• Transportation Minister to probe nation-wide road tolls

    11/11/2009 05:00

    After three illegal road tolls on Thang Long-Noi Bai highway were brought to light, the Transportation Ministry has asked the Vietnam Road Administration to check on all road tolls. The Ministry told the Vietnam Road Administration to keep to...

  • Skinny homes just got skinner in Hanoi

    11/11/2009 05:00

    Vietnam is famous for its long thin houses. But these building just went from thin to skeletal. An aviary-shaped house on Khuat Duy Tien Road . With total investments of over 2.2 trillion dong ($123 million), the belt road No. 3, Trung...

  • Labor ministry proposes raising poverty line in 2011

    11/11/2009 05:00

    Women make bamboo baskets in a poverty-stricken district of the Central highland’s Dak Lak Province. The current poverty benchmark should be doubled in 2011, the Ministry of Labors, War Invalids and Social Affairs proposed...

  • Restoration of Long Bien bridge planned

    10/11/2009 05:00

    Tran Van Tuy, deputy director of the Railway Project Management Board, said that Hanoi’s famous bridge will be restored to serve urban traffic and visitors in 2013. Vietnam Railways Corporation’s Tuy said that that Vietnam and France have a plan to...

  • Unemployment falls sharply, reports Labour Ministry

    Unemployment falls sharply, reports Labour Ministry

    10/11/2009 05:00

    In the third quarter of 2009, only about 11,200 workers were unemployed, a reduction of 83 percent compared to the first quarter, reported the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs. The top five jobs in the third quarter include salesmen,...

  • Poor awareness the main cause behind traffic accidents

    Poor awareness the main cause behind traffic accidents

    10/11/2009 05:00

    Traffic accidents in Vietnam are mostly caused by carelessness and poor awareness on the part of drivers, although inadequate infrastructure is also partly to blame. Thousands of people are killed by traffic accidents in Vietnam each year, while the financial...

  • Fund launched to assist poor

    10/11/2009 05:00

    The Vietnam Challenge Fund was launched on November 10 by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the UK Department for International Development, and the Asian Development Bank. VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Challenge Fund was launched on November...

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