• Gov’t plans to lift minimum wage to $40 a month in May

    Gov’t plans to lift minimum wage to $40 a month in May

    03/09/2009 05:00

    The Ministry of Finance plans to raise the minimum wage from the present VND650,000 to VND730,000 (US$40.50) a month in May next year, The Deputy PM called on the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to work with the finance ministry on a plan for adjusting wages and subsidies....

  • Hanoi to build apartment blocks for resettlement of 19,000 families

    03/09/2009 05:00

    The Hanoi Department of Planning and Architecture has introduced three sites for building large-scale residential areas for the resettlement of 19,000 households in Tu Liem, Hoai Duc and Thanh Tri districts. The department has also researched the building of resettlement...

  • Peace Boat arrives in Danang

    Peace Boat arrives in Danang

    02/09/2009 05:00

    More than 450 pacifists from around the world September 1 arrived at Tien Sa Port in Danang City on ‘Peace Boat,’ which recently left Japan. They visited Ngu Hanh Son (Five Element Mountains), the Champa Museum, Hoi An Ancient Town, the UNESCO world heritage My Son...

  • Essential road system opened to ease traffic in city

    Essential road system opened to ease traffic in city

    02/09/2009 05:00

    Phu My cable-stayed bridge and road along Tau Hu – Ben Nghe Canal opened to traffic in HCM City on September 2. Phu My cable-stayed bridge and road along Tau Hu – Ben Nghe Canal, both parts of the East-West Highway, opened to traffic on September 2. They are two...

  • Dong Nai vendors shun new markets

    02/09/2009 05:00

    More than 670 stalls Tan Bien Market in Bien Hoa Town have been left vacant since 2007 Many new markets in southern Dong Nai Province have been lying vacant for years as local traders don’t want to move from their old...

  • Da Nang border guards rescue knifed Philippine captain

    02/09/2009 05:00

    A Philippine captain who was stabbed by a sailor on a ship off Da Nang Wednesday has been taken to the hospital by border guards from the central city. At 2 a.m. on Wednesday, the 55-year old captain of the Lady Barbara ship, Jai T.Jarabe, was knifed by...

  • Boat capsizes, leaving seven missing in southern Vietnam

    02/09/2009 05:00

    A motor boat capsized on the southern region’s Dong Nai River on Wednesday afternoon, leaving seven people missing. The accident happened at 5:30 p.m. when the boat driven by Truong Tho suddenly overturned in Dong Nai Province’s Son Ha Hamlet,...

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