• Delta job seekers enslaved in southern hub 

    08/11/2010 05:00

    Xe om drivers wearing blue shirts wait at the Mien Tay Bus Station for customers Xe om drivers around Ho Chi Minh City major bus stations have abducted youth from the Mekong Delta and sold them to people who forced them...

  • Hanoi businessman arrested for attacking reporters 

    08/11/2010 05:00

    Hanoi police with reporters who were assaulted by employees of a local firm Police in Hanoi on Monday detained seven people from a company for assaulting and abusing a group of reporters who were investigating residents’ complaints about...

  • Fire breaks out at notorious construction site 

    Fire breaks out at notorious construction site 

    07/11/2010 05:00

    The first floor of the Keangnam project after the fire, on Saturday A fire broke out in Hanoi, on Saturday morning, at the accident-prone construction site of Vietnam’s tallest building. The fire started at around 10:20 a.m. on the...

  • 3 tons of cyanide seized near central Vietnam gold mine 

    07/11/2010 05:00

    Cyanide seized by police en route to illicit gold mines in Quang Nam Province Police in Quang Nam Province have seized a vehicle containing more than three tons of cyanide, a poisonous chemical used in gold mining. Bui The...

  • Vietnam power utility forecasts shortfall this month 

    07/11/2010 05:00

    Tri An Power Plant in the southern province of Dong Nai State utility Electricity of Vietnam said the country will continue to face power shortages this month despite more floods and rain being forecast in the central region....

  • Thang Long roadways crumble underfoot 

    07/11/2010 05:00

    The pavement on Pham Van Dong Street in Hanoi. Less than a month after Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary ended many of the brick sidewalks built in preparation of the celebration are falling to pieces. On Pham Van Dong Street...

  • Silk painting in terminal condition 

    Silk painting in terminal condition 

    07/11/2010 05:00

    Long me (Mother’s heart), a silk painting by Le Pho. Low market demand and high technical requirements are discouraging Vietnamese artists from taking up silk painting.  At a time when many arts are enjoying a resurgence...

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