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Hanoi switches off road lamps to save electricity
05/04/2010 05:00
The Hanoi Power Company has announced it will turn off 50 percent of street lamps from now to June 2010 to save energy for the upcoming summer. Reservoir shortage prompts electricity firm to buy power Hanoi “thirsty” for electricity...
HCM City to gain nearly 2000 new buses
05/04/2010 05:00
Around 1700-1800 buses in HCM City will be replaced by new ones to meet higher emissions standards and to adapt to the city’s roads, according to Department of Transportation plan. Currently 3,200 buses transport passengers around the city,...
Over 120 ATMs blocked for electrical dangers
05/04/2010 05:00
After a 12-year-old schoolgirl was electrocuted at a HCM City ATM on April 1, HCM City Power Company found over 120 ATMs leaking power. All of these ATMs have been shut down for repairs. A HCM City Power Company official, Tran Dung, said that the...
Dong Nai: 10,000 workers strike, highway gridlock results
05/04/2010 05:00
As of April 5, around 10,000 workers at a Taiwanese shoe company in Dong Nai continued their strike for the third day. Thousands have walked off the job to protest low salaries and lousy meals at the Pouchen Vietnam Co., Ltd. based in Bien Hoa...
Cracks on Hanoi’s bridge astonish engineers
05/04/2010 05:00
British and Singaporean engineers marveled at the unusual cracks along Hanoi’s Thang Long bridge, which they claim are abnormal. Nguyen Nang The, deputy general director of the MoT’s project management unit No.2 and representative of the investor,...
Lanterns released to commemorate war martyrs
05/04/2010 05:00
Thousands of lanterns were released on the Ma River in Thanh Hoa on April 2 to commemorate those who gave their lives during the country’s independence struggle. 45 years ago, US soldiers dropped 350 bombs and 149 rockets on Ham Rong bridge in order to...
Schoolgirl’s electrocution inspires ATM safety checks nationwide
05/04/2010 05:00
State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Governor has instructed banks to examine all ATMs after the death of a schoolgirl at an ATM in HCM City on April 1. A “dangerous” ATM in HCM City. SBV Payment Department Chief Bui Quang Tien reported that banks would...