• Children get State stamp for safer toys

    14/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The National Technical Regulation on Toy Safety, which defines the standards toys must meet for sale in the market, has been published for the first time Children choose their toys at a shop on Hang Ma street, Ha Noi. Management over toys will...

  • Red River coal basin to be exploited in 2010

    14/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The Vietnam Coal and Mineral Group will begin experimentally exploiting the Red River Delta coal basin under a decision of the Prime Minister in 2010. The Red River Delta coal basin has reserves of up to 210 billion tonnes. According to...

  • Hanoi considers largest reconstruction project of old apartment blocks

    14/09/2009 05:00

    Hanoi’s Vice Chairman Phi Thai Binh has asked Vinaconex to design a plan to rebuild 16 apartment blocks in Thuong Dinh, Thanh Xuan district. An old apartment block in Hanoi. Hanoi’s Vice Chairman Phi Thai Binh has asked the Vietnam Construction Import...

  • SOCIAL IN BRIEF 14/9

    13/09/2009 05:00

    Disadvantaged youths to have free Operation Smile surgeries; Front aids natural disaster victims; Southern workers killed in water pipe; Murder suspect caught on run in central province;Consultant hired for Hanoi elevated railway Disadvantaged youths to have...

  • Lawmakers to scrutinise export labour companies

    13/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – A programme to inspect and handle the movement of guest workers going abroad will be submitted for approval at the next session of the National Assembly. Nearly 46,000 labourers went overseas in the first eight month of this years, 50 per cent...

  • Unfinished bridge languishes as “restaurant”

    13/09/2009 05:00

    Hanoi’s Vinh Tuy Bridge, eventually to be the widest in Vietnam, was scheduled to be completed in September 2007. It’s presently being used as an outdoor restaurant. Vinh Tuy Bridge , which is about to open for traffic, is bright at night....

  • Two more storms roiling the East Sea

    13/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Storm No. 8, Koppu, will bring heavy rains to north and central Vietnam. Meanwhile, the ninth storm of the year has appeared off the Philippine coast. Centre Director Bui Minh Tang said the new storm, called ‘Choiwan’ is at level 9 and...

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