• Death sentence handed to six drug traders in northern Vietnam

    20/01/2010 05:00

    A court in the northern province of Lai Chau sentenced six people to death and four to life in prison for drug trafficking on Tuesday. According to the indictment, Ho A Cua, Giang A Tenh, Sung A Thai, and Ho A Co were arrested in September last year while...

  • Customs officials find 306 diamond-like stones at HCMC airport

    20/01/2010 05:00

    Ho Chi Minh City customs on Tuesday said they had confiscated 306 white stones suspected to be diamonds from a Vietnamese man at a local airport. The undeclared stones were found in small plastic bags hidden in the waist band of Luu Chi Hung’s trousers...

  • Former lawyer Le Cong Dinh sentenced to five years in jail

    Former lawyer Le Cong Dinh sentenced to five years in jail

    20/01/2010 05:00

    After favorably taking into account Le Cong Dinh’s sincere declaration and repentance, plus his good record, the judgment council sentenced the former lawyer to five years’ imprisonment. Le Cong Dinh and Le Thang Long at the court. Meanwhile,...

  • Hanoi citadel preservation given over $1 million

    20/01/2010 05:00

    Hanoi authorities announced a US$1.1 million-plus project to preserve the capital’s imperial citadel on Wednesday as part of a project in cooperation with the UNESCO. The project, sponsored by...

  • Hanoi calls for investment in its lakes

    Hanoi calls for investment in its lakes

    20/01/2010 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities on January 20 called for 50 investors to commit to help clean up the city’s lakes. Cleaning the West Lake. Do Xuan Anh, Hanoi Department of Construction director, said that the capital city has 111 lakes,...

  • Vietnam’s dead rest in peace, grave speculators make a buck

    20/01/2010 05:00

    A view of the Binh Duong Park Cemetery Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are building better cemeteries but real speculators have swooped in on the valuable real estate and spiked prices. Opened in 2006...

  • Vietnam water resources need protection to stave off shortage

    20/01/2010 05:00

    The agriculture ministry aims to supply clean water to 85 percent of population this year but an official is worried the country will face water shortage if the government does not protect the resource....

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