• Seventh grader commits suicide over $9 fund

    11/01/2010 05:00

    A teenager in the southern Dong Nai Province committed suicide after she used up a class fund of VND160,000 (US$9). Nguyen Thi To Uyen, a seventh-grader at Phu Tuc Junior High in Dinh Quan District, was rushed to the Children’s Hospital No.1 in the...

  • Suspected shark attacks three in central Vietnam

    11/01/2010 05:00

    An unidentified fish suspected to be a shark on Saturday attacked three people in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh. Nguyen Minh Tuan, lecturer at the Quy Nhon University, was bathing 100...

  • 90 percent of mobile subscribers registering wrong info

    11/01/2010 05:00

    The latest inspection by the Ministry of Information and Communication has found that 90 percent of prepaid mobile phone subscribers have registered SIM cards with incorrect personal information....

  • State bank calls on company to stop printing toy money

    State bank calls on company to stop printing toy money

    10/01/2010 05:00

    The State Bank of Vietnam has ordered a state-owned company to stop printing toy money the firm said was to be used only for a year-end office party game. The bank’s Publishing and Treasury Department also asked Vietnam Machinery Erection Corporation...

  • SOCIAL IN BRIEF 10/1

    SOCIAL IN BRIEF 10/1

    10/01/2010 05:00

    Hospitals face serious blood shortage during Tet; HCM City-My Tho highway to open for Tet holidays; HCM City becomes more floral; Illegal gold mining activities suspended; Fund improves personal hygiene Hospitals face serious blood shortage during Tet...

  • Public outcry could return smuggled monkeys to the wild

    09/01/2010 05:00

    Forest rangers in the central province of Phu Yen plan to release 96 smuggled monkeys on Friday morning to a local restricted forest following strong public disapproval of their selling the animals....

  • Mekong Delta to suffer water shortage

    09/01/2010 05:00

    Rice fields shriveled up by salination in the Mekong Delta. Water levels in the Mekong Delta are falling and the region will lack irrigation in the coming dry season, experts predicted. Water...

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