• Unbearable 

    26/11/2010 05:00

    Bile bear extracted from the gall bladder of a bear at a farm in northern Vietnam All the dramatic exposés and denouncements about the production and consumption of bear bile have done nothing to shake the popular belief that it is a...

  • Summit offers ‘last best hope’ for tigers 

    26/11/2010 05:00

    Tiger skin displayed for sale in Myanmar, where trade in the animals has reached crisis levels. Conservationists say the densely forested corridor between Thailand and Myanmar is the most crucial conservation zone in the greater Mekong Region....

  • Six cops suspended as clip of nude sex workers hits worldwide web 

    26/11/2010 05:00

    A snapshot from an online clip filming Quang Ninh's police's prostitution raid which has provoked public's protests and experts' concerns. Police in Quang Ninh Province have promised to investigate a case involving six...

  • Invasive sliders conquer Hanoi attractions 

    Invasive sliders conquer Hanoi attractions 

    26/11/2010 05:00

    Red-eared sliders at the Thien Quang Well in Hanoi’s Temple of Literature Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake and Temple of Literature are seeing a boom in red-eared slider population.  Every morning, scores of sliders climb up on rocks and...

  • Japanese-Vietnamese concert to take place in Hanoi 

    Japanese-Vietnamese concert to take place in Hanoi 

    26/11/2010 05:00

    Karin and the Quartet from Japan will perform in Hanoi December 8-9, 2010 Japanese and Vietnamese artists will collaborate to present a concert in Hanoi next month. The event, co-hosted by the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange...

  • Cambodia mourns worst tragedy since Khmer Rouge reign 

    Cambodia mourns worst tragedy since Khmer Rouge reign 

    26/11/2010 05:00

    Nine Vietnamese-Cambodians among 351 dead as festival-goers panic Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen weeps for victims of the stampede which killed at least 351 people on the Diamond Bridge in Phnom Penh Grief ran deep as Cambodia, led...

  • City cruise 

    City cruise 

    26/11/2010 05:00

    Ho Chi Minh City has spent lots of money upgrading its drainage system. People have put up with green barriers erected for the sake of street upgrades with the hope that the city won’t suffer from flooding anymore. However, has the upgraded...

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