• Teachers need merit-based support: experts

    10/12/2009 05:00

    Vietnam’s efforts to renovate and globalize its education system must go together with better policies that make teaching a more rewarding job, experts say. Teachers need better remuneration...

  • Street barriers to be cleared next year at the earliest

    10/12/2009 05:00

    Ho Chi Minh City authorities had asked for 90 percent of street barriers removed by this year end, but project management boards have averred, saying the end of next year would be the earliest this can happen....

  • Hanoi to move nearly 21,000 households along river banks

    Hanoi to move nearly 21,000 households along river banks

    10/12/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The Hanoi People’s Council have approved the flood prevention scheme which means around 21,000 families along the city’s rivers will be moved. Consolidating the dike in Chuong My during the historical flood in 2008. Between now and 2020,...

  • Water from old pipe breaks another city road

    10/12/2009 05:00

    Authorities try to fix a pipe that leaked water and created a huge hole on a street in Ho Chi Minh City A water pipe breach created a large hole on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday....

  • Police bust drug ring in HCMC

    10/12/2009 05:00

    Ly Huy Khanh, leader of the ring that was making a mixture of ecstasy and mariuana in Ho Chi Minh City Police in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday busted a ring that was producing and selling a mixture of ecstasy and marijuana...

  • Private aircraft offered for sales online, owner asks for investigation

    Private aircraft offered for sales online, owner asks for investigation

    09/12/2009 05:00

    The $7 million aircraft owned by the chairman of Hoang Anh Gia Lai group, Doan Nguyen Duc, has been offered for sale by a stranger and police have been asked to investigate. Doan Nguyen Duc (R) and his aircraft. . Doan Nguyen Duc and US $7 million...

  • First underground car park project to get going after Tet

    First underground car park project to get going after Tet

    09/12/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Work will start on an underground car parking project at Le Van Tam Park in HCMC’s District 1 soon after the Lunar New Year, or Tet. HCM C ity has some 370,000 cars and 3.7 million motorbikes. The company, shortly known as IUS, reaffirmed...

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