• Typhoon approaches Vietnam, urgent evacuation implemented

    Typhoon approaches Vietnam, urgent evacuation implemented

    31/10/2009 05:00

    Typhoon Mirinae is forecasted to hit the central Vietnam on November 2. The Prime Minister sent three working groups to the central region to supervise actions against the storm. The first group, led by Minister of Agriculture and Rural...

  • Can Tho to employ foreign consultants to revamp city

    31/10/2009 05:00

    The Ninh Kieu Wharf in Can Tho City The Mekong Delta City of Can Tho will hire a foreign company to consult on adjustments to its master zoning plan, People’s Committee Chairman Tran Thanh Man said on Wednesday....

  • Translation of ODA graft documents yields uncertain evidence

    31/10/2009 05:00

    Inspectors are mum about evidence gleaned from the recently-completed translation of material related to the trial of an official accused of taking bribes as head of a massive Ho Chi Minh City building project....

  • Black coral found smuggled along southern coast

    31/10/2009 05:00

    More than one ton of smuggled black coral was found in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Wednesday. Provincial border guards said they seized the coral, also known as...

  • City typist sacked in Vedan award controversy

    31/10/2009 05:00

    The imbroglio regarding major environmental polluter Vedan being awarded for “community safe” products has been blamed on a typist who has been sacked for “causing a chain of errors”. Nguyen Thi Sinh, director of the Ho Chi Minh City-based quality...

  • Key to unlock resettlement crisis appears

    30/10/2009 05:00

    Hanoi’s sluggish resettlement development progress is expected to soon make a breakthrough. Hanoi People’s Committee vice chairman Vu Hong Khanh has signed off on Decision 108/2009/QD-UBND regarding land compensation and support of resettlement within the...

  • Storm Mirinae enters East Sea

    30/10/2009 05:00

    After pounding the Philippines on October 31, typhoon Mirinae weakened into a tropical storm and entered the East Sea, becoming the 11th storm in the region. At 16.00 on October 31, the storm was centred at 14.2 degrees north latitude and 118.2 degrees east...

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