• Active mortar shells unearthed in central Vietnam 

    24/11/2010 05:00

    Live shells found in Phu Yen Province on Sunday An official in the central province of Phu Yen on Monday said local military are in possession of 12 active mortar shells discovered on Sunday.   The 81-mm shells, left behingÂ...

  • Vietnam's highest Buddhist tower opens in Hanoi 

    23/11/2010 05:00

    Bao An Tower in Hanoi A tower nearly 55 meters high was pronounced Vietnam’s highest Buddhist tower when it was inaugurated in Hanoi on Monday.   The Bao An Tower, located in the Bang A Pagoda – Linh Tien Temple...

  • Hanoi revokes land from 13 sluggish projects 

    23/11/2010 05:00

    Authorities in Hanoi have decided to revoke 13.93 hectares of lands previously assigned to 13 projects that have been slow to start implementation.   The city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment said it...

  • Seven officers suspended in scandalous filmed prostitution raid 

    22/11/2010 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 Seven police officers in the northern province of Quang Ninh have been suspended for...

  • ATM tasers girl in Central Highlands province 

    22/11/2010 05:00

    Siu H’Triem under treatment at the Ayun Pa General Hospital after being knocked unconscious by an ATM in Gia Lai Province.(Photo by Tuoi Tre) A 19-year-old girl was knocked unconscious in an electrocution accident after she touched an...

  • Vietnam ministry investigates scandalous prostitution 'raid' 

    21/11/2010 05:00

    A still from a scandalous clip depicting five individuals acting as militiamen and conducting a shady prostitution raid. The Ministry of Public Security has ordered a probe into a scandalous clip depicting five individuals acting asÂ...

  • No graveyard in our backyard: public tells detained official 

    21/11/2010 05:00

    Local people surrounded the headquarters of Minh Phu Commune's People's Committee in Hanoi on Friday to protest construction of a graveyard during which they temporarily detained a local official. Thousands of people in Hanoi on...

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