• Unlicensed coaches taking advantage of Tet travel

    Unlicensed coaches taking advantage of Tet travel

    27/01/2010 05:00

    Unlicensed coaches are hectically operating in Hanoi and HCM City because the lunar New Year is the best time for them to earn money, as the need for travel rises sharply. HCM City and Hanoi are clamping down and, to date, have...

  • Ex-police chief detained in southern Vietnam fraud probe

    26/01/2010 05:00

    The former police chief of Tien Giang Province was detained Friday to investigate allegations of committing fraud to appropriate state property. Nguyen Huynh Long, also known as Nguyen Thach Bich, now living in Ho Chi Minh City, is alleged to have making...

  • Vietnam needs $39.6 bln for social welfare programs by 2020

    26/01/2010 05:00

    Vietnam plans to spend some VND732 trillion (US$39.6 billion) on a social welfare plan between 2011-2020, said Nguyen Lan Huong, who is in charge of making the plan, said in a recent interview. The plan targeted different objectives, including developing...

  • Worker, three-year-old die in separate accidents southern Vietnam

    26/01/2010 05:00

    The lack of binding beams was the cause of a warehouse collapse under construction that killed one person and injured at least nine others in Binh Duong Province Saturday, authorities concluded Monday....

  • Indochinese tigers on brink of extinction: WWF

    26/01/2010 05:00

    Tigers in the Greater Mekong region are facing extinction, their numbers down more than 70 percent in slightly more than a decade due to poachers and habitat destruction, conservationists say. A...

  • Youth highly enthusiastic with “Red Sunday’

    Youth highly enthusiastic with “Red Sunday’

    26/01/2010 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Hundreds of students and office workers went to the National University in Hanoi to donate blood in the second “Red Sunday”. Songwriter Giang Son. Singer Hai Yen....

  • Hunting for lost gold in Da Lat’s dry lake

    Hunting for lost gold in Da Lat’s dry lake

    26/01/2010 05:00

    As Ho Xuan Huong Lake in the resort city of Da Lat is emptied for dredging, locals have turned up hoping to catch fish and find lost gold....

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