• Office workers rushing to Lang Son to purchase Chinese goods

    Office workers rushing to Lang Son to purchase Chinese goods

    10/01/2011 05:00

    Rushing to the border province of Lang Son to buy cheap Chinese goods is a popular activity, just three weeks before Tet. The “shopping paradise” Lang Son province has been well known as the “shopping paradise”, because...

  • Smuggling remains rife at borders

    10/01/2011 05:00

    Smugglers have been capitalising on the duty-free store at Moc Bai border gate with Cambodia to traffic a variety of products to nearby HCM City while officials struggle to check the situation. Tay Ninh Province’s Moc Bai Duty-free Superstore,...

  • Vampire flying frog found in Vietnam

    09/01/2011 05:00

    An Australian scientist has discovered an unusual species of frog in southern Vietnam. The vampire flying frog uses its webbed toes to glide between treetops. But it earned its nickname because the frogs’ tadpoles have strange black fangs....

  • Cold weather wreaks havoc in northern region

    Cold weather wreaks havoc in northern region

    09/01/2011 05:00

    An icy cold spell, together with hoarfrost and foggy weather, over the past several days has caused the hospitalisation of thousands of children suffering cold-related diseases and severely affected production in the northern region....

  • Who is the real richest Vietnamese?

    07/01/2011 05:00

    Some days ago, businessman Dao Hong Tuyen, who has been well known in Vietnam as the “King of Tuan Chau island” stated on a local newspaper that his total assets now have the value of two billion dollar. The information has immediately caught public,...

  • HCM City plans 18 transport works in 2011

    HCM City plans 18 transport works in 2011

    07/01/2011 05:00

    The construction of Saigon 2 Bridge with six lanes and investment capital of more than VND1.5 trillion will start this year. Seventeen other important transport projects will also be implemented. The Saigon 2 Bridge is the most important transport...

  • “Making-up” for ancient bridge in cold spell

    “Making-up” for ancient bridge in cold spell

    07/01/2011 05:00

    A dozen of workers devoted themselves to beautify the Long Bien Bridge, a historical relic of Hanoi, in the coldest spell of the year. Long Bien Bridge is a historic cantilever bridge across the Red River that connects two parts of...

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