• Audit uncovers $143.3 mln loss at Agribank arm

    12/04/2011 05:00

    Agribank Financial Leasing Company No.2, a subsidiary of the state-owned Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, made a loss of VND3 trillion (US$143.3 million) in 2009, the State Audit of Vietnam has reported. The amount represents more than eight times its chartered...

  • Steel projects bent out of shape by land woes

    12/04/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - Site clearance woes are proving thorns in the side of billion-dollar foreign-invested steel projects. Investors in China Steel Sumikin Vietnam’s (CSVC) $1.15 billion project in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province have not started construction of the...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 13/4

    12/04/2011 05:00

    Apathy hinders swine flu fight Apathy was a major hurdle in fighting swine flu, despite reports of many new infections, National Hospital for Tropical Diseases doctor Doan Van Trung said recently. “Swine flu, or A/H1N1, can spread rapidly by direct...

  • ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 13/4

    12/04/2011 05:00

    Vietnam revolution history on display in Ha Giang An exhibition named “History of Vietnam’s Revolution” featuring more than 200 photos, documents and objects has recently opened in the Ha Giang provincial museum, reports VietnamPlus. The show...

  • Thang Long Royal Citadel cracked and sunk

    Thang Long Royal Citadel cracked and sunk

    11/04/2011 05:00

    The construction of the National Assembly House has affected the archaeological site in Thang Long Royal Citadel at N0 18, Hoang Dieu Street, Hanoi. According to the Institute for Archaeology, a section of the wall to protect the northern area of the relic collapsed while...

  • ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 9/4

    11/04/2011 05:00

    Trinh Cong Son’s paintings come to city More than 50 paintings and sketches by the late Vietnamese song-writer Trinh Cong Son came to HCMC Fine Arts Museum on April 9. Son was productive since he was a youngster in Hue city and then Saigon until he died...

  • On shaky ground 

    On shaky ground 

    09/04/2011 05:00

    Vietnam lacks solid seismic standards for high-rise construction and few guarantees for apartment buyers Residents stand outside an apartment building in Hanoi’s Linh Dam...

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