• 2 workers killed, 2 injured in industrial accident 

    09/06/2011 05:00

    Two workers were killed and two others injured after a crane broke down at a construction site of Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard Company in Khanh Hoa Province on Tuesday. The accident happened when the overloaded crane broke and...

  • Southern Vietnam’s prosecutors appeal acquittal of man's murder charge 

    09/06/2011 05:00

    Le Ba Mai, 29, (2nd, L) was acquitted of raping and killing a 11-year-old girl after standing four trials and seven years in custody, but now prosecutors want to reinstate charges. Prosecutors in the southern province of Binh Phuoc...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 9/6

    SOCIETY IN BRIEF 9/6

    09/06/2011 05:00

    US high school teachers, students visit Vietnam An official of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) has received a delegation of teachers and students from George Highschool in the US State of Pennsylvania, who are on a study tour of...

  • Second Miss Ethnic Vietnamese pageant launched

    Second Miss Ethnic Vietnamese pageant launched

    07/06/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - The Miss Ethnic Vietnamese pageant is the only national beauty contest in Vietnam in 2011 that aims to seek three representatives to take part in international competitions. The top five contestant of the first Miss Ethnic Vietnamese...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 8/6

    SOCIETY IN BRIEF 8/6

    07/06/2011 05:00

    Taxi wheels break off when running A rare incident happened late today when the rear axle of a taxi came off as the vehicle was running in the street in central Hue city city. Le Anh Tuan, the 37-year-old driver, said he was driving the four-seat car when...

  • ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 8/6

    ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 8/6

    07/06/2011 05:00

    Photo exhibition on General Giap opens in Da Nang Photo: Vietnam+ A photo exhibition on Vietnam’s legendary military general Vo Nguyen Giap opens in the central city of Da Nang on June 6. The exhibition displayed 101 photos...

  • Former transport official to stand trial for embezzlement 

    06/06/2011 05:00

    Bui Tien Dung in a file photo (Photo: VnExpress) A former transport official, currently serving a jail term for gambling, bribery and misusing state-owned cars, will stand trial on June 27 with new charges of embezzlement from a...

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