• Boat sinks in Ha Long Bay, no casualties 

    08/05/2011 05:00

    A boat with nearly 30 tourists on board sank after another boat crashed into it in Vietnam’s most famous tourist destination, Ha Long Bay, on Sunday, but no casualties were reported.   The accident happened at around 3...

  • Rangers report loss of 100 precious trees from national park 

    07/05/2011 05:00

    Rangers in the Yok Don National Park said Friday around 100 protected trees had been illegally cut down in a 10-hectare patch of land. Loggers had chopped and taken away the trunks of 100 Xylia xylocarpa trees with stumps...

  • France grants 20 mln euro loan for HCMC social housing 

    07/05/2011 05:00

    France will fund a social housing project in Ho Chi Minh City with a 20 million euro (US$29 million) loan under an agreement signed Thursday between the Ministry of Finance and the French Development Agency (AFD).  The...

  • Dong Thap couple gets 11 years for torturing infant 

    06/05/2011 05:00

    Le Thanh Tam (left) and Nguyen Thi Xuan Lan were sentenced to a combined 11 years in jail for torturing their nine-month-old daughter. A court in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on Friday sentenced a couple to a combined 11 years in...

  • Parents protest iffy response to son’s death at Dam Sen Park 

    06/05/2011 05:00

    Six-year-old Nguyen Dinh Nhat Huy was found dead in a waste treatment lake at the entertainment park on April 26. The parents of a six-year-old, who died last week at an entertainment park in Ho Chi Minh City, have demanded further...

  • Vietnam model ranked second on Global Beauty

    Vietnam model ranked second on Global Beauty

    06/05/2011 05:00

    Phan Thi Huong Giang, who represents Vietnam at the Miss Global Beauty Queen competition held in Seoul, South Korea from May 3-10, is currently being voted as the second most beautiful girl on category “Miss Global Beauty Internet Popularity”. So far, the...

  • 9-kilo coconuts

    9-kilo coconuts

    05/05/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – A pair of coconuts weighing nearly nine kilo each is on display at an exhibition in the southern province of Soc Trang. The giant coconuts are products of Mr. Nguyen Van Trung, from Xom...

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