• SOCIETY IN BRIEF 24/4

    SOCIETY IN BRIEF 24/4

    23/04/2010 05:00

    National week on safe water, rural sanitation begins; Two more cases of acute diarrhoea in HCM City; EU helps make small enterprises go green; Cisco helps Da Nang develop IT system National week on safe water, rural sanitation begins...

  • New rules on toys don’t work

    New rules on toys don’t work

    22/04/2010 05:00

    New toy regulations took effect on April 15 2010. They permit the sale of toys with quality assurance certificates, but the market is still flooded with uncertified products. Vietnam’s hi-tech toys dazzle Playing with toys’ future Children get...

  • HCM City upset with loss-incurring Korean firms

    HCM City upset with loss-incurring Korean firms

    22/04/2010 05:00

    Since early April 2010, some bosses of South Korean firms in HCM City have run away, leaving big debts and thousands of unpaid workers. Runaway Korean directors may be hunted by Interpol Police probe massive embezzlement in Japanese firm...

  • Strict fines for threats to airline safety

    22/04/2010 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – A proposal to impose fines of up to VND30 million (US$1,570) for flight safety violations has been submitted to the Prime Minister for approval. A proposal to impose fines of up to VND30 million (US$1,570) for flight safety violations has...

  • Leaders commemorate nation’s founders

    22/04/2010 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – State President Nguyen Minh Triet, and many other Party and State officials burned incense to commemorate Hung Kings . . . State President Nguyen Minh Triet, and many other Party and State officials burned incense to commemorate Hung Kings...

  • Medicine prices cause headache

    Medicine prices cause headache

    21/04/2010 05:00

    The volume of medicines on the market is huge while the change of drug prices depends on the common situation so it is unable to control medicine prices, said a senior official at a meeting on April 20 in HCM City. Pharmaceutical merchants deaf to ban...

  • Vietnamese prosecutors seek corruption evidence in Japan

    Vietnamese prosecutors seek corruption evidence in Japan

    21/04/2010 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Officials of the People’s Supreme Prosecutor will go to Japan to verify documents related to the corruption scandal at HCM City East-West Avenue and Water Environment project management unit. Why Huynh Ngoc Si not be prosecuted...

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