• Oil spill contained in southern Vietnam

    21/09/2009 05:00

    Fuel and other oil leaking from a foreign ship that sank in the Soai Rap River in Ho Chi Minh City’s Nha Be District on Monday has been contained, Vietnamnet reports. While the amount of trapped...

  • Boy missing after falling into swollen ditch

    21/09/2009 05:00

    The drainage channel where a boy fell into and disapeared Monday A seven-year-old boy disappeared on Monday after falling into a flooded drainage channel in the central highlands town of Kon Tum on Monday....

  • Foreign-owned cars face stiffer police inspections

    20/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The General Department of Customs, and ministries of Foreign Affairs and Public Security have begun an inspection of expat-owned cars This is the first time that cars with registration plates beginning with the letters NN, NG and QT have...

  • Walk for disadvantaged kids attracts thousands and raises millions

    20/09/2009 05:00

    Thousands in Hanoi and HCM City joined a Sunday morning walk on September 20 to raise vital cash for disadvantaged children in Vietnam. The 30/4 Park on Le Duan Road turns red as people arrive at 6am representing the Red Cross, HCM City government agencies...

  • Horrific crash kills five in northern Vietnam

    20/09/2009 05:00

    A head-on collision in the northern province of Phu Tho on Sunday left five people dead and scores in hospital. The crash in Tieu Son Commune involved a bus carrying 43 students and five teachers of Chu Van Tho High School in adjacent Yen Bai Province back...

  • At-risk villages trained to help predict floods

    20/09/2009 05:00

    Mekong Delta villagers in flood plain regions have been trained to pre-empt flooding by recording water levels in remote areas and reporting the figures to local weather agencies. The Mekong...

  • Meeting discusses wildlife trafficking

    20/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – More than 350 communications officers met last week in northwestern Lai Chau province to discuss the illegal trade in wildlife across national borders. People in Dien Chau district in the central province of Nghe An hunt for stork to sell to...

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