• UK agency launches Vietnam initiative against child exploitation

    02/10/2009 05:00

    A UK organization promoting child welfare said it launched a new multi-agency advisory taskforce in Vietnam Wednesday to tackle the exploitation of children across the country and the wider region. The initiative, backed by the British government, aims...

  • Private sector to drive US-Vietnam higher education ties

    02/10/2009 05:00

    A representative from the State University of New York-Brockport (L) talks to a Vietnamese highschool student during a US education fair in Hanoi There is great potential for American-style universities in Vietnam, but...

  • Quang Ngai official blames forecasters for storm damage

    02/10/2009 05:00

    The Party leader of Quang Ngai has blamed the province’s severe damage caused by Ketsana on inaccurate forecasts by the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting. One of more than 1,160 houses destroyed by Typhoon Ketsana in Quang Ngai Province....

  • Southern major highway started on October 3

    02/10/2009 05:00

    Work on the southern region’s second major expressway, which is expected to help boost economic development in the area, will begin in HCM City on October 3. Work on the southern region’s second major expressway, which is expected to help boost economic...

  • Vietnam wins second prize in UPU writing contest

    02/10/2009 05:00

    A Vietnamese schoolgirl won the second prize in the UPU letter writing competition this year, following a schoolgirl from the Czech Republic. Nguyen Dac Xuan Thao and her teacher. A Vietnamese schoolgirl, 13-year-old Nguyen Dac Xuan Thao, won the...

  • Australian guided missile frigate anchors in HCM City

    02/10/2009 05:00

    Australian Navy guided missile frigate HMAS Darwin paid a diplomatic visit to HCM City from 28 September to 2 October. The HMAS Darwin battleship with a red kangaroo on its side. Its state-of-the-art weapons. Phones are installed...

  • Illegal bear-bile operation busted in northern Vietnamese town

    02/10/2009 05:00

    A bear kept at a farm in Ha Long Police have arrested several suspected bear-bile traders for illegally extracting the substance from live undocumented animals at a farm in the northern town of Ha Long....

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