• School principal accused of statutory rape

    17/09/2009 05:00

    A local principal in the northern province of Ha Giang is now under investigation for allegedly forcing schoolgirls to have sex with him, a local official said. Sam Duc Xuong at the police station of Vi Xuyen town, Ha Giang Province A local principal...

  • Voluntary social insurance struggles

    17/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The number of voluntary social insurance participants remains low after more than a year in operation, mainly due to a lack of consulting staff and poor communication systems. Doctors examine insured patients in the central province of Quang...

  • 16,000 of Ha Noi poorest families to share $11mil

    17/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Poor households in the capital will receive some financial relief with VND200 billion set aside by the Ha Noi People’s Committee. Poverty-stricken households in outer Ha Noi will receive some financial relief as set aside by the Ha Noi People’s...

  • Call for power lines to go underground

    17/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Huge towers and snaking electricity lines are a blight on the landscape, discourage development and decrease property values in HCM City’s outskirts, Workers relocate power lines in HCM City’s Nguyen Thi Minh Khai district. Officials and...

  • SOCIAL IN BRIEF 17/9

    16/09/2009 05:00

    Netherlands offers Hanoi 30,000 tulips; A/H1N1 cases hit 5,164; Vietnam celebrates Int’l Ozone Layer Protection Day; Coach tours attract more visitors to China; Vietnam Airlines offers an airfare discount of 60-70 percent Netherlands offers Hanoi 30,000...

  • School principal accused of statutory rape in northern Vietnam

    16/09/2009 05:00

    Sam Duc Xuong at the police station of Vi Xuyen town, Ha Giang Province A local principal in the northern province of Ha Giang is now under investigation for allegedly forcing schoolgirls to have sex with him, a local...

  • Zoo’s tiger exhibit closed after tiger kills worker

    16/09/2009 05:00

    A tiger at the Dai Nam Zoo in the southern province of Binh Duong. A zoo in Binh Duong Province has been asked to shut down and strengthen its tiger enclosures after a tiger killed a worker Thursday. Experts had warned the...

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