Women

Korean, educated and female? Find a matchmaker

If you are thirty-plus and a woman with a masters degree in South Korea, you may need the help of a matchmaker to find love -- and your worried mother may even end up doing the legwork for you

VN Women’s Union Executive Committee elected

National Women’s Congress elected the 163-member Executive Committee of the Women’s Union.

Book honoring Vietnamese women to attend German fair

Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc’s novel “Pearls of the Far East” will take part in the international Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany in October

Work burnout tied to "emotional eating" in women: study

Women who are fed up with their jobs may be more likely to turn to food for comfort in times of stress, according to a Finnish study

National Women’s Congress begins

The 11 th National Women’s Congress opened in Hanoi on Mar. 12 under the theme of “Solidarity-Creativity-Integration-Development”.

‘Pearls of Far East' movie celebrates role of women

American-Vietnamese Cuong Ngo's first feature film, Ngoc Vien Dong (Pearls of the Far East ), featuring the lives of seven Vietnamese women, is screened on Mar. 8, International Women's Day.

Big cities ready for Women’s Day

Hanoi and HCMC are organizing numerous art activities for women on the occasion of International Women’s Day, which is just one day away

Tribeca expands world view in film fest lineup

Films about the treatment of women in India and a gay man in Israel will open the competitions at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival among a range of foreign stories and dozens of movies starring James Franco, Abbie Cornish, Kate Bosworth and others

Where to celebrate Women’s Day in town

Just two days left to the special day for women of March 8, have you had any plan for your women? Hereunder are some well-known hotels in town where you can give your women a special feast.

Ring sending “bar girls” to Malaysia busted

Police in southern Bac Lieu Province have cracked down on a ring that attempted to send women to Malaysia to work at night clubs or brothels

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From Business

Firms advised to focus on TPP

HN — Domestic businesses should positively build plans and methods to grow marketplaces in nations joining the Trans-Off-shore Partnership (TPP) Agreement.Ngo Chung Khanh, deputy director from the Secretary of state for Industry and Trade's Multilateral Trade Policy Department, made the suggestion in a conference in Ha Noi yesterday.The TPP pact, also called the Trans-Off-shore Proper Economic Partnership Agreement, is really a multilateral free trade deal that aims to help liberalise the financial systems

Blue chips lead share plunge

HN – Blue nick declines ongoing to tug shares lower around the HCM City Stock Market today.As much as 80 percent from the top 30 shares by market capitalisation and liquidity sank, which the 2nd biggest share PV Gas, HCM City Infrastructure Investment (CII), Sea Group (OGC) and Sacombank Investments (SBS) fell through the daily limit of 5 percent.Only mixer Masan Group (MSN), property developer Quoc Cuong Gia Lai (OQC) and Song Da Urban & Industrial Zone Investment and Development (SJS) bucked the