• PM tours Son La power projects, stresses anti-poverty work

    11/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Son La should rely on hydro-electric power development and agriculture to achieve sustainable development, In mountainous Son La province on September 11, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung inspected the massive Son La Dam and Nam Chien...

  • Fears rise as new storm hits

    10/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung last night ordered localities to promptly handle natural disasters. Farmers in Hai Lang district in Quang Tri province harvest rice to save it from the approaching storm. Heavy rains have already caused widespread...

  • Tiger kills zoo worker in southern Vietnam

    10/09/2009 05:00

    Doctors treat Nguyen Thanh Giau’s injuries at Binh Duong General Hospital. A zoo worker in Binh Duong Province was killed on Thursday by a tiger that leapt from its enclosure into an unoccupied den where three men were...

  • Northern farmers hope for 6mil tonne bumper harvest

    10/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Northern farmers are expected to harvest a bumper crop from June to September, reports the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). Northern farmers are expected to harvest a bumper crop from June to September. Phan Huy Thong,...

  • Tiger kills zoo worker

    10/09/2009 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Three workers at a Binh Duong province animal park were attacked by an escaped tiger on September 10. One died on the spot. The injured worker named Giau at the local hospital. The workers were planting trees in the enclosure...

  • Ha Noi gets tough on size of billboards and banners

    10/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Firms will have to remove billboards if they do not meet a new regulation limiting the size of street advertising in the city, In commercial centres, supermarkets and stations, the area of a billboard must not exceed 40sq.m. The regulation,...

  • Endangered sea turtles rescued in central Vietnam

    10/09/2009 05:00

    Police in the central province of Khanh Hoa have released 849 endangered sea turtles into the wild after confiscating them from a local man now under investigation. The hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys...

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