Tieng Viet lovers club

[RockViet]

some example sino-viet names of famous ppl :
Lý Hiển Long (Lee Hsien Loong),
Ngô Tác Đống (Goh Chok Tong)
Phạm Văn Phương(范文芳)

Part 2 :

唐 Táng Đường $
韩 Hán Hàn
曹 Cáo Tào
许 Xǔ Hứa
邓 Dèng Đặng $
萧 肖 Xiāo Tiêu $
冯 Féng Phùng
曾 Zēng Tăng
程 Chéng Trình
蔡 Cài Thái
彭 Péng Bành
潘 Pān Phan
袁 Yuán Nguyen/Viên $
于 Yú Vu $
董 Dǒng Đổng
余 Yú Dư
蘇 苏 Sū Tô
葉 叶 Yè Diệp $
呂 吕 Lữ
魏 Wèi Nguỵ /Ngụy
蒋 Jiǎng Tưởng $
田 Tián Điền
杜 Dù Đỗ
丁 Dīng Đinh
沈 Shěn Thẩm/Trầm
姜 Jiāng Khương
范 Fàn Phạm
江 Jiāng Giang
傅 Fù Phó

[jackbl]

Lee Kuan Yew to visit Vietnam
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Minster Mentor Lee Kuan Yew (C) looks over the model of the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park in his visit to Binh Duong province in January 2007
Vietnam and Singapore will discuss measures to boost cooperation during Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s visit to Vietnam next week, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office.


The talks between the Singaporean guest and Vietnamese officials will focus on cooperation in economics, trade, investment, education and culture.

The leaders will also discuss global and regional issues, such as the international economic crisis and measures to cope with it.

Yew is expected to visit Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park in the southern province of Binh Duong.

Reported by Huong Giang

[jackbl]

A Guinness-worthy gondola
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The world-record setting Ba Na cable system outside of central Da Nang City
Vietnam has set two new Guinness World Records for a recently launched cable car system outside of central Da Nang City.


The Ba Na-Suoi Mo gondola has been officially recognized as the world’s longest single-wire cable car system (spanning nearly 5,043 meters) to operate with just two terminals.

In addition, the system has the greatest height difference between the two terminals (nearly 1,300 meters).

Managed by the Ba Na Cable Car Service Joint Stock Company, the gondola took more than a year to complete and was inaugurated on March 25.

In addition to its impressive length, the Ba Na-Suoi Mo cable car system boasts 94 cabins with the capacity to transport 1,500 passengers per hour. A total of 22 pillars support the cable network.

It is among the most modern and most expensive cable car systems in Vietnam and was built to meet European standards. The total investment for the project was approximately VND300 billion (US$17.2 million).

A gondola trip from Suoi Mo to the peak of Ba Na Mountain costs VND80,000-100,000 ($4.60-5.70) per person and takes 15 minutes. During the journey, tourists are treated to spectacular panoramic views of vast greenery and misty, rolling mountains.

At this time of the year, Ba Na Mountain is carpeted in a dazzling array of wild flowers. Once on the mountain peak, visitors can immerse themselves in the lush natural setting or visit the Linh Ung Pagoda with a 27-meter-high Buddha statue.

Here, the four seasons can be experienced all in one day: spring in the morning, summer in the afternoon, autumn in the evening and winter at night. At an altitude of nearly 1,500 meters above sea level, the mountain peak offers picturesque views of Da Nang City, the Han River, five distinct mountains, and ships sailing on the sea.

Overnight accommodation, food services, and entertainment are all available on Ba Na Mountain with a selection of guesthouses, hotels and resorts to suit a range of budgets.

Reported by Nguyen Huu

[jackbl]

HCMC at a loss for answer to unemployment
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Laborers look for work at a job center in Ho Chi Minh City. In the last 6 months, over 25,000 workers had lost their jobs in the city.

The Ho Chi Minh City government has reacted too slowly and with only vague solutions to combat the thousands of job losses and layoffs plaguing the city, said officials on a TV show Sunday.


On “Talk and Act,” a television show that brings government officials and members of the public together for discussions on stage and via video conferencing, participants were generally displeased with the city’s efforts to combat unemployment.

Diep Thanh Kiet, deputy chairman of the HCMC Association of Garments, Textiles, Embroidery and Knitting, participated in the show as a local resident, not as an official.

He said although the government had drawn up assistance plans for unemployed and laid-off workers as well as for struggling businesses, government official Nguyen Van Xe, who was also on the show, had told the media earlier this month that the plans were still waiting for approval from the municipal People’s Committee.

“So, when will laborers and companies receive support from the city’s government?” Kiet asked.

Xe, deputy head of the municipal Department of Labors, Invalids and Social Affairs, replied by admitting to the delay and said that concerned agencies had to cooperate to build a specific project for submission to the committee before the plans could be implemented.

His response was met with dissatisfaction by the other speakers on the show.

Nguyen Van Minh from the HCMC People’s Council asked representatives from the Ministry of Labors, Invalids and Social Affairs whether there were any causes for the city’s joblessness other than the global economic slowdown.

Minh got no answer from the ministry.

Other speakers said accommodation for laborers was also a pressing issue.

Nguyen Dang Hien, general director of Tan Quang Minh Company, said the city government had failed to fulfill its commitment to provide affordable housing for workers.

Xe told the conference the city had planned to create jobs for 270,000 laborers in 2009 and that 70,000 unemployed workers were hired in the first quarter of this year.

“There are 533 companies looking for 61,000 workers,” Xe said.

He urged workers to respond to job advertisements and to contact potential employers directly. He said would-be applicants could also contact local job centers for assistance.

He added that the children of jobless workers would receive financial support for their schooling, but he didn’t specify what they needed to do to obtain the assistance.

Nguyen Thanh Tung from the HCMC Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA) said many companies that had dismissed large numbers of workers now needed them back to fulfill new orders.

Tung, however, didn’t say who those companies were or how many employees they needed.

Head of the city’s Employment Services Center Trinh Thi Quynh Chi said the center would build an employment exchange center where at least 30 companies and three banks would recruit workers.

Unreliable figures

Initial statistics from local agencies show that from the last quarter of 2008 to March 31 this year, over 25,000 workers had lost their jobs in the city, adding to the over 16,000 already unemployed at the beginning of the period, said Xe.

“This number is not high compared to the 400,000 jobless laborers across the country,” he said.

But Kiet from the garment association said the statistics were unreliable because many workers left the city after losing their jobs without reporting the loss of work.

“Many companies also don’t report their unemployment statistics,” he said.

Nguyen Dai Dong from the labor ministry said of 45 million laborers in Vietnam, nine million were working for businesses while the rest were freelancers or working in trade villages.

“The unemployed are mostly from big companies and this number is around 300,000 to 400,000.”

Kiet didn’t agree with the answer, saying the statistics were too optimistic.

He cited media reports that said five million trade village workers had lost their jobs this year.

Dong said that number was also unreliable and exaggerated.

Chairwoman of the People’s Council, Pham Phuong Thao, directed agencies to work together to ascertain the city’s actual unemployment figures.

Paradox

While laborers are struggling to find or keep their jobs, many companies are in dire need for more workers. Despite good salary offers, there are not many takers.

Tran Anh Tuan, deputy director of HCMC Center for Employment Services, said only 15,285 workers had applied for the 20,882 jobs offered in the city over the year’s first quarter.

The demand has exceeded supply in most sectors, with the largest gaps present in marketing, legal procedure services, finance, education, architecture, design, printing, tailoring, crafts and security.

“Production in the country is recovering [from the global economic crisis],” he said.

“The demand for recruitment is expected to increase in the second quarter, mainly in tailoring, crafts, security and jobs that require basic skills.”

No companies in Binh Thanh District have laid off workers this year, while more than 500 positions are available at three large local enterprises, a district representative told the labor department in a meeting last month.

Reports from 10 districts showed that 97 companies outside export processing and industrial zones were looking for some 7,819 workers.

Doan Thi Thu Ha from HEPZA said last month that many companies inside the zones were also having difficulty filling more than 12,000 labor vacancies.

Some enterprises at the Linh Trung EPZ were encouraging their workers to recommend new applicants with rewards of up to half a month’s salary, she said.

Reported by Minh Nam-Bao Thien

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Int’l visitors tour An Giang
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VietNamNet Bridge - The southern province of An Giang officially launched the first “Agricultural Tourism” tour for 30 international visitors on April 12.

The travellers departed from Long Xuyen city to watch a boat race in Chau Doc town and enjoy the Khmer people’s Chol Chnam Thmay traditional festival in Tri Ton district.

They also visited the Cam mountain in Tinh Bien district.

The tour is part of an “Agricultural Tourism” project sponsored by Agriterra, a development arm of five farmers’ unions in the Netherlands, which has been launched from 2007 to 2009 at a total expense of EUR300,000.

The project’s main activity is arranging 72-hour tours for international guests to stay at local people’s houses and visit local sites including My Hoa Hung landscape in Long Xuyen city, Cham brocade craft village, Ba Chua Xu Nui Sam temple, Tinh Bien international border-gate market, Van Giao brocade craft village, Cam mountain and Pol Pot relic site.

It is a good opportunity for local Vietnamese and Khmer people to develop community-based tourism to increase their incomes. It also helps to promote the local economy.

VietNamNet/VOV

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by RockViet

some example sino-viet names of famous ppl :
Lý Hiển Long (Lee Hsien Loong),
Ngô Tác Đống (Goh Chok Tong)
Phạm Văn Phương(范文芳)

Thank you for sharing....

[RockViet]

Viet Chinese surname

Ho Chi Minh - 胡志明
Võ Nguyên Giáp - VN general : 武元甲

Last part
钟 Zhōng Chung
卢 Lú Lư/Lô
汪 Wāng Uông
戴 Dài Đái/Đới
崔 Cuī Thôi
任 Rén Nhiệm/Nhậm
陸 陆 Lù/Lục
廖 Liào Liêu/Liệu
姚 Yáo Diêu
方 Fāng Phương
金 Jīn Kim
邱 Qiū Khưu
夏 Xià Hạ
谭 Tán Đàm
韦 Wéi Vệ
贾 Jiǎ Giả
邹 Zōu Trâu
石 Shí Thạch
熊 Xióng Hùng
孟 Mèng Mạnh
秦 Qín Tần
阎 Yán Diêm
薛 Xuē Tiết
侯 Hóu Hầu
雷 Léi Lôi
白 Bái Bạch
龙 Lóng Long
段 Duàn Đoàn
郝 Ho Hác
孔 Kong Khổng
邵 Shào Thiệu
史 Shi Sử
毛 Máo Mao
常 Cháng Thường
万 Wàn Vạn
顾 Gù Cố
赖 Lài Lại
武 Wu Vũ/Võ
康 Kāng Khang
贺 Hè Hạ
严 Yán Nghiêm
尹 Yi Doãn
钱 Qián Tiền
施 Shī Thi
牛 Niú Ngưu
洪 Hóng Hồng
龚 Gōng Cung
佘 Shé Xà
麦 Mài Mạch
庄 Zhuāng Trang
路 Lù Lộ
黎 Lí Lê
符 Fù Phó
邢 Xíng Hình
倪 Ní Nghê
陶 Táo Đào

[VietnamLover]

Here's some Vietnamese smses for you all to learn and improve Vietnamese.

Uh..anh phai uong thuoc cho khoe. Uoc gi em ben canh anh. Em yeu anh nhieu. Anh ko lo ghen em. Vi em chi yeu minh anh thoi, ko quen ai khac. Em nho anh nhieu. Khi buon em luon nghi ve anh. May ngay nay em buon nhieu. Hi vong anh som se khoe lai.

Uh..anh muon len nha em hay di choi. Anh dang o dau? Va anh co the len sieu thi Metro, duong Tan Thoi Hiep, Quan 12.

Ke anh. Em ko quan tam. Anh ko xung dang de em trao tron cuoc doi va trai tim cho anh. Anh dung niu keo em. Em se co gang quen anh, ko nho den anh nua.

[jackbl]

U need to provide the correct translation then ppl here can learn and improve ma

Originally Posted by VietnamLover

Here's some Vietnamese smses for you all to learn and improve Vietnamese.

[naemlo]

Originally Posted by VietnamLover

Here's some Vietnamese smses for you all to learn and improve Vietnamese.

U put funny words n expect ppl to learn from it?

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by jackbl

U need to provide the correct translation then ppl here can learn and improve ma

hahaha..started with something like have you taken your medicine...i love you....some address...????..agree that VietnamLover should give us the full english translation for us to learn more..

[tomcat007]

Hi bros

Can someone please tell me what she meant??

Me: Goodnight! Ngot mo... anh nho em.
(I meant to say "sweet dream, I miss you")
She: ;-) cam on a!

I tried finding vdict.com but "cam" gives me "orange"(???).

Thanx!

[naemlo]

Originally Posted by tomcat007

She: ;-) cam on a!

She meant "thank you".

[tomcat007]

Thanks bro.

(nice song in your sig. another one I like is "rak saam sao")

[naemlo]

Originally Posted by tomcat007

Thanks bro.

(nice song in your sig. another one I like is "rak saam sao")

Rak sam sao also 1 of my favorite.