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Badgered
22/01/2011 05:00
A new law requiring xe om drivers to wear official name badges remains unknown and confusing A xe om (motorbike taxi) driver waits for passengers outside a shopping mall in downtown...
New regulations passed to help ease congestion
21/01/2011 05:00
Traffic fines will be doubled and police will have greater powers to impound vehicles in a move to help keep traffic order during Tet. Traffic congestion on Ha Noi’s Truong Chinh Street. The city will impose stricter punishment and implement...
Largest God of Prosperity statue in Vietnam
21/01/2011 05:00
The giant God of Prosperity, which is the largest of its kind in Vietnam, is now displayed on the pavement of Lieu Giai-Van Cao street, Hanoi. The statue has attracted public attention in recent days, as it is placed on the pavement of one of the most...
Vietnamese farmers now sell online
20/01/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese farmers are now accustomed with the Internet and begin selling their farm produce online. The high turnover from online sale has surprised many farmers, who previously knew only to take goods to the markets....
Long Bien Bridge – Endless inspiration
20/01/2011 05:00
Once again, the people who live near Hanoi’s oldest bridge – Long Bien became the center of a multinational art project. The fruits of this project are four experimental documentaries entitled “Long Bien Picture Show” and...
65 percent of wells in Red River Delta unsafe
19/01/2011 05:00
Photo by Michael Berg. Around 65 percent of wells in Vietnam’s Red River Delta contain arsenic, manganese, selenium and barium at unsafe levels, posing a serious health threat to about 7 million people, according to a research done by Swiss...
Banh chung makers hurry to welcome Tet
19/01/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – As the lunar New Year (Tet) approaches, some suburban villages of Hanoi are very busy making banh chung (square glutinous rice cake) to serve the market. Banh chung (steamed cake) is a traditional Vietnamese cake which is made from glutinous rice,...