• Stricter enforcement sought on child labour laws

    28/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Harsher punishments should be meted out to those who exploit children, according to Le Thi Xuan Lang, deputy chief inspector of HCM City’s Department Nguyen Xuan Sang, a farmer in Quang Hai commune, Quang Xuong district, Thanh Hoa province...

  • Typhoon kills 32 in Vietnam; Philippine toll at 246

    28/09/2009 05:00

    A car is turned over bu strong wind caused by Typhoon Ketsana in Quang Ngai Province A powerful typhoon slammed into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing 32 people and flooding towns and villages along the country’s long...

  • Last body found in Ha Long Bay’s boat incident

    27/09/2009 05:00

    A tourist junk anchored in Hạ Long Bay on the northeastern coast of Vietnam Rescuers on Sunday morning found the body of the last of five people who drowned after a tourist boat sank three days earlier in Ha Long Bay....

  • Packing high winds, Storm No 9 nears central coast

    27/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Typhoon Ketsana, the ninth tropical storm this year, is poised to bring heavy rains and high winds to the Hue city -Danang area on 29 September (Tuesday). Dam C17 in Minh Hiep commune in central Nghe An province burst after prolonged rain on...

  • Nearly $500,000 given to scholarships, charity in HCMC

    27/09/2009 05:00

    Nguyen Van Huan (2nd, R), vice chairman of the Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Fund, with students from Vo Van Kiet high school The Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Fund and the Phu My Hung Corporation handed out VND8.74 billion...

  • Ketsana becomes typhoon, heads for Vietnam after Philippines

    27/09/2009 05:00

    Tropical storm Ketsana strengthened to a typhoon as it headed across the South China Sea after leaving more than 100 people dead in the Philippines and is forecast to hit the coast of Vietnam Tuesday....

  • Young boys electrocuted in southern Vietnam

    27/09/2009 05:00

    Two boys from southern Vietnam, aged 10 and 11, died of electrocution in two separate accidents on Sunday. The 10-year-old Tran Trung Huy and three of his friends were playing football as it rained in an alley in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 6 at 5 p.m....

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