• Indonesian men jailed in flat tire thievery 

    26/05/2011 05:00

    A Hanoi court on Tuesday sentenced two Indonesian men to 15 years imprisonment each for flattening a tire of a Vietnamese couple and stealing money out of their car. Aldy Prayoga, 39, and Teddy Wijaya, 36,...

  • Agencies pass the buck in Vietnam’s deadly boat accident 

    26/05/2011 05:00

    The boat, which sank in the southern province of Binh Duong last Friday, killing 16, floats on the Saigon River after being recovered Saturday. A meeting was held in the southern province of Binh Duong Wednesday to review a tourist boat...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 26/5

    SOCIETY IN BRIEF 26/5

    25/05/2011 05:00

    300, 000 Vietnamese kids’ passive smokers According to a recent survey conducted by the Public University, about 150,000 to 300,000 Vietnamese children under 18 months of age suffer from lung infections such as...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 24/5

    23/05/2011 05:00

    Relocation obstacles for uprooted farmers Almost 60,000 farming households in Ho Chi Minh City, who lost their land for development of urban and residential areas in 2008, are still struggling to find jobs or go back to farming in another area. To help relocate...

  • Lightning kills two, injures three in central Vietnam 

    23/05/2011 05:00

    Lightning accompanying a heavy rain killed two and injured three others in the central province of Quang Nam Sunday.   One of the victims, Nguyen Tan Thuan, 35, was killed on the spot while he was...

  • Odd animals in Vietnam

    Odd animals in Vietnam

    22/05/2011 05:00

    After odd fruits in Vietnam, LookAtVietnam introduces odd animals that have appeared in Vietnam. 1. Four-legged cock in Quang Ngai This is a special cock at the farm of Mr. Huynh Van Thu, in Tho Dong hamlet, Tinh Tho commune, Son Tinh district in the central...

  • Driver faces 15 years in jail for Nam Dinh bus tragedy 

    22/05/2011 05:00

    Prosecutors in the north-central province of Ha Tinh have pressed charges against a bus driver for traffic law violations leading to the death of 20 passengers in a tragic accident last October.  ...

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