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Giant crab netted in Phu Yen
05/10/2010 05:00
Curious crowds are flocking to the house of a woman in the central Phu Yen Province to see a huge crab she caught last week. Dang Thi Thu Trang in Tuy An District caught a crab of 1.5kg while fishing in O Loan lagoon. She...
Hanoi in celebration
05/10/2010 05:00
VietNamNet’s reporters capture beautiful pictures of Hanoi during its great anniversary. At the Ho Chi...
Two-ton sapphire turtle presented to Hanoi
05/10/2010 05:00
A sapphire turtle made by DOJI Group was presented to the Hanoi People’s Committee as a gift for the city’s millennial anniversary on October 3. A sapphire turtle made by DOJI Group was presented to the Hanoi People’s Committee as a gift for the city’s millennial...
Flood kills 28 in central Vietnam
05/10/2010 05:00
Torrential rain and flash floods in the central region left at least 28 dead, with seven missing and nine injured. More than 900 border soldiers with 500 lifebuoys, 400 life jackets and 35 tents were mobilised to join the...
Golf course zoning to be inspected
05/10/2010 05:00
A government taskforce will be established to inspect the implementation of golf course planning in provinces and cities nationwide, the government has decided. A government taskforce will be established to inspect the implementation of golf course planning in...
Embassy celebrates Len Aldis’s 80th birthday
05/10/2010 05:00
The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK hosted a party last Saturday to mark the 80th birthday of the UK-Vietnam Friendship Association’s President Len Aldis, a special friend of the Vietnamese people and Agent Orange (AO) victims....
Four cannons found under Qui Nhon’s lagoon
05/10/2010 05:00
Workers of a Long An province-based company have found four cannons under the Thi Nai lagoon in the central province of Binh Dinh. The first three cannons were fished out on October 1 and the fourth was on October 5....