• Ministry orders Electricity Group to stop dismantling telecom cables

    Ministry orders Electricity Group to stop dismantling telecom cables

    27/12/2009 05:00

    The Ministry of Industry and Trade has ordered Vietnam Electricity to stop dismantling fiber optic cables hanging on its electric posts, adding the stop is aimed at maintaining telecommunications in the country. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT)...

  • HCMC mulls changing school times to lessen traffic jams

    27/12/2009 05:00

    Ho Chi Minh City’s education department has proposed changing class hours at local schools in an effort to deal with traffic jams during rush hour. Under the proposal, students at elementary,...

  • Hanoi clears walls, electric poles of illegal adverts

    27/12/2009 05:00

    Volunteers clear ads on electric poles in Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Saturday morning. The capital city of Hanoi on Saturday started to remove drawings and small ads pasted illegally around the city....

  • 40-kilometer cargo ship channel breaks ground in southern Vietnam

    27/12/2009 05:00

    The Transport Ministry on Sunday morning launched the construction of a 40-kilometer channel for big cargo ships to ply the Mekong Delta’s Hau River. According to the ministry, once the channel that can accommodate 10,000 to 20,000 DWT ships is put...

  • HCMC transportation firms threaten to sue toll collector

    27/12/2009 05:00

    Transportation companies in Ho Chi Minh City will file a suit against the leaders of a local firm if it does not stop its wrongful toll collection, a lawyer for the companies said Saturday. The...

  • HCM City plans 20,000 low-rent units for education workers

    HCM City plans 20,000 low-rent units for education workers

    27/12/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The HCM City Department of Education and Training is planning to build 20,000 low-cost apartments for teachers and educational managers. The HCM City Department of Education and Training is planning to build 20,000 low-cost apartments for...

  • Viet Kieu return home for Tet to reach record number

    Viet Kieu return home for Tet to reach record number

    27/12/2009 05:00

    The National Committee for Overseas Vietnamese forecasts that more than 500,000 overseas Vietnamese or Viet Kieu will return to Vietnam to welcome the lunar New Year (Tet), the highest number so far. Viet Kieu singer Ai Van at the conference for Viet Kieu in...

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