• Hanoi restaurant sells wildlife bone paste for $820/kg

    06/12/2009 05:00

    Hanoi police Sunday found a local restaurant cooking more than 38 kilograms of wildlife bones during their inspection there on that day. Bui Quang Hai, owner of Hai Nam Restaurant at No.56 Le...

  • Lack of family values, not just poverty, behind street children

    05/12/2009 05:00

    Two shoeshine boys in downtown HCMC. Experts say bad parenting and the changing face of a modernizing society have created urban Vietnam’s street children. Nguyen Khac Long, 12, now feels safe...

  • Vietnam targets becoming regional leader in gender equality

    05/12/2009 05:00

    The Government has issued a seven-point programme for advancing women during the country’s national industrialisation and modernisation process in an effort . . . The programme of action calls for an increased awareness and sense of responsibility from...

  • Remains of 36 soldiers reburied in central Vietnam

    05/12/2009 05:00

    The central province of Quang Ngai on Friday buried the remains of 36 soldiers who died in the Vietnam War against the US. The remains had been found over the last four days during excavation...

  • Farmers blame gov’t for allowing Vedan to evade compensation

    05/12/2009 05:00

    Agricultural organizations say authorities have allowed pollution from a Taiwanese-owned company to destroy a local river without forcing the firm to pay compensation to local farmers....

  • SOCIAL IN BRIEF 6/12

    05/12/2009 05:00

    Remains of 36 soldiers reburied in central Vietnam; Flood tides cause havoc in HCM City; Japanese knowhow to halve road fixing times; Phu Tho student killed by police traffic car Remains of 36 soldiers reburied in central Vietnam The central province...

  • New regulations proposed as green space takes centre stage

    New regulations proposed as green space takes centre stage

    05/12/2009 05:00

    Rare green spaces in HCM City’s District 5. The city does not have yet regulations on the preservation of green spaces. The preservation of trees and green spaces in the city should be an urgent and ongoing task, experts said at a seminar held on Wednesday...

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