• Ministry to check tuition fee collection at public universities

    23/09/2009 05:00

    The education ministry will conduct random inspections on tuition collection and spending at public universities next month. “The inspections are aimed at learning for what purpose universities are...

  • Ninh Thuan to withdraw ‘insulting’ teacher ID

    23/09/2009 05:00

    The Department of Education and Training in Ninh Thuan Province will withdraw a teachers’ ID card that has been slammed by officials, teachers and the general public as disrespectful and insulting. The education department of Phan Rang – Thap Cham City in...

  • Over 188 kg heroin seized in Vietnam this year

    23/09/2009 05:00

    Vietnam seized 188.44 kilograms of heroin and 19.55 kilograms of other drugs in nearly 8,400 drug cases this year, the Ministry of Public Security said Thursday. Police nationwide have cooperated with border guards, marine police and customs officers to...

  • Youth invention contest honors 76 winners

    23/09/2009 05:00

    A student invention competition granted 76 prizes to youngsters in Hanoi Wednesday. Phan Van Mam, a 17-year-old from the northern province of Nam Dinh, won the annual competition’s special prize for his robot built with hand that can pick up and move...

  • World Bank extends HCMC sanitation project deadline again

    23/09/2009 05:00

    The World Bank has extended the deadline of a major Ho Chi Minh City environmental sanitation project it is funding for another six months, the bank said in a meeting with local authorities on Wednesday....

  • Home-grown social network tops Facebook

    23/09/2009 05:00

    With 945,000 users in Vietnam, the fast-growing social networking site Zing Me has surpassed its main rival Facebook in local popularity, the website’s owner said. As of Wednesday, Facebook had...

  • Garbage-fee probe may attract investors

    23/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The HCM City’s People’s Committee has asked the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to work with other agencies to develop Household waste is treated at Tay Bac-Cu Chi’s solid waste dump in HCM City. It is expected that a more...

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