• Labour strikes decline in 2009

    Labour strikes decline in 2009

    24/12/2009 05:00

    The number of labour strikes this year is lower than that of 2008 after the implementation of an instruction from the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat . . . Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has also ordered that houses be built for workers at industrial...

  • Authorities, experts against nurseries teaching foreign languages

    24/12/2009 05:00

    Many nursery schools in Hanoi are advertised themselves as bilingual, although they have not been permitted to teach foreign languages, city authorities said recently. They added that the...

  • Annual carbon emissions climb to 80 mln tons

    24/12/2009 05:00

    Economic development and population growth have pushed Vietnam’s carbon emissions from 14 million tons in 1980 to 80 millions in 2005, according to a recent World Bank study. While the...

  • Vietnam Air’s plane makes emergency landing in Russia

    Vietnam Air’s plane makes emergency landing in Russia

    24/12/2009 05:00

    An ATR 72 of Vietnam Airlines had to make an emergency landing at Tolmachevo Airport in the Russian city of Novosibirsk on Wednesday, . . . Photo: TT The captain had to return the ATR 72 MTI 208 to the airport for an emergency landing about 20 minutes of...

  • Porn website founders sentenced

    Porn website founders sentenced

    24/12/2009 05:00

    The HCM City People’s Court on December 25 tried the four people behind the pornographic website web mocxi.com and sentenced them to a total of 6.3 years in prison. The three defendants at the court. Largest pornographic website closed...

  • Long An digs itself into a huge hole

    Long An digs itself into a huge hole

    24/12/2009 05:00

    The southern province of Long An is fast becoming a barren land because its most precious resource has been over exploited for building industrial parks. Ben Luc Industrial Park in southern Long An Province. The province now has 20 industrial parks with a...

  • Ethnic populations face decline

    Ethnic populations face decline

    23/12/2009 05:00

    Viet Nam is seeking to increase the population of some ethnic minorities, especially for groups whose populations are below 1,000, such as the Brau, Si La, Ro Mam, . . . While Kinh people are advised to have no more than two children each, population officials...

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