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First urban railway route in Hanoi under construction
26/09/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - A ground-breaking ceremony was held in Tu Liem district on September 25 for the first bidding package of the urban railway line from Nhon to Hanoi. PM Nguyen Tan Dung at the ground-breaking ceremony....
HCM City grapples with zoning plan
24/09/2010 05:00
A plan to zone underground space in HCM City has been proceeding at snail’s pace, creating major hurdles for several infrastructure construction projects . . . A plan to zone underground space in HCM City has been proceeding at snail’s pace, creating major...
A room of their own: low income earners homeless?
22/09/2010 05:00
The lowest price for apartments at CT1 Ngo Thi Nham apartment bloc, reserved for low income earners, is 8.8 million dong per square metre. Poverty experts assert that the price is too high for low income earners. Selling...
Crackdown planned on slaughter houses
21/09/2010 05:00
Ha Noi is determined to stamp out traditional and privately owned inner-city slaughterhouses that fail to meet hygiene and cooking safety standards before October. Thinh Liet slaughterhouses, where about 1,300 pigs are...
Delta man faces trial for abusing infant stepchild
21/09/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – A 34-year-old man has been charged with torturing a nine-month old baby in the Mekong Delta’s Dong Thap Province’s Lai Vung District. A 34-year-old man has been charged with torturing a nine-month old baby in the Mekong Delta’s Dong Thap...
Writing, photo contests combined for Ha Noi anniversary
20/09/2010 05:00
A writing competition titled The Memory of Ha Noi was launched yesterday, Sept 20, as part of the celebrations for the capital’s 1,000th anniversary. Its sponsors are the Viet Nam Association of Photographic Artists; Nestle Nescafe...
Three solutions to limit migration into inner Hanoi
19/09/2010 05:00
It is estimated that more than 1.7 million people join inner city traffic daily. Traffic jams are blamed for total expenses reaching 21,600 billion dong a year. Meanwhile, an estimated 120,000-130,000 people will migrate to Hanoi in 2010....