• Downpours inflict heavy damage on central region

    04/09/2009 05:00

    Hue city -flood-247-09.jpg" hspace="1" align="left" vspace="1" class=pix> A tropical low lasting several days has brought torrential rain to the central region, killing at least two, sinking boats, raising river levels and...

  • Central Vietnam bridge reveals cracks, leaks on opening day

    04/09/2009 05:00

    A crack on the Quang Hai Bridge A bridge in Quang Binh Province across the Giang River showed several cracks and leakages as it opened to traffic last Saturday. Four years overdue, the Quang Hai Bridge...

  • Lighting company to blame for boy’s electrocution: experts

    04/09/2009 05:00

    The Public Lighting Company of Ho Chi Minh City has to take responsibility for the death of a 13-year old boy killed Monday by a power leak from its lamp post, officials and lawyers said. It is...

  • Rare gibbons rescued in HCMC

    04/09/2009 05:00

    Police and forest rangers in Ho Chi Minh City have taken three yellow-cheeked gibbons to a wildlife sanctuary in Cu Chi District after finding the rare and protected primates at a factory in Binh Tan District. For its sins, Nhan Hoa Ltd. in Tan Tao...

  • Vietnam to join int’l moot competition for first time

    04/09/2009 05:00

    Vietnamese students will participate in the 4th LAWASIA International Moot Competition in Ho Chi Minh City in November. It will be Vietnam’s first foray into the contest since it was started in 2005 by Law Asia, an international organization of...

  • Severe flooding strikes central region

    04/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Torrential rains caused by a tropical low pressure system have flooded many parts of the central region, from Da Nang city to Binh Dinh province Floodwaters are rising up. (Photo: VNA) In Quang Ngai province, two fishing vessels sank...

  • Severe floods disrupt the central region

    04/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Torrential rains caused by a tropical low pressure system have flooded many parts central Vietnam over the past two days, Floodwaters are rising. (Photo: VNA) Two fishing vessels sank and one lost contact with the mainland on September...

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