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Bird flu hits north, south
15/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Avian flu cases (A/H5N1) have been reported in the provinces of Thai Nguyen and Ca Mau, where hundreds of chickens have died. The southern province of Ca Mau and Thai Nguyen Province in the north have set up quarantine stations in order to...
Enterprises promise high Tet bonuses
15/12/2009 05:00
Local enterprises are predicting to offer higher Tet bonuses for their employees in 2010 due to better business while most of them give a one-month salary bonus . . . Struggling firms still manage to give Tet bonuses as this is an important way to keep...
Circular regulates collection of service fees in apartments
14/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Construction has issued a circular to regulate service fees collected from residents in apartment buildings. Fees for the maintenance of residential buildings will not be included in service fees. The move has been to try...
Five Vietnamese women embrace South Pole adventures
14/12/2009 05:00
Jumping into water of less than 0oC, walking in snow half a meter deep… these were the experiences of five Vietnamese women in the South Pole. The ship, Clipper Adventurer, carried explorers to the South Pole on November 21. Minh Hong and Thu Thuy, two...
Call for more quality in low-cost houses
14/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Construction has asked provinces to make inspections on the quality of low-priced houses for workers and students, . . . Nguyen Tran Nam, deputy minister of Construction, said that provincial People’s Committees needed to...
More to qualify for aid with redefinition of poverty line
14/12/2009 05:00
More than 6 million disadvantaged people in Viet Nam will be able to receive the Government’s financial support if the proposed poverty line is applied in 2011. Farmers in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum grow coffee seedlings. This move means...
Contest fights architectural ignorance
14/12/2009 05:00
A farming house design competition, seen as a move to combat architectural ignorance about the needs of over 70 per cent of the country’s population, . . . Conflicting styles of construction and design make the architecture in a small village in the northern...