in the Tau Hu Canal in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City.

-- Road construction and renovation works have once again been carried out on many streets, affecting the lives and business operations of many residents in Ho Chi Minh City during this busy time of the year.

-- The Ministry of Health has allowed Binh Dan (Affordable) Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City to perform laparoscopic surgery using robots. The hospital is the first infirmary in the southern city and second in Vietnam to apply the technique.

-- A man has been critically injured while his mother-in-law was killed after their motorcycle was hit by a trailer truck in the southern province of Binh Duong on Sunday morning.


Business

-- Dragon fruit farmers in Binh Thuan, Long An, and Tien Giang are struggling as nearly 90 percent of their plants have been affected by white spot disease.

-- The Vietnamese government has signed a total of 34 agreements to borrow over US$5.1 billion in foreign loans and issued bonds worth about VND274.5 trillion ($12.1 billion) in the first 11 months of this year, according to a report by the Ministry of Finance.

-- Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup has announced a new public real estate division, Vincity, which is expected to provide between 200,000 and 300,000 affordable apartments, priced at about VND700 million ($30,866) each, in the next five years.

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Dragon fruit farmers in Binh Thuan, Long An, and Tien Giang are struggling as nearly 90 percent of their plants have been affected by white spot disease.

Last update 11:46 | 15/08/2014 0

Pitaya prices fall as quality declines

VietNamNet Bridge - Many exporters do not have enough dragonfruit to sell as the fruit grown in the central province of Binh Thuan is being sold for low prices because of its poor quality.


Dragonfruit is sold for VND3,000 ($0.15) per kilo on the sidewalk in Saigon.

HCM City-based Hugo Company, a veteran dragonfruit exporter to the United States, could not purchase a single kilo of quality dragonfruit for export last month.

Picky markets such as America and Japan have high demand for quality dragonfruit from Vietnam.

China, the largest importer of Vietnamese dragonfruit, however, has said mealy-bugs have been found on Vietnamese dragonfruit.

The firm’s director, Vuong Dinh Khoat, said the demand from the American market is around 60-80 tons per month, but last month Hugo did not export any dragonfruit because he could not buy quality fruit.

Only a handful of dragonfruit orchards are eligible to export to the United States.

The Tam Vu dragon cooperative in Chau Thanh district in the Mekong Delta province of Long An still has quality dragonfruit for export but its head Truong Quang An says that the volume is small and unstable. During the harvest season, the cooperative bought 40-50 tons/day but sometimes it can purchase only several tons a day.

"This year diseases are rampant, so only about 30 percent of our output is eligible for export. Thus we have to cancel a lot of orders," An says.

Similarly, HCM City-based Hong An Import and Export Co., Ltd. also had to cancel many dragonfruit export orders to an Asian country due to lack of quality fruits, although they signed contracts at very high prices.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Dat, Director of the Quarantine Center of Imported Vegetation, says that all companies exporting dragonfruit to picky markets like the US and Japan lack sources of supply. They have to frequently increase the purchase price.

Poor harvest season

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[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

so chim...how to live another 200 years...

To Transcended Beings like you, age is just a number so thats why I strive to achieve this lofty goal

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

si lang means die die people...how to be "Transcended" when si lang...

Your tonal salah lah, its 3rd tone not the first tone i.e. mmm si lang = not human

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

really chim...some how you always have your own ideas and comments...

Errmmm you see me too up liao cannot claim credit for this findings cause its actually uncovered by a few political analysts who did a post-mortem on why the pre-polls favoured Clinton but the actual results was otherwise

Cheerios.....SS08 ^_^

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Ecotourism: Beach-cleaning tours on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 12/04/2016 10:51 GMT + 7

Among the participants were Vietnamese actress Viet Trinh and Tran Thanh Trung, vice chairman at local movie studio VnFilm, who cut short their diving and fishing itineraries to partake in the activities.

Just dowan to be a hypocrite but imagine you already paid for the Wetnam tours then suddenly they tell you changed to picking rubbish instead with no discounts or refunds

Cheerios.......SS08 ^_^

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

To Transcended Beings like you, age is just a number so thats why I strive to achieve this lofty goal

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

I wished what you said is true...I dun hope to live so long...enough will be enough...not greedy...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Your tonal salah lah, its 3rd tone not the first tone i.e. mmm si lang = not human

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

wow really chiminology...one science that I have yet to learn...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Errmmm you see me too up liao cannot claim credit for this findings cause its actually uncovered by a few political analysts who did a post-mortem on why the pre-polls favoured Clinton but the actual results was otherwise

Cheerios.....SS08 ^_^

because polls are done by ppl that favoured one party over the other...so bias poll results...news media too are bias...the real result was not broadcast till final tally out...

anyway the new president-elect call all the bosses and media rep to a meeting and blasted them for an hour...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Just dowan to be a hypocrite but imagine you already paid for the Wetnam tours then suddenly they tell you changed to picking rubbish instead with no discounts or refunds

Cheerios.......SS08 ^_^

no chance for me...I will not pay for a packaged tour...always go free and easi...