• Hanoi’s Old Quarter looks untidy as millennial anniversary approaches

    08/04/2010 05:00

    There are hundreds of smeared and untidy houses in Hanoi’s Old Quarter that are awaiting repair for the city’s 1000th anniversary. VietNamNet Bridge – There are hundreds of smeared and untidy houses in Hanoi’s Old Quarter that are awaiting repair for the city’s...

  • Close-up of Southeast Asian largest tunnel

    Close-up of Southeast Asian largest tunnel

    08/04/2010 05:00

    Two sections of Thu Thiem tunnel were connected at a depth of over 20m under Saigon River’s bed. The door between the two sections opened on April 8 to welcome the first guests. VietNamNet Bridge – Two sections of Thu Thiem tunnel were connected at a depth of...

  • No victim in $6 million lawsuit?

    08/04/2010 05:00

    To come forward and introduce partners contributing money to real estate projects but broker Linda Tan Woo was accused of appropriating $6 million of her twin sister. To come forward and introduce partners contributing money to real estate projects but broker Linda...

  • Dry season leaves outlying districts thirsty

    Dry season leaves outlying districts thirsty

    07/04/2010 05:00

    Thousands of households in HCM City outlying districts, including District 7, Binh Thanh, Thu Duc, Go Vap and Nha Be, are facing a severe shortage of clean water . . . Residents of Huynh Tan Phat Street in HCM City’s District 7 are forced to buy drinking water...

  • ATMs in Hanoi also unsafe

    ATMs in Hanoi also unsafe

    07/04/2010 05:00

    The Hanoi Power Company joined with Hanoi-area banks to begin checking ATMs throughout Hanoi on April 5 and detected nearly ten machines with electricity leaks. An electrician checked an ATM in Hanoi. Electricity leaks were recorded from 3V...

  • Super-small houses in Hanoi, as a matter of course, says official

    Super-small houses in Hanoi, as a matter of course, says official

    06/04/2010 05:00

    The director of Hanoi Department of Construction said that the capital is a developing city, so super-small and crooked houses are a matter of course. An odd house in Hanoi, which is only 5sq.m, with the front and back balconies. Speaking before the...

  • Suspected letter bomb contained dog head

    Suspected letter bomb contained dog head

    06/04/2010 05:00

    The “gift” left under suspicious circumstances in front of a home in HCM City and feared to contain a bomb instead held a dog’s head and a piece of its bowels. It took military engineers two hours to scan the strange pack. Major General Phan Tan Tai,...

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