• Northern Vietnam faces drought

    Northern Vietnam faces drought

    23/11/2009 05:00

    An El Nino will develop in the next few months, causing higher temperatures this winter and possibly droughts in the north, forecasts the Centre for Meteorological and Climate Research. According to the Centre for Meteorological and Climate Research under...

  • Religious followers help to fight HIV/AIDS

    23/11/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – A national conference was held in the central city of Hue city on Nov. 23 to increase the commitment of religious followers to fighting HIV/AIDS. The two-day event, organised by the Women’s Union of Thua Thien-Hue province in coordination...

  • Red River pontoon open for business

    Red River pontoon open for business

    23/11/2009 05:00

    The Ha Noi People’s Committee in co-operation with the Ministry of National Defence yesterday, November 23, opened a pontoon bridge over the Hong (Red) River. Workers moving pontoons down the Hong (Red) River to where the temporary bridge has been installed...

  • Train fares for Tet up by 25%

    Train fares for Tet up by 25%

    23/11/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Hanoi Railway Station will begin selling train tickets for the Lunar New Year season on December 1 with South-North tickets up by 25%. The price of seat tickets for the South-North route will rise from 10-25% and the price of soft bed tickets...

  • Ferry passengers in danger

    23/11/2009 05:00

    Every day in central and south Viet Nam, the lives of tens of thousands of passengers, many of them schoolchildren, are placed at risk because of a lack of life jackets. Teachers and students of Chieng On Secondary School in Son La Province go to school by...

  • At least 9 killed as bus hits train on northern railway

    23/11/2009 05:00

    A passenger bus after a crash with train on a Hanoi railway in which at least nine people died. A train crashed into a passenger bus in Hanoi Sunday morning, killing a motorist on the road and five bus passangers....

  • Floods destroy crops, schools and lives

    Floods destroy crops, schools and lives

    22/11/2009 05:00

    Residents in the central provinces of the country struggle to rebuild their lives after being devastated by massive floods from typhoons and tropical storms in recent weeks. After Storm Mirinae subsided, many areas in the central coastal province of Binh...

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