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‘Odd measure’ proposed to deal with traffic jams in HCM City
07/04/2011 05:00
To curb traffic jams and air pollution, HCM City Department of Transport will propose the city authorities only allow cars to go into downtown areas based on registration numbers. The department’s chief Tran Quang Phuong said that traffic jams in...
Collector keeps traditions alive
07/04/2011 05:00
For nearly 20 years, farmer Vu Lap has collected old artefacts. Lap, 54, returned from the army after the American War to his home in Doi Lanh Hamlet in the northern province of Bac Giang. He was promoted...
Power firm has its back to the wall
06/04/2011 05:00
Taiwan-owned Hiep Phuoc Power Company Limited, the first privately-owned power project in Vietnam, has had its hands burnt getting its price increase proposal into action. General director Zhang Yin Fu of the Ho Chi Minh City-based power company...
Cu Huy Ha Vu sentenced to seven years in jail for anti-State propaganda
06/04/2011 05:00
Cu Huy Ha Vu, 53, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment at the first trial in Hanoi on April 4 for anti-State propaganda. According to the indictment from the Hanoi People’s Procuracy, from 2009 to October 2010, Vu wrote many anti-State...
Kick-off time for Guang Lian steel super-project remains a question
06/04/2011 05:00
One year after the government released the decision to allow Guang Lian steel project to increase its investment capital to 4.5 billion dollars, the super-project in Dung Quat Economic Zone in the central region of Vietnam still has not received a certificate...
White Serenade
06/04/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese models performed on the catwalk of the “White Serenade” fashion show in HCM City on April 3. “White Serenade” is the latest collection by Son Collection brand. The show had the participation of the top models in...
ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 7/4
06/04/2011 05:00
Hue city people’s memories captured on silk An installation art exhibition by Kristine MacCarroll and Levitus Geoff featuring silk pictures of the people of the ancient capital of Hue is now open at 15 Le Loi, Hue City. Titled “Forest of...