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900 ex-sex workers to be released amidst concerns
11/10/2012 04:29
The figure is provided by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs’ Department for Social Evils Prevention and Control, which said such a release will mark a significant change in conception and policies towards sex workers in Vietnam .� Instead of detaining prostitutes...
Finding relics from sunken boat off southern coast
10/10/2012 03:24
Police in the south-central province of Binh Thuan detained a man on Thursday to investigate the origins of a number of artifacts he allegedly found in the sea. Nguyen Hung Khanh, owner of a ship whose diving crew allegedly recovered pottery jars from a 14th century shipwreck recently, was...
Cam Ly - Miss Tuyen Quang 2012
01/10/2012 03:03
The student of the Hanoi University of Industry won the title at a September 28 pageant, which was held in Tuyen Quang northern mountainous province as part of the 8th Northeastern Region Ethnic Minority Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival. Twenty-two finalists competed in Ao dai...
VND15 billion raised for children with heart disease
01/10/2012 02:35
Four years after it was launched, the programme has provided free surgeries to nearly 1,500 poor children across the country with congenital heart disease and improved the capacity of doctors at seven hospitals in the field. It has also served as a bridge between businesses,...
Foreign aid helps northern provinces overcome climate change
28/09/2012 03:45
The project, funded by the Global Environment Fund (GEF), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), will be implemented in 15 northern mountain provinces from 2012 to 2015. It aims to introduce effective ameliorating measures against the...
Government to adopt mechanism for Phu Quoc Island
27/09/2012 03:30
Nguyen Phong Quang, deputy head of the Southwest Steering Board, announced the news in an interview with Tuoi Tre about this issue yesterday. Phu Quoc is considered a pearl island, or “a Singapore of Vietnam”. In recent years the Government issued a decision on a master plan...
US tourist died of brain edema, not poison
24/09/2012 03:08
Traveling companions Karin Joy Bowerman, 27, and Vietnamese Canadian Cathy Huynh, 26, both died in July at a hospital in the central province of Khanh Hoa’s premier beach town. An autopsy was carried out on Bowerman while Huynh’s family requested that her body be returned to...