• One dead as bus hit bike, plunges into stream 

    24/06/2011 05:00

    The passenger bus that hit a motorcyclist and plunged into a stream in Dong Nai on Wednesday is being towed away. One person died and 20 others were injured when a passenger bus plunged into a roadside stream after hitting a motorcycle in the southern province...

  • Two Vietnamese jailed for buying baby 

    23/06/2011 05:00

    Nguyen Van Hai (L) and Ngo Thi Sang at the court in Hanoi on Tuesday. The Hanoi People’s Court on Tuesday sentenced a man and his sister-in-law to five and four years in prison respectively for buying a baby.   Newswire...

  • Vietnam home shopping company fined, fake goods destroyed 

    23/06/2011 05:00

    Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City said Tuesday they have fined a local home shopping company VND451.5 million (US$21,970) for selling smuggled and fake goods.   Under the decision issued by the HCMC People’s...

  • Vietnam oldest woman dies at 119 

    22/06/2011 05:00

    Tran Thi Viet, Vietnam oldest woman, died Saturday in the southern province of Long An. She was 119. Vietnam oldest woman, 119-year-old Tran Thi Viet, died in the southern province of Long An Saturday, a local official said.  ...

  • Central Vietnam blaze destroys shops in largest wholesale market 

    22/06/2011 05:00

    A fire that broke out at the Vinh wholesale market in Nghe An Province destroyed more than 100 shops Monday night (Photo by VnExpress). A devastating fire broke out at north-central Vietnam’s largest wholesale market in Nghe An Province on...

  • Hanoi man arrested for attacking reporters 

    21/06/2011 05:00

    Police in Hanoi on Sunday arrested a man who had insulted and attacked reporters at work.   According to the police, Tran Xuan Thanh on June 14 used bad words against reporter Pham Hong Phong from VTC14, a channel...

  • Interpol issues search warrant against two Vinashin ex-officials 

    21/06/2011 05:00

    Ho Ngoc Tùng (L); Giang Kim Dat The Interpol General Secretariat on Saturday issued an international search warrant against two former officials of the Vietnamese state-owned shipbuilder Vinashin. The officials are believed to have...

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