Social

HCM City needs 150,000 workers
04/07/2010 05:00
HCM City in the remaining months of this year needs more than 150,000, according to the municipal Centre for Forecasting Manpower and Labour Market Information. Workers lack job security, safety net University and college...
Cholera returns to North Vietnam
04/07/2010 05:00
Cholera has broken out again in the northern region, the Health Ministry’s Department of Preventive Medicine announced on July 3. Cholera heavily hits Mekong delta The National Hospital for Tropical...
Poor treatment of HCM City’s most expensive pavement
03/07/2010 05:00
It is paved with expensive granite, but the pavement from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to the city’s hub is being turned into a dumping ground and being used illegally. Hanoi’s untidy streets Waste, holes on HCM City’s best avenue...
People admire “Buddha statue” emerging from ground
02/07/2010 05:00
Thousands of people have flocked to the southern province of Binh Duong to see a “Buddha statue” which has suddenly emerged from a hillock in a rubber garden in Ben Cat district. Hanoi’s largest cemetery to close in mid-July Hanoi to build four...
Man wanted for allegedly raping Vietnamese girl in South Korea
02/07/2010 05:00
South Korean police are offering a five-million-won (US$4,150) reward for information leading to the arrest of a man suspected of raping a seven-year-old Vietnamese girl Saturday, local media reported. Seoul police’s composite sketch of the man...
HCM City: from roads to rivers
02/07/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – After a 30-minute downpour at noon July 1, some roads in HCM City were flooded at depths of up to 1 meter. After downpours, Hanoi in flood and traffic jams Flood more serious in HCM City due to ineffective development plan...
Mad buffalo raises uproar on national highway
02/07/2010 05:00
A crazed buffalo caused disturbances for three hours along National Highway 743 in Thuan An district in Binh Duong province on the afternoon of July 1. The mad buffalo. The male buffalo chased anyone it saw, including two...