• Vietnam urges rescue, aid as typhoon casualties climb

    29/09/2009 05:00

    A Vietnamese resident tries to get into his flooded house after Typhoon Ketsana swept through Hoi An. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung urged “rapid” rescue and relief efforts for central Vietnam after Typhoon...

  • New life for second-hand items

    28/09/2009 05:00

    Used clothes, footwear, books and other goods were exchanged at the second Mottainai Festival held at the Hanoi Children’s Palace on September 26. A gate made of plastic bottles. A student buys three to be named “Mr. Organic,” “Mr....

  • Deputy PM orders boats to port

    28/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai yesterday, September 28, took control of measures to handle the effects of Tropical Storm Ketsana, Authorities in Da Nang help people evacuate from storm-affected Lien Chieu district (left photo) while the...

  • Superstorm to hit midcoast cities head on

    28/09/2009 05:00

    By morning on 29 September, with the eye of Typhoon Ketsana still a few hours from crossing the coast, the people of Hue city , Danang and surrounding provinces Authorities in Da Nang help people evacuate from storm-affected Lien Chieu district (left photo)...

  • Ha Noi short of manual labourers

    28/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – More than 500 companies in HCM City have filled jobs in recent weeks, but businesses in Ha Noi continue to be short of manual workers, primarily due to low wages. Provinces around Ha Noi had set up many industrial parks and attracted workers,...

  • Typhoon Ketsana kills ahead of landfall

    28/09/2009 05:00

    Seven people are dead and at least 100 homes and nine boats have been destroyed on Vietnam’s central coast as Typhoon Ketsana makes its presence felt from the East Sea. The storm, which...

  • Northern power supply hit by Katsana typhoon

    28/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – As a result of the Katsana storm, two lines of the 500 kV power transmission system have failed, reported the Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN). Katsana has hit the central Vietnam since September 28 evening. With the the central region...

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