• IT project director facing 7-8 years in jail

    IT project director facing 7-8 years in jail

    19/01/2010 05:00

    Vu Dinh Thuan, former director of the 112 Project, could receive seven to eight years jail time for “abusing his position and power while executing duties.” Defendant Vu Dinh Thuan. Vu Dinh Thuan, former director of the 112 Project, an information...

  • SOCIAL IN BRIEF 20/1

    19/01/2010 05:00

    Appeals Court upholds sentences on three anti-State instigators; Vietnam’s Internet security recognized globally; Hanoi to control spread of HIV/AIDS; Buddhist Sangha convenes third meeting in HCM City Defendant Pham Van Troi Appeals Court upholds...

  • Bears rescued from bile trade in Vietnam

    18/01/2010 05:00

    An animal welfare group in Vietnam has rescued 19 bears that were living in cramped containers on an illegal bile farm, the group says. Hong Kong-based Animals Asia Foundation said on Monday the...

  • Hanoi rewards detectors of small-ad posters

    Hanoi rewards detectors of small-ad posters

    18/01/2010 05:00

    Hoan Kiem District authorities have presented bonuses to anyone who discovers or seizes those posting illegal small ads. Hanoi makes a raid on illegal small ads Wall rubbish erased Rewards will be 300,000 dong/time for...

  • Families earning more can become poorer

    18/01/2010 05:00

    Vietnamese people stuck in the poverty trap are asking to continue to be on the “poor list” rather than be reclassified and miss out on assistance. Most poor people are living in the rural and mountainous Phu Yen province official, Vu Thanh...

  • Police use tear gas to rescue hostages

    18/01/2010 05:00

    Police in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue city on January 17 rescued a school girl who had been kidnapped and was being held at a hotel in Hue city. Huu Phuoc Hotel where the case happened. The kidnapper, Nguyen Van Minh, a private...

  • No mystery behind giant footprint, say officials

    18/01/2010 05:00

    People in the midland city of Viet Tri, Phu Tho province and neighboring areas have recently flocked to the left bank of the Lo River to see a “giant footprint”. The giant footprint. People in the midland city of Viet Tri, Phu Tho province and...

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