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Free-for-all garbage dumping dirties Phu Quoc Island
07/11/2010 05:00
Garbage from the Duong Dong River ends up on Phu Quoc sandbeach during low tide Ngo Van Giao wakes up early every day and earns VND20,000 from one hour of fetching plastic garbage from the Duong Dong River in his neighborhood....
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 19/10
19/10/2010 05:00
Ten hurt in crash in Ba Ria-Vung Tau; Ha Noi bans transport of uninspected livestock; Pakistan donates computers; Dengue fever on the rise; VFF contributes to maintaining social order. Ten hurt in crash in Ba Ria-Vung Tau A crash between a bus and the truck injured a...
0.5kg of hairs taken from little girl’s stomach
18/10/2010 05:00
Doctors of Hanoi-based Vietnam-Germany Hospital recently conducted an operation to take a bun of hair weighing 0.5kg from the stomach of a 9-year-old Vietnamese-Russian girl. The girl, Vika Ermiskina, visited her home country on the...
Entering East Sea, typhoon Megi gets stronger
18/10/2010 05:00
Entering the East Sea last night, October 18, mega storm Megi reached the 15th grade. The storm is forecast to go through the Hoang Sa archipelago (Paracel), where there are many Vietnamese fishing boats. Entering the East Sea last night, October 18, mega storm Megi...
Huynh Ngoc Si condemned to life imprisonment
18/10/2010 05:00
Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy on October 18 sentenced Huynh Ngoc Si, former director of the Japan-funded East-West Highway project to life imprisonment. Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy on October 18 sentenced Huynh Ngoc Si, former deputy director of the HCM City...
Mega-typhoon Megi heading to East Sea
17/10/2010 05:00
–> While the central Vietnam is struggling with the historic flood, biggest in the last 50 years, a very strong typhoon named Megi is heading to the East Sea. The storm was reaching maximum winds of 195kph near the centre and gusts of up to...
Gays on the catwalk
17/10/2010 05:00
Gays who are living in HCM City became models and showed their knowledge about safe sex at a competition held by an online forum for homosexuals in the evening ofOctober 16 evening. Gays who are living in HCM City became models and showed their knowledge about safe sex at...