• Rivers, lakes running dry in the north

    03/12/2009 05:00

    The river bed is dry and cracked on parts of the Red River photographed Thursday afternoon in Hanoi. North Vietnam is facing draught in large areas as rivers and lakes are drying out, a senior irrigation official said...

  • Who will grow rice in 5-10 years?

    Who will grow rice in 5-10 years?

    03/12/2009 05:00

    Scientists are worried that in the next 5-10 years, Vietnamese young people will no longer want to plant rice. “The biggest problem at present is most rice growers are poor and another problem is the next rice-growing generation. Without a solution, no...

  • SMS train booking service off to a sticky start

    SMS train booking service off to a sticky start

    03/12/2009 05:00

    Thousands of people took a day off from work on December 1 to buy train tickets through text messages for the lunar New Year 2010, which will fall in early February. Though the Saigon Railway Station began selling the tickets by SMS at 8:30am,...

  • Batboy escapes death after jumping from 5th floor

    Batboy escapes death after jumping from 5th floor

    03/12/2009 05:00

    A 4-year-old boy in HCM City suffered only a broken leg after jumping from the fifth floor of his house. The lucky boy in Cho Ray hospital. It happened after the boy was told to climb down the stairs to take a key to his mother....

  • Power lines pose health hazard to public

    Power lines pose health hazard to public

    03/12/2009 05:00

    Integrating grounded fences may be a good short-term solution to minimise electrical threats for building sites in proximity to the high-voltage power lines or transformer stations. Workers inspect transformers which are in unsafe distance to a high-rise...

  • Deflating illegal gas production

    Deflating illegal gas production

    03/12/2009 05:00

    A new programme on minimising the illegal production and trade of gas was introduced on December 3, in a deal between the Ministry of Industry and Trade . . . The programme, which also involves the Firefighting Department, is aimed at raising the...

  • HCMC looks to boost Vietnamese language at int’l schools

    03/12/2009 05:00

    Vietnamese elementary students at international schools in Ho Chi Minh City will have to learn their mother tongue between 8-10 periods a week, according new rules recently proposed by the local education department....

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