• Mekong delta police bust counterfeit money ring

    22/01/2010 05:00

    A group of six people were caught trying to use counterfeit money in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap this week. Ta Van Tu, Nguyen Thi Thang, Nguyen Duc Tinh, Vu Ngoc Hung, Vu Kieu Hau and Nguyen Van Tam, all hailing from the northern...

  • Thu Thiem Tunnel cracks repaired properly: official

    22/01/2010 05:00

    Cracks found in the four sections of the Thu Thiem Tunnel Project, which will cross the Saigon River, have been repaired properly, a senior manager of the project said. Luong Minh Phuc, deputy...

  • Vietnam water, sanitation program gets additional funding

    22/01/2010 05:00

    Vietnam’s National Target Program for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation received an additional commitment of £17 million (US$27.4 million) in grant funding from the UK on Friday, a statement said....

  • Businesses promise to help clean up Hanoi lakes

    21/01/2010 05:00

    Businesses in Hanoi on Wednesday pledged hundreds of billions of dong for improving the quality of lakes in the capital city. The pledge was made at a conference in response to an appeal by the...

  • Tourists follow swallows to Bac Lieu

    Tourists follow swallows to Bac Lieu

    21/01/2010 05:00

    Between January 18-20, many thousands of swallows flocked to Bac Lieu town in the southern province of Bac Lieu – a sight which attracted many curious tourists. In ward 1, Bac Lieu Town , thousands and thousands of bird arrived in the...

  • Vietnam to build over 3000km of coastal roads

    Vietnam to build over 3000km of coastal roads

    21/01/2010 05:00

    The PM approved plans for a system of coastal roads stretching from the Nui Do and Mui Ngoc ports in Quang Ninh to the Ha Tien border in Kien Giang, totaling 3041 kilometers. A coastal road in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province (photo: VNExpress)....

  • Bus plows crowd at Da Nang death trap; one dead

    20/01/2010 05:00

    A bus killed one and sent eight more to the hospital when it spun out and ran through a crowd of people on a road in Da Nang that has seen 9 deaths and 40 injuries in only two years. Investigators...

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