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Parking places fined for overcharging
14/04/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Ha Noi’s Department of Finance reported that more than 80 per cent of parking area managers checked recently overcharged or evaded tax. Ha Noi’s Department of Finance reported that more than 80 per cent of parking area managers checked recently...
New bridge makes hundreds redundant
14/04/2010 05:00
While millions of residents in the Cuu Long Delta eagerly await the opening of Can Tho Bridge, around 600 people making their livelihoods by operating ferries . . . While millions of residents in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta eagerly await the opening of Can...
Nearly 17,000 Vietnamese migrate overseas for employment in Q1
14/04/2010 05:00
Vietnam sent nearly 17,000 workers abroad in the first quarter of 2010, reported the Department for Overseas Labour Management under the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs. National Assembly to supervise...
Beetle breaks into 15-month boy’s bronchi
13/04/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – A 15-year-old boy from Hanoi’s Ha Dong district came to Central Hospital for Ear-Nose-Throat on April 8 to remove a beetle from his throat. 15cm leech removed from young man’s larynx Doctors made a...
For the very rich, private planes are the newest status symbol
13/04/2010 05:00
At least three more bosses of big companies are completing procedures to buy a private plane in 2010, following the example of the chairmen of Hoa Phat and Hoang Anh Gia Lai groups. At least three more bosses of big companies are completing procedures to buy a...
Doctors charged in insurance fraud case
13/04/2010 05:00
The investigation police of the Ministry of Public Security on Monday decided to prosecute four doctors and one technician on charges of abuse of power . . . The investigation police of the Ministry of Public Security on Monday decided to prosecute four doctors...
Hoan Kiem Lake’s banks renewed
13/04/2010 05:00
To prepare for the millennial anniversary this October, Hanoi has spent nearly 50 billion dong (over $2.7 million) to replace lamps and re-pave the banks of Hoan Kiem Lake. To prepare for the millennial anniversary this October, Hanoi has spent nearly 50 billion...