In depth

Perils from trucks on street
25/04/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Steel and concrete blocks weighing tens of tons carried by trucks have become dangers for travelers in HCM City. Many accidents have happened. A truck carrying over 20 concrete poles, which were tied by two small chains, was running on Hanoi Highway...
Poor laborers desperate to return to quarries, despite risks
25/04/2011 05:00
A local radio reporter in Nghe An attempted to expose safety problems at the Nghe An quarry, last November, only to be ignored by newspapers and government officials Rescuers search...
Vietnam gov’t loosens power price controls
24/04/2011 05:00
New power pricing rule only a first step in market liberalization, analysts feel An electrician installs meters on an electrical pole in downtown Hanoi. Vietnam raised electricity...
Dollar interest cap push Vietnam back to dong
24/04/2011 05:00
New central bank directives to reduce dollar hoarding, economist says A local commercial bank staff receives bricks of dong bank notes from a customer in Hanoi....
And easy flows the Mekong
23/04/2011 05:00
Decision deferred on Xayaburi Dam, environmentalists say the project should be canceled People bathing in the Mekong River in Nong Khai Province in Thailand. Downstream riparian...
Courting Hoi An
23/04/2011 05:00
Carl Andreason, 38, of Sweden and his wife, Nguyen Thi Hoa (of Hoi An) married in 1999 and now run a pair of sea cooking restaurants in the ancient town’s Minh An Ward...
Japan announces new evacuation area outside 20-km ring of nuke plant
22/04/2011 05:00
Japanese government has ordered residents in some more areas between 20-km and 30-km ring of the crippled Fukushima No.1 nuke plant to evacuate due to accumulated radiation, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Friday. He also said residents of more localities...