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Internet users in Vietnam rank top 20 of the world
10/08/2012 03:18
According to the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC), by the end of June, the number of internet users reached a whopping 31 million (35.4 percent of the population), of which 4.3 million are landline broadband subscribers. The ranking maintains the country’s 8th...
Lovely children get back their smiles
10/07/2012 10:06
This program is organized together by the VNG JS Company and Operation Smile. The program has been warmly supported by lots of organizations as well as individuals. During a month, besides VND300 million ($15,000) from VNG JS Company, the program raised VND500 million ($25,000). Under...
Upgrading grassroots administration in Central Highlands
05/07/2012 09:59
A meeting was celebrated in Buon Ma Thuot City in Dak Lak province to review the Prime Minister’s project to boost the capacity of administrations at grassroots level in the Central Highlands region. 7 years after completing the government’s directive in 2002, the Central...
Malaysian found trafficking drugs in southern Vietnam
04/07/2011 05:00
Initial investigations showed that Hema Malini Kandasamy, 28, entered Vietnam Monday via the Tan Son Nhat International Airport on a flight from Singapore. She then met an African to receive the drug, which was later identified as Methamphetamine, and planned to bring it to...
Tanker explosion kills one in central Vietnam
04/07/2011 05:00
� In the early morning a tanker of Ho Chi Minh City-based Kim Ha Viet Company was transferring syrup to another tanker of the same company within the precinct of Quang Ngai Sugar Joint-stock Company. The tanker that received the molasses exploded, sending 20-year-old...
Ex-journalist faces 15 years in jail for extortion
03/07/2011 05:00
A former journalist standing trial on July 20 for extorting over VND200 million (US$9,722) from a company faces a jail term of between seven and 15 years, the VnExpress newswire reported Monday. Phan Ha Binh, former deputy managing director of Tien Phong Newspaper, will...
Another golf course to be built on Hanoi airport
03/07/2011 05:00
Gia Lam Airport in Long Bien District, Hanoi, where a golf course will be built AÂ 117-hectare golfÂ complexÂ is beingÂ built on theÂ site of a Hanoi, Tuoi Tre reported Thursday. Â The project covers 75 hectares of...