• Vietnam evacuation project runs out of funds, land

    18/09/2009 05:00

    Flooding inflicted heavy damage on a mountainous area in the northern province of Bac Kan in July. A major project to evacuate people from localities vulnerable to natural disasters in Vietnam is stuck for want of funds...

  • Ex-officials jailed in major land scam

    18/09/2009 05:00

    Former senior officers involved in a land scam in Quang Ninh Province received jail sentences ranging from six months probation to four years on Wednesday. The court opted to award the lightest...

  • Logs of endangered tree seized in Hanoi

    18/09/2009 05:00

    A large log of the endangered sua seized by Hanoi police Thursday. Hanoi police on Thursday night discovered a large amount of wood of a rare and protected tree at two sawmills. The dried logs of...

  • Vocational schools build on Singaporean model

    18/09/2009 05:00

    Members of a working group from Singapore Polytechnic School survey a computer room at the Phu Lam College in Ho Chi Minh City in November 2009. Four vocational schools in Ho Chi Minh City have worked with Singaporean...

  • Import of ozone-depleting substances to be banned in Vietnam

    18/09/2009 05:00

    CFCs, chemicals released from aerosol cans and refrigerators, are to blame for ozone depletion All chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, substances known to damage the earth’s ozone layer, will be banned from entering Vietnam...

  • Taxi drivers reject company offer, continue strike

    18/09/2009 05:00

    Vinasun taxis parked on Dien Bien Phu Street in front of the company headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City Friday. Taxi drivers of Vinasun company in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday continued the strike they began Tuesday,...

  • Vietnam evacuation needs more land, more cash

    18/09/2009 05:00

    A major project to evacuate people from areas vulnerable to natural disasters has run short of both cash and land. Flooding inflicted heavy damage on a mountainous area in the northern province of Bac Kan in July. Vietnam ministries of Agriculture...

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