• Official foreign aid workers to get visas valid for three years

    11/10/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The Government has updated tax exemptions and other benefits for foreign experts working on official development assistance (ODA) projects in Vietnam. Foreign experts at the construction site of the Phu My Bridge in HCM City. A decision...

  • Urban gardening gains popularity

    11/10/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – A lot of Saigon residents are taking pleasure in growing their own vegetables. One year ago, Phan Thi Hue city , 45, in HCM City worried when doctors told her that she had health problems and advised her to follow a vegetarian diet....

  • City insurer sues Taiwanese firm for unpaid wages

    11/10/2009 05:00

    A social insurer in Ho Chi Minh City has filed a lawsuit against a Taiwanese firm which suddenly shut down on Saturday without paying workers’ salaries and social insurance contributions. Around 550 workers of the Duc Quan Garment Ltd. in District 8...

  • City bridge in decline without respite from heavy traffic

    11/10/2009 05:00

    Traffic through Saigon Bridge across the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City on a normal day A major bridge in Ho Chi Minh City is deteriorating rapidly as authorities fail to control traffic flow and disperse it to other...

  • Hanoi residents forced to tap old wells

    11/10/2009 05:00

    The area allocated for a water project, which was slated for completion this year but still remains on paper. Many people in Hanoi’s outskirts are still drawing water from old wells for daily use as a tap water project...

  • Disabled suffer from lack of jobs

    11/10/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Only 11 of 63 cities and provinces have established an employment fund for the disabled, despite the regulation being enacted nationwide over a decade ago. Le Hong Son of Huong Khe district in the central province of Ha Tinh is a disabled...

  • Japan helps Ha Noi, HCM City move to improve pedestrian safety

    11/10/2009 05:00

    An inauguration ceremony held last Saturday by Ha Noi People’s Committee and Japan International Co-operation Agency kicked off the construction of 18 new pedestrian bridges. People use a pedestrian bridge to cross Nguyen Van Cu street in Ha Noi’s Long Bien...

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