Tieng Viet lovers club

[jackbl]

HCM City: The home of the nine hour traffic jam
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VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s largest city has been accused of failing to curb both traffic jams and traffic accidents.


Traffic jams have become yet more serious while the number of traffic accidents and fatalities have only showed tiny reductions since 2009, the HCM City Traffic Safety Committee reported.

The number of traffic accidents in HCM City in 2009 was 1,152, only three less than 2008, with 940 deaths, 26 less than 2008 and 495 injured victims, up by 83.

“These figures show that the city didn’t achieve its goals in reducing traffic accidents and vicitims,” said Nguyen Ngoc Tuong, vice chief of the HCM City Traffic Safety Committee on January 7.

The city’s authorities asked related agencies to curb traffic jams in 2009. The city recorded 74 traffic jams of over 30 minute long in 2009, 26 more than 2008. “Among them, there were traffic jams of 4,6 or even 9 hours. Vehicles almost stood still,” Tuong said.

The HCM City Department of Transportation said that to deal with worsening traffic in the city, the local government should use long-term methods besides applying heavy fines.

“At a between the Ministry of Justice, Hanoi and HCM City, it was agreed that the two cities will impose higher fines on traffic violators compared to other locations,” said Duong Hong Thanh, deputy director of the HCM City Department Transportation.

Thanh cited an example: cars parked illegally sites may be fined up to 8 million dong compared to the common level of 400,000 dong.

He also said that it is very important to develop a bus system in HCM City. “The city doesn’t have any method to curb personal vehicles. Buses will still be the major method of public transport up until 2020. However, hopefully by 2016, the first subway route will start operations,” Thanh said.

Pham Quoc Tai, vice chief of the Saigon Transport Mechanical Engineering Company, said that the city’s current bus system is of poor quality. “We still lack bus stops and the city still owes 167 billion dong of subsidies to the bus service. In that situation, how can we improve bus service quality?” Tai said.

The HCM City Department of Transportation will experimentally use smart cards on buses running in the No.1 and 27 routes. Accordingly, passengers will no longer pay for bus tickets using cash.

PV

[AdGuy]

Originally Posted by tomcat007

I would say post it here so those who know / can translate will help along.

Or you can also post in my forum.

My Viet friends will be able to help you out too.

[vagrant]

Originally Posted by AdGuy

On a serious note, if you really want to learn the language, some of my forum members are Viets working in Singapore who may be able to give you lessons

Bro, pls intro a good female forum member leh I am still waiting...

[AdGuy]

Originally Posted by vagrant

Bro, pls intro a good female forum member leh I am still waiting...

I dun dare bro... can't meet ur standards

[jackbl]

U come out, I intro u different gals every night

Originally Posted by vagrant

Bro, pls intro a good female forum member leh. I am still waiting...

[AdGuy]

Originally Posted by jackbl

U come out, I intro u different gals every night

Hello... you think he still need you to intro?

Considering the fact that your hit ratio is just as bad as mine the last few days... looks like you need him to intro to you instead

[jackbl]

Shhhhhhhhhh..... dun let him know. If not he wont come out liao Let him come out practice his tieng viet

Originally Posted by AdGuy

Considering the fact that your hit ratio is just as bad as mine the last few days... looks like you need him to intro to you instead

[AdGuy]

Originally Posted by jackbl

Shhhhhhhhhh..... dun let him know. If not he wont come out liao Let him come out practice his tieng viet

He uong nuoc chim more than you uong nuoc mieng. Soon he'll be able read viet poems.

You better catch up!

I'm happy to uong bia.

[AdGuy]

Just for the fun of it.

Dunno if these are even relevant in Viet context but this is what I suppose pick up lines would sound like if translated. (In fact, not even sure if these are tranlsated correctly. hehe)

I've never used 1 of these before so use at your own risk

Din know if anyone would find this useful so rather than to start a long post, I've just posted 3. The rest are here.

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Why does it feel like the most beautiful girl in the world is in this room?
Vì sao nó cảm thấy như nhiều cô gái đẹp nhất trên thế giới trong phòng này. ?

Hello, I'm a thief, and I'm here to steal your heart
Xin chào, tôi là một tên trộm, và tôi ở đây để ăn cắp trái tim của bạn

I have never had a dream come true until the day that I met you
Tôi đã chưa bao giờ cho trở thành sự thật một giấc mơ cho đến ngày mà Tôi gặp bạn

[jackbl]

These sentences are highly "XAO NHIEU NHIEU"..... I got the goose pimples after hearing that

Originally Posted by AdGuy

Dunno if these are even relevant in Viet context but this is what I suppose pick up lines would sound like if translated. (In fact, not even sure if these are tranlsated correctly. hehe)

[AdGuy]

Originally Posted by jackbl

These sentences are highly "XAO NHIEU NHIEU"..... I got the goose pimples after hearing that

These are not meant for people like you.

You stand there and act cool can liao...

[jackbl]

Tonite i will try to act cool again in bunker and see got any fishes hooked

Originally Posted by AdGuy

These are not meant for people like you.

You stand there and act cool can liao...

[jackbl]

Teachers to receive measly New Year bonuses again
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VietNamNet Bridge - Teacher Duong Tan Phat at the Pho Cuong Primary School in the poor central province of Quang Ngai said he had never received a Tet bonus during his 34 years in the profession.


Phat is not alone.

Some one million other teachers nationwide are expecting no bonuses or paltry sums for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, which falls on February 14.

Most companies usually give Tet bonuses equivalent to a month’s salary. But teachers receive far less than the accepted national standard, their monthly salary is VND1.5 million (US$81), also low.

The Ministry of Education and Training’s Labor Federation reported urban schools might give bonuses of VND300,000 ($16) and VND500,000 ($27) per person for this year. But the bonuses could be as insignificant as a pack of candy in remote areas, the agency said.

Ho Van Chau, head of the Education and Training Section in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum’s Dak To District, said most of the 800 teachers in the district would have no Tet bonus this year. Some would receive a pack of roasted watermelon seeds – a common snack during the occasion.

The situation was even worse for teachers in several northern mountainous provinces, including Bac Kan, Ha Giang and Lai Chau. Many of them have bought sweets and cookies as Tet gifts for their poor students, but they have no bonus of their own.

Pham Manh Hung, head of the Teachers and Education Officials Department at the Ministry of Education and Training, said there had been no overall policy on Tet bonuses and each school had its own plan.

The ministry’s Labor Federation also said there was no regulation requiring local authorities to support the schools’ bonus fund.

The Ho Chi Minh City Education and Training Department reported that they were waiting for such support from the municipal administration.

“Hopefully this year’s support will be no less than the previous year’s, which was VND500,000 ($27) per person,” said the department’s vice director Nguyen Tien Dat.

While Tet bonuses are out of reach of most teachers nationwide, hundreds of teachers in Dong Hoi Town in the central province of Quang Binh are still waiting for their salaries for November and December in 2009.

About eight primary and secondary schools owe salaries for teachers, Lao Dong newspaper cited an unnamed source as saying on Monday, adding that there were no official statistics yet but the amount was estimated at hundreds of millions of Vietnamese dong.

The paper reported that the problem was caused by poor coordination among town agencies when they drafted their annual salary plan this year.

VietNamNet/Thanh Nien

[KangTuo]

Originally Posted by jackbl

Tonite i will try to act cool again in bunker and see got any fishes hooked

any fishes? Mr COOL

[ballack99]

Hi bros, KC trapped victim reporting
For sms to viet hp, which telco or plan to recommend? Thanks