• SOCIAL IN BRIEF 30/3

    SOCIAL IN BRIEF 30/3

    29/03/2010 05:00

    EU supports storm victims in Thua Thien- Hue city ; MoH starts inspecting drug prices, milk quality; Netherlands helps Vietnam deal with climate change; Talk show to raise public awareness of UXO EU supports storm victims in Thua Thien-Hue The Thua...

  • Employers demand ’rights’ in strikes

    Employers demand ’rights’ in strikes

    29/03/2010 05:00

    Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper spoke to Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Minh Huan about a draft law to allow employers to shut out striking workers. If the workers have the right to benefit by taking strike action, then employers should...

  • Vietnam ex-official’s embezzlement trial postponed

    29/03/2010 05:00

    The trial of nine former officials charged with embezzlement was delayed Monday in Hanoi after judged asked that investigators collect more evidence. Ex-PMU18 chief faces embezzlement charge PMU18 scandal: Major General prosecuted...

  • Japan’s “Johnny Appleseed” walks through Vietnam

    Japan’s “Johnny Appleseed” walks through Vietnam

    28/03/2010 05:00

    Walking through many places in the world to call for people to plant trees, protect the environment and present gifts to orphans is Yuji Miyata, 27, chosen path in life. Yuji Miyata on Hue city ’s Truong Tien Bridge. Yuji Miyata graduated from...

  • China seizes more Vietnamese citizens from Hoang Sa

    China seizes more Vietnamese citizens from Hoang Sa

    28/03/2010 05:00

    Thirteen Vietnamese fishermen and a fishing boat have been detained by the Chinese on Phu Lam Island, part of the Hoang Sa Islands (Paracels), reported a Quang Ngai official. The kidnapped fishermen are citizens of Quang Ngai province. The boat’s owner,...

  • Residents’ co-operation vital in efforts to preserve Old Quarter

    Residents’ co-operation vital in efforts to preserve Old Quarter

    28/03/2010 05:00

    The co-operation of residents is crucial to the successful preservation and sustainable development of Ha Noi’s Old Quarter, participants at a seminar heard on Saturday. A corner of Hang Bac Street where many jewellery shops are located in Ha Noi’s Old Quarter....

  • HCM City to spend $158 mil in poverty fight

    28/03/2010 05:00

    HCM City will allocate more than VND3 trillion (US$158 million) for the city’s 2010 poverty alleviation programme to reduce the number of poor households to 6.6 per cent, . . . Customers at Bien Hoa Social Policy Bank in HCM City get preferential loans to help...

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