• MOET focuses on education for disadvantaged youths

    04/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Education and Training has asked all provincial and municipal education departments to increase training for disadvantaged school children, Photo: VNA The move comes as every province and city nationwide prepares for...

  • Awful conditions don’t stop committed teachers in remote areas

    04/09/2009 05:00

    Two teachers from Pang Tieng School in Lam Dong Province on the way to the school Thousands of dedicated teachers brave poverty, dangerous roads and shoddy facilities to bring education to the country’s most remote...

  • Essential road system opens to ease traffic in HCM City

    03/09/2009 05:00

    The Phu My cable-stayed bridge and a road along Tau Hu – Ben Nghe Canal, both parts of the new East-West Highway, opened to traffic on September 2. Phu My Bridge opens to traffic on September 2 to check technical parameters (Photo: SGGP) The...

  • SOCIAL IN BRIEF 4/9

    03/09/2009 05:00

    Program helps rural people access Internet; People pay respect to Uncle Ho on his death anniversary; Da Nang border guards rescue knifed Philippine captain; Boat capsizes, leaving seven missing in southern Vietnam Program helps rural people access Internet...

  • Citizens enjoy National Day holiday

    03/09/2009 05:00

    Many supermarkets, entertainment areas and domestic travel tours nationwide attracted numerous people. In Ho Chi Minh City , supermarkets began a month-long discount promotion, with discounts of 30 to 50 percent in many supermarkets and shopping centers, such as Co.op Mart,...

  • Tropical depression threatens central Vietnam

    03/09/2009 05:00

    The tropical depression was around 170 kilometers east of the Quang Nam – Quang Ngai coast on the afternoon of September 3. The wind speed at the centre was Level 9 (88-102 kilometers per hour). It is forecast that the tropical depression will get stronger...

  • Black boxes await approval this week

    03/09/2009 05:00

    Under the Ministry of Transport’s draft decree, all coaches and containers lorries operating on routes 500km or longer would have had to be fitted with the device by July 1, next year. Coaches and buses operating routes over 300km but under 500km would have to install the...

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