• Crane drop smashes roofs

    05/02/2010 05:00

    Two house roofs were smashed in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday as a crane arm broke off and fell on them. The arm of the crane dropped from nearly 30 meters at around 9a.m. The crane, belonging to...

  • Vietnam ministry says no mobile phone rate cuts before Tet

    05/02/2010 05:00

    The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications said Thursday local wireless carriers are not allowed to lower rates before Tet, the Lunar New Year festival starting next weekend. According to the...

  • Hanoi tower claims yet another life

    05/02/2010 05:00

    A construction worker was killed Wednesday when operating a concrete pump at a Hanoi tower where four workers had fallen to their deaths over two days in July last year. Le Duc Thang, native of...

  • Earth Hour 2010 Vietnam seeks greater climate change awareness

    05/02/2010 05:00

    Vietnam on Thursday officially launched the World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour 2010 campaign in the country, seeking to expand participation in what is touted as the world’s largest awareness movement on climate change....

  • Countdown for New Year begins

    Countdown for New Year begins

    05/02/2010 05:00

    Artisans work at the calligraphy market on Pham Ngoc Thach Street in HCM City’s District 1. Traditional Tet favourites like calligraphy markets and flower fairs have begun in HCM City in the week before the lunar New Year. On Pham Ngoc Thach and Nguyen...

  • President praises woman who adopted injured boy

    President praises woman who adopted injured boy

    05/02/2010 05:00

    President Nguyen Minh Triet on Thursday sent a message of praise and encouragement to Tran Mai Anh who adopted an abandoned boy who had suffered a mauling from wild animals. The boy Nguyen Thien Nhan. Three years ago, Nguyen Thien Nhan was born and left to...

  • Terrified residents wait for war-time bomb to be defused

    05/02/2010 05:00

    Authorities in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Ngai had made no move as of Friday after residents reported finding an unexploded bomb weighing around half a ton. The residents of Pho...

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