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Traffic law violators to pay fine by stamps?
14/01/2011 05:00
To simplify the procedures if paying fines for traffic accidents and to curb corruption, the Vietnam Auto Transportation Association has proposed relevant agencies to issue a special kind of stamp. Thanks to using stamps, traffic rule violators...
Handrail breaks, 7 students fall from second floor
14/01/2011 05:00
During the break, the entire handrail of the second floor in a junior high school in the northern mountain province of Bac Kan suddenly broke. Seven sixth graders fell. The accident occurred on January 10. The seven students were brought to a local...
Agent Orange victim becomes calendar girl
14/01/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - This photograph of 9-year-old Nguyen Thi Ly, an Agent Orange victim in Vietnam, won UNICEF’s “Photo of the Year” contest this year. Photo courtesy of Ed Kashi. Photograph of Vietnamese girl deformed by dioxin...
HCM City may have agency to control “dead holes”
13/01/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – A center with geological database and data of underground works is considered the optimal solution to detect and prevent dead holes in HCM City. It was the suggestion of experts...
Couple cures infertility for 13 years when the woman has a coil
13/01/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – A man brought his wife to many hospitals over the past 13 years to cure infertility because he and his wife didn’t know that she had a coil. This is the case of a farmer family in Ha Nam, a northern province of Vietnam....
Ta Trach Reservoir starts to fill
13/01/2011 05:00
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the provincial authority of Thua Thien- Hue city blocked the water current of a branch of the Huong River so that it could flow into the Ta Trach Reservoir yesterday, Jan 11....
Animal husbandry in northern Vietnam hit by chill
13/01/2011 05:00
In several days, the number of dead cattle in northern Vietnam has rocketed. By January 12, nearly 4400 buffaloes and cows were dead, up by nearly 2000 heads over January 11. According to the Animal Husbandry Department under the...