• Floods still a problem as HCM City short on drains

    19/10/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – It has been revealed that HCM City has only 1039km of drainage sewers, equivalent to one sixth of the needed drainage system for the city. It has meant floods have become a nightmare for HCM City people....

  • HCM City traffic hurting country’s economy

    19/10/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Experts now warn that HCM City could stand to lose its position as an attractive foreign investment destination due to its worsening traffic and environmental pollution. A traffic gridlock on Nguyen Huu Canh Street, HCMC. Experts say the city’s...

  • Mekong Delta flooded choked by rice husks

    19/10/2009 05:00

    In the Mekong Delta nearly 4 million tones of rice husk is discharged to rivers and canals each year, causing serious pollution. Walking along the O Mon River, which runs through Can Tho, the biggest city in the Mekong Delta, one can see masses...

  • More jobs means fewer workers need help from support package

    More jobs means fewer workers need help from support package

    19/10/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thanh Hoa spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about a support package for workers. Based on the situation in December 2008, we forecast more than 300,000 workers would lose their...

  • Ignorance of safety laws leads to worker deaths

    19/10/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – About 93 per cent of surveyed workers have no understanding of the Labour Law, according to latest statistics. Workers repaint the Opera House in Ha Noi. Almost every worker surveyed recently had no knowledge of the Labour Law, which protects...

  • Trafficked ant-eaters seized in northern Vietnam

    19/10/2009 05:00

    The pangolins found by Hai Phong Police on Monday night. Police in the northern port city of Hai Phong Monday night caught 59 pangolins, two of them dead, as they were being carried to a local company warehouse....

  • Work begins on dormitory to house 60,000 students

    Work begins on dormitory to house 60,000 students

    18/10/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Construction began yesterday, October 18, on a student dormitory complex to accommodate 60,000 students in the Thu Duc-Di An area. The complex, part of the HCM City National University construction project, costing VND4.7 trillion (US$261...

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