• HCM City former official accused of taking bribes

    26/01/2010 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The People’s Supreme Procuracy on January 25 approved a prosecution, for taking bribes, against Huynh Ngoc Si, former director of the Japan-funded East-West Avenue project. Huynh Ngoc Si left the court in HCM City last September....

  • HCM City foresees shortage of affordable nursing homes

    25/01/2010 05:00

    The Government is encouraging investment in nursing homes for elderly people but most such centres in HCM City are too expensive for the poor. An elderly woman is cared for at Thi Nghe Nursing Home in HCM City. Care in most such facilities is too expensive for...

  • US$2 for Tet as cash gift change hands for nearly US$3

    US$2 for Tet as cash gift change hands for nearly US$3

    25/01/2010 05:00

    As the lunar New Year is approaches, the online market is bustling with auctions for US$2 banknotes as Tet gifts. Members of the 5giay website last week joined an online auction for 10 US$2 banknotes. Tuan, from HCM City ,...

  • EVN releasing water into Red River delta

    EVN releasing water into Red River delta

    24/01/2010 05:00

    Vietnam Electricity (EVN) January 23 began releasing water from the Hoa Binh, Thac Ba and Tuyen Quang hydropower plant reservoirs to provide more water to lower sections of the Red River. Hoa Binh reservoir. Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the largest...

  • Universities must cater to country’s needs, educators say

    24/01/2010 05:00

    Students from the University of Science in Ho Chi Minh City wait to sit their semester exams. Vietnamese education needs to focus on the practical everyday needs of the economy, experts said, eschewing the long-held belief...

  • Illegal bill posters to have their phones cut off

    Illegal bill posters to have their phones cut off

    24/01/2010 05:00

    Businesses that stencil illegal advertisements on walls around the city will have their phone numbers disconnected as of March. Ban said local authorities would collect telephone numbers on bill-poster advertisements and forward them to mobile phone...

  • Dogs kill woman as their keeper refuses to help

    24/01/2010 05:00

    Police in the central highlands province of Dak Lak are investigating a case where Berger dogs bit and tore a local woman to death, and a man is accused of not helping her when she was attacked. Giang Thi Diep, one of two witnesses, said the incident...

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