• Ageing population pressures health care

    01/10/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – A dramatic rise in the number of elderly people in the country is pushing Viet Nam on its way to having an old population, Hanoian elderly practise tai chi, a kind of martial art to improve their health. According to international...

  • Northern coal workers trapped in tunnel

    01/10/2009 05:00

    Four coal miners in the northern coastal town of Ha Long were trapped somewhere between 36-75 meters underground by a collapsed mineshaft Thursday. All four men, Ngo Dinh Giang, Le Van Khoi, Duong Van Dinh, and Mai Van Thong from neighboring provinces,...

  • Southern major highway started

    01/10/2009 05:00

    A rendering of section of the Ho Chi Minh City-Dong Nai Province Highway in Dong Nai’s Long Thanh District. Work on the southern region’s second major expressway, which is expected to help boost economic development...

  • Ha Noi calls temporary halt to urban growth in the north

    01/10/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The Ha Noi People’s Committee has suspended plans to develop a 9,000ha new urban area in the northern region of the Hong (Red) River. The Ha Noi Urban and House Development Company has built accommodation for low-income people in Viet Hung...

  • Student electrocuted, HCM City’s official resigns

    30/09/2009 05:00

    The Deputy Director of HCM City’s Binh Phu District Power Division has resigned after a fifth grader in District 6 was electrocuted on September 27. The electric pole where the accident happened. The boy, 10, was playing football in the...

  • Ketsana leaves behind more death and destruction

    30/09/2009 05:00

    Storm Ketsana has killed at least 92 people, left 19 missing, and injured 199 in Vietnam More fatalities, submerged homes, destroyed boats, isolated areas, and paralyzed traffic were reported on Wednesday night after...

  • Vietnamese rice is the star at first ever Rice Festival

    30/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Around 300 companies will gather at the first Rice Festival in Vietnam in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang from November 26 to 30. Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi on September 30, chief organiser Trinh Quang...

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