• Former official probed for bribery allegations

    28/01/2010 05:00

    The People’s Supreme Procuracy on Monday approved an investigation into allegations that the former head of a infrastructure project funded with Japanese aids in Ho Chi Minh City accepted bribes from a Japanese company....

  • Quang Nam to grow organic veggies with Japanese knowhow

    28/01/2010 05:00

    Japanese experts will help farmers in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Nam cultivate organic vegetables for three years starting April. A joint project agreed upon in the province on...

  • Over 5,000 workers register unemployment status

    Over 5,000 workers register unemployment status

    28/01/2010 05:00

    In the past three weeks, around 5,000 people nationwide have declared themselves unemployed following new regulations that took effect this year, said the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs. Of the 5,000 people who completed...

  • Bird flu spreads to southern Vietnam

    Bird flu spreads to southern Vietnam

    28/01/2010 05:00

    The A/H5N1 virus is reportedly spreading among flocks in the central province of Ha Tinh and the southern province of Ca Mau. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan said every effort must be made to stop the...

  • Resort owner probed for forcing singers to strip in public

    28/01/2010 05:00

    Tien Giang police said Wednesday they will propose charges against a resort owner for forcing singers to take off all their clothes to see if they were hiding tips. “I begged her not to insist on removing my underwear but Ms. Gam forced us to do it...

  • Two sentenced to death for robbery and murder

    28/01/2010 05:00

    Two men were sentenced to death and two others received 30 years in jail each in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday for the killing of a husband and wife during a robbery. Le Van Son, the instigator of...

  • Happy extraordinary sisters

    27/01/2010 05:00

    Sisters Dau Thi Thuy, 29, and Dau Thi Bon, 25, have never sat up nor walked since they were born. But they have still lived a life full of happiness and energy. Thuy and Bon study, spoon-feed each other. They relax by folding paper-cranes....

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