• Workers shun free bus services

    24/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Free bus services in the Amata and Bien Hoa 2 industrial zones in southern Dong Nai province’s Bien Hoa city have attracted only 26,000 passengers Free bus services in the Amata and Bien Hoa 2 industrial zones in southern Dong Nai province’s...

  • Compensation sought for farmers who lost rice crops

    24/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Farmers in northern and northern central provinces, especially Nghe An, could get about VND4 million compensation for every hectare of rice destroyed The Southern Plant Protection Centre warned the diseases could break out in next year’s...

  • Gov’t issues decree on citizenship law

    24/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The Government has issued new guidelines for those wishing to apply for Vietnamese nationality. The Government has issued new guidelines for those wishing to apply for Vietnamese nationality. According to Decree 78/2009/ND-CP, which comes...

  • Prosecutors seek 5-6 years for officials in Japanese graft case

    24/09/2009 05:00

    Huynh Ngoc Si (R) and Le Van Qua at their trial in Ho Chi Minh City Thursday Prosecutors are seeking jail terms of five to six years each for two officials charged with illegally pocketing office rent from a Japanese firm...

  • Boat capsized in Ha Long Bay, one missing

    24/09/2009 05:00

    A freak wind upturned a boat in beauty spot Ha Long Bay on, September 24. Of twenty four passengers on board – one remains missing. Rescue forces on the scene were able to save 20 people who were brought back to the mainland. Three of the four...

  • First ‘all-Vietnamese’ bridge over the Red River opens to traffic

    24/09/2009 05:00

    Amid fervent hopes that it will draw traffic away from Hanoi’s heavily used downtown streets, the Vinh Tuy Bridge opened on September 25. Before cutting the ribbon, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung called the new Red River span a landmark for the...

  • Children’s Hospital 2 bucks reconstruction plan

    24/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Management of Children’s Hospital 2 in downtown HCMC on Wednesday blatantly objected to a VND3.2tril plan to rebuild the hospital into a modern one A view of Children Hospital 2 in downtown HCM City. The Compensation Clearance Corporation...

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