• SOCIETY IN BRIEF 21/6

    SOCIETY IN BRIEF 21/6

    20/06/2011 05:00

    Improving healthcare services for patients It is essential to train medical workers in remote areas to meet people’s expectations, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet while visiting the hospital of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy on...

  • Toxic gas attacks hundreds in southern Vietnam 

    18/06/2011 05:00

    Locals in Quarter 1B, Thuan An Town, the southern province of Binh Duong gather after running from a gas attacking their neighborhood Thursday night. Many were hospitalized. Many people were hospitalized as hundreds of people ran away from...

  • Police officer suspended for beating 11-year-old boy 

    18/06/2011 05:00

    On Wednesday, Phat was admitted to a hospital in Hue city City with serious bruises on his legs and buttocks. A police officer in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue was suspended Friday for beating an 11-year-old boy at a...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 19/6

    18/06/2011 05:00

    Hanoi to host 2011 Vietnam Offroad Cup As many as 40 teams will take part in the 2011 Vietnam Offroad Cup in Hanoi on June 25-26. At a June 16 press conference in the capital, the organising board said the event aims to discover the best drivers to compete in...

  • Speeding leads to highway deaths 

    18/06/2011 05:00

    Reckless driving and frequent tire blow outs have plagued Vietnam’s most advanced roadway The bus involved in the accident on June 13 that killed 8 people and injured 10 others on the Ho Chi...

  • Hundreds rob tons of gold ore in central Vietnam 

    16/06/2011 05:00

    The illegal gold diggers steal gold ore from the Bong Mieu gold mine early Tuesday. Hundreds of armed men attacked a gold mine in the central province of Quang Nam, injuring security guards and robbing 15 tons of gold ore early Tuesday....

  • Two Agribank officials arrested for wrongdoings 

    13/06/2011 05:00

    Police have arrested two officials of a branch of Dak Lak Province Agriculture and Rural Development Bank (Agribank Dak Lak) in Buon Me Thout Town for colluding with a private lender to illegally obtain bank...

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