• Massive insurance investigation ordered amid flagrant violations

    03/01/2010 05:00

    Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered a large-scale investigation of the county’s social insurance system after inspections in April revealed blatant violations on the part of nearly 10,000 businesses. The April inspection, undertaken in seven...

  • Man killed in Hanoi night club fire

    03/01/2010 05:00

    The Dem Ho Tay dance hall in Hanoi after a fire ripped through the property Monday morning. Wielders sparked a fire that burned down a Hanoi dance club Monday morning, killing one man and severely injuring another....

  • Droves of Chinese boats illegally fish Vietnamese waters

    03/01/2010 05:00

    At least 36 Chinese boats were found illegally fishing in Vietnamese waters off the central coast during the last week of last year, local newswire Vietnamnet reported on Monday. Some of the boats were fishing just 35 sea miles off the city of Da Nang,...

  • New Year revelers pack bus, ferry stations

    New Year revelers pack bus, ferry stations

    02/01/2010 05:00

    With the New Year falling on a Friday, people had a long weekend that they spent by visiting tourist spots and shopping, packing buses, ferry stations, and amusement parks in the bargain. People traveling to southeastern provinces queuing up for tickets at a...

  • Fearful daughter sends hoax threats to upright forest warden

    Fearful daughter sends hoax threats to upright forest warden

    02/01/2010 05:00

    The daughter of a forest-ranger chief sent her father threatening SMS messages pretending to be an illegal logger since she was worried loggers would attack him if he continued to arrest them. The daughter of a forest-ranger chief in the northern Vietnam...

  • Welcoming warm and bustling New Year

    Welcoming warm and bustling New Year

    02/01/2010 05:00

    People across the country filled the streets of major cities to enjoy musical performances and other activities to ring in New Year. The flower festival takes place yearly to coincide with the New Year. Thousands of people gathered around Hoan Kiem...

  • Children in the dust

    02/01/2010 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Many children in the mountainous province of Ha Giang don’t go to schools instead they go to mining sites to work. Dan Tri reports. Each morning, hundred of people flock to an ore mine in Nam Sooc village, Mau Due commune, Yen Minh district to...

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