• Panacea seekers chop down endangered trees

    Panacea seekers chop down endangered trees

    17/01/2010 05:00

    Rumors that trees known as Chinese Swamp Cypress can treat all diseases have led local residents in Dak Lak rushing to chop down forests in search of the alleged cure-all. VietNamNet Bridge - Rumors that trees known as Chinese Swamp Cypress can treat...

  • Hanoi to tighten requirements for permanent residency application

    17/01/2010 05:00

    People who want to apply for permanent residency in Hanoi have to hold a legal job with salary double the regulated minimum salary, according to a draft of the Capital Law announced Saturday....

  • Teenage girl rescued after sergeant held her hostage

    17/01/2010 05:00

    An army sergeant was arrested and his teenage hostage was freed by police and military commandos in the central city of Hue city Sunday morning after a brazen gun-point kidnapping by the heartbroken soldier....

  • Special toll on cars in downtown HCMC approved

    16/01/2010 05:00

    The government has allowed Ho Chi Minh City to collect tolls from its downtown area as part of solutions to reduce worsening traffic gridlocks. Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said the...

  • Ca Mau families to be relocated

    Ca Mau families to be relocated

    16/01/2010 05:00

    An official from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ca Mau Province has called for the relocation of 12,000 people living along the southwestern sea dykes in the province. A 100m section of a sea dykes has been washed away at the mouth of...

  • Joie de vivre

    16/01/2010 05:00

    Didier Lemonnier shares a laugh with a Vietnamese friend. Absorbing Vietnamese life and aesthetics like a sponge, a French architect finds the inspiration for life and work in his new home. After...

  • VNA affirms no suppression of parishioners

    15/01/2010 05:00

    The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has rejected an information that parishioners of the Dong Chiem Parish were suppressed. Hanoi Big Church in Nha Tho Street in Hoan Kiem district (Photo: VNA) “Local authorities did not suppress Dong Chiem parishioners,”...

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