• Nearly 1000 overseas Vietnamese to join “Spring in Motherland”

    Nearly 1000 overseas Vietnamese to join “Spring in Motherland”

    01/02/2010 05:00

    Nearly 1000 overseas Vietnamese will take part in an incense-offering ceremony at the Thang Long Royal Citadel and the President’s banquet in Hanoi next Saturday, February 6. Deputy PM Pham Gia Khiem met with Viet Kieu last Tet. These...

  • Villages for ornamental trees to get rich this Tet

    01/02/2010 05:00

    Many gardeners in Tra Khe village in Thai Binh province and Vi Khe village in Nam Dinh province have fixed prices of billion dong for their ornamental trees. Thon and his valuable tree. Vu Viet Hoa from Vi Khe village has a 200-year-old tree...

  • Three Vietnamese detained for selling girls to China brothels

    01/02/2010 05:00

    Police in the northern city of Hai Phong have detained three people including a husband and wife after a victim of their human trafficking ring appealed for help. Phung Ngoc Tung, 25, his wife Cao...

  • $16.6 million cemetery in Hanoi’s outskirts

    $16.6 million cemetery in Hanoi’s outskirts

    01/02/2010 05:00

    A cemetery park will be built in Soc Son District at the cost of 300 billion dong (over $16.6 million). Van Dien, Hanoi’s biggest cemetery, is about to close. The Hanoi Department of Construction and the Hoa Sen Technological Investment and...

  • Ten houses collapse in HCMC, no casualties reported

    01/02/2010 05:00

    In a chilling domino effect, the collapse of a house in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City Sunday caused nine others in a row to collapse as well, but no casualties have been reported so far. The...

  • Reusable bags given free to Hanoi shoppers

    31/01/2010 05:00

    Reusable bags were given free to customers at certain shops and supermarkets in Hanoi Saturday as part of a campaign against plastic bags. The program, launched by Hanoi Environment Protection...

  • Hanoi offers cash, other help to owners of banned vehicles

    31/01/2010 05:00

    Drivers of modified, unregistered vehicles in Hanoi will receive a minimum of VND5 million (US$271) each to buy legally permitted vehicles or get other jobs, besides many other forms of support....

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