• Further investigation ordered in masseuse extortion case

    05/02/2010 05:00

    Phan Cao Tri and his wife Phan Thi Yen Ho Chi Minh City’s People Procuracy on Monday rejected a police proposal to charge a massage parlor owner and five others with exploiting and extorting money from their staff,...

  • Investor, contractor fined $3,250 after collapse of 10 houses

    05/02/2010 05:00

    The investor and contractor of a building construction project in Ho Chi Minh City have been fined a surprisingly low VND60 million (US$3,250) in total for causing the collapse of ten houses last week....

  • Viettel cuts mobile phone rates without gov’t consent

    04/02/2010 05:00

    A rate cut by Vietnamese telecom firm Viettel starting Monday has not been approved by the Ministry of Information and Communication, an official said. Pham Hong Hai, director of the...

  • One-tonne shark netted near shark attack beach

    One-tonne shark netted near shark attack beach

    04/02/2010 05:00

    A shark of one tonne in weight was caught on February 4, near the beach where ten people were recently attacked in Quy Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh. The fisherman is from Song Cau district in the neighboring province of Phu Yen. The...

  • Thruway cuts HCMC-Tien Giang travel time by half

    04/02/2010 05:00

    Travel time by car between HCMC and the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is now shortened by half as southern Vietnam’s first expressway was opened to traffic. A man at work under the sign that reads: “Vehicles are required to travel at over 50 km per...

  • iPhones available for burning on Kitchen God’s Day

    iPhones available for burning on Kitchen God’s Day

    04/02/2010 05:00

    Hanoians are flocking to buy worship items for the Kitchen God’s day, which will fall on Saturday, February 6. Hang Ma is the street where sacred papers are sold and it entered its busy period around one month ago. The street is decorated in red and...

  • 1,700 delegates to attend ethnic minority congress

    1,700 delegates to attend ethnic minority congress

    03/02/2010 05:00

    As many as 1,700 representatives of ethnic minority groups in Vietnam will attend the National Congress of Ethnic Minority Groups slated for May, said the event’s organisers. Between September 2009 and January 2010, provinces and cities nationwide have...

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