• Dozens of fertilizer traders, makers fined in highlands

    08/09/2009 05:00

    The central highlands province of Dak Lak on Monday fined 44 local fertilizer companies for violating manufacturing and trade laws. According to inspectors from the Dak Lak Department of Agriculture and Rural Development – which fined the businesses...

  • SOCIAL IN BRIEF 9/9

    08/09/2009 05:00

    Slothful bridge work clogs up Highway 1A; Ministry calls on people not to discriminate against HIV/AIDS students; Bureaucratic delay prompts wildcat strike; Foreign students come to learn about Vietnam Slothful bridge work clogs up Highway 1A Work to...

  • Tropical low pressure leaves 16 dead and missing

    07/09/2009 05:00

    Sixteen people have been killed, injured or still missing due to the effects of a tropical low pressure front in the region. The Central and Central Highland Centre for Storm and Flood Control announced on September 7 that 16 people have been killed,...

  • SOCIAL IN BRIEF 8/9

    07/09/2009 05:00

    Ministry not confirmed third swine flu fatality; Flash floods kill 4 in central region, 2 missing; PM approves $71 mln education development program; Vietnam Buddhist Sangha marks Vu Lan festival in Berlin Ministry not confirmed third swine flu fatality...

  • Students fined for under-age driving

    07/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Ha Noi police have fined more than 300 under-age high-school students for driving motorbikes. The department had put policemen in plain clothes on duty at many high school gates and parking lots to check on student ages and punish those...

  • No free treatment for traffic offenders

    07/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – People injured in traffic accidents will no longer have hospital fees paid for by medical insurance, unless they have the proper paperwork to prove People injured in traffic accidents will no longer have hospital fees paid for by medical...

  • Vedan to negotiate with farmers’ association

    07/09/2009 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – By September 7, there had been 10,918 petitions submitted for compensation from Vedan for losses caused by pollution totalling nearly VND1.3 trillion. Farmers living along the Thi Vai river are awaiting Vedan’s compensation....

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