• Acecook Vietnam caught using expired seasoning

    24/01/2010 05:00

    Market managers in Da Nang City on Saturday sealed 18 tons of seasoning powder branded Vina Acecook that had expired six months earlier. The powder, used in instant noodle packs, was found...

  • Vietnam netizens touched by father’s 15-year-search for daughter

    24/01/2010 05:00

    A website created by a father who has been looking for his lost daughter and her cousin over the past 15 years has drawn great interest from netizens with nearly 21,000 page views since its launch two weeks ago. The site www.nguyenminhchau.com has also...

  • Outstanding craft villages honored

    Outstanding craft villages honored

    24/01/2010 05:00

    The Vietnam Craft Village Association on January 23 made presentations to six outstanding craft villages, nine businesses, 29 crafts people and six products that represent the nation’s culture. Despite facing a global financial downturn in 2009, many...

  • Toll plan decried as ‘misguided’ at Vietnam’s business hub

    23/01/2010 05:00

    Cars and motorbikes stuck in gridlock on Ho Chi Minh City’s Hai Ba Trung Street. A plan to charge cars entering downtown Ho Chi Minh City won’t unclog the metropolis, experts warn, arguing that parking space is the...

  • Helping the sick, one meal at a time

    23/01/2010 05:00

    An employee of Sympameals (L), a charity project supplying free meals to poor cancer patients at Hanoi’s K Hospital A couple in Hanoi brings free cooking to thousands of poor cancer patients....

  • Officials could see up to eight years for e-gov’t scam

    23/01/2010 05:00

    Vu Dinh Thuan, former head of the Government Ofice, stands in the dock The Hanoi Prosecution Office has proposed jail terms of up to eight years for a former deputy minister and others for pocketing kickbacks from dubious...

  • Four people get 5-16 years for trying to overthrow government

    23/01/2010 05:00

    Former lawyer Le Cong Dinh being escorted into court in Ho Chi Minh City The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court handed down jail terms of between five and 16 years imprisonment to four people found guilty of attempting to...

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