• Tropical Storm Mirinae claims at least 31 lives in central region

    Tropical Storm Mirinae claims at least 31 lives in central region

    03/11/2009 05:00

    Despite downgrading into a tropical low, Typhoon Mirinae hit the central region of Viet Nam yesterday, November 3, leaving at least 31 dead, 21 missing and 45 injured. Rescuers and flood victims in Dong Da Commune in the central city of Quy Nhon....

  • OSI Goodwill Ambassador to visit Vietnam

    02/11/2009 05:00

    Chinese movie star and Operation Smile Goodwill Ambassador, Jackie Chan will visit Vietnam from November 4-7, said a representative for Operation Smile Vietnam (OSV) in HCM City. Chinese movie star and Operation Smile International Goodwill Ambassador,...

  • One killed, two missing as bizarre bus accident sinks ferry

    02/11/2009 05:00

    Thanh Binh pier in An Giang Province A driver’s assistant was killed and at least two passengers were missing in the An Giang Province Tuesday morning when a bus lost control and hit a ferry boat on a nearby pier after...

  • Drunk taxi driver plows into house, injures two

    02/11/2009 05:00

    A drunken taxi driver lost control and crashed his vehicle into a Ho Chi Minh City home early Sunday, seriously injuring two sleeping people. Driver Vo Hoang Vu had driven the seven-seat Mai Linh...

  • Storm Mirinae losses ’huge’

    Storm Mirinae losses ’huge’

    02/11/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Initial losses have been reported in the central coastal provinces of Phu Yen and Binh Dinh, with two deaths, one missing person and three injured. Residents in the central province of Binh Dinh battle Storm Mirinae. Phu Yen’s Electricity...

  • Four dead, two missing as Mirinae strikes central coast

    02/11/2009 05:00

    At least four people died and two were listed missing after typhoon Mirinae hit Vietnam’s central coast on Monday morning, according to the latest statistics from the national agency of storm and flood control....

  • Generation gap

    02/11/2009 05:00

    3G services set to replace predecessors in Vietnam Nguyen Thi Phuong Mai, an insurance executive, was excited and delighted to see her friend as she spoke to him on her 3G cell phone. “I saw...

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