• Photo exhibition by Minister and Buddhist monks

    Photo exhibition by Minister and Buddhist monks

    19/05/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 100 photos featuring love for life are now displayed at the “Leica – Live” exhibition, which opened on May 18, at 29 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi. The exhibition attracts the audiences’ attention with the participation of Minister...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 20/5

    19/05/2011 05:00

    Mobile rescue teams set up for flood hit areas The Hanoi Department of Health (DOH) announced a project to establish mobile emergency teams to rescue people in flood-hit areas. According to the project, each emergency team will include two doctors, two nurses, a...

  • First illegal low-income housing trading case uncovered: report 

    19/05/2011 05:00

    The Ngo Thi Nham Building, the first-ever low-income housing project in Hanoi Hanoi police said they have discovered the first case of illegal trading in low-cost housing, following reports that some apartments developed for the poor were...

  • Three get life sentences for trading counterfeit money 

    19/05/2011 05:00

    A court in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday handed down life sentences to three people for storing and circulating counterfeit money.   According to the hearing held this week by the HCMC People’s Court, in December...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 19/5

    18/05/2011 05:00

    President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday celebrated Many activities have been held across the country to celebrate the 121 st birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19). On May 16, the Hue city Senior High-School, where President Ho Chi Minh and other brilliant leaders of...

  • Two arrested for smuggling oil from Thailand to Vietnam 

    18/05/2011 05:00

    Police in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang said Tuesday they had busted a smuggling ring that transported diesel oil from Thailand to Vietnam by boat. Som Chai, a Thai national, and his Vietnamese wife Nguyen Thi...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 18/5

    SOCIETY IN BRIEF 18/5

    17/05/2011 05:00

    3 fined for dumping sludge in Vung Tau beach The Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province people’s committee Monday slapped a fine of VND100 million (US$5,000) on three men for dumping sludge in the waters off Vung Tau beach....

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