• SOCIETY IN BRIEF 26/4

    25/04/2011 05:00

    No additive found in Vietnam can turn pork into beef The Department of Food Hygiene and Safety announced on April 23 that it had not discovered any additive in the market that could turn pork into beef. After hearing of China’s scandalous additives that can turn...

  • Gov't official faces power abuse charges 

    25/04/2011 05:00

    Vietnamese People’s Super Procuracy, the country’s highest justice office, has pressed charges of power abuse against the former head of a state-owned firm. Tran Duc Mau, 33, the accused, was general...

  • Officer probed in illegal release of drug trafficker 

    25/04/2011 05:00

    An officer in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has been put under investigation for being allegedly involved in the illegal release of a drug trafficker, prosecutors said Monday.   Le Van Viet,...

  • Flower exhibition and referendum on national flower held in Da Nang

    25/04/2011 05:00

    The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on April 26, opened an exhibition of flowers and held a referendum on choosing national flowers in the central city of Da Nang. The exhibition, held at the Trung Vuong Theatre, 35A Phan Chau Trinh, Da Nang...

  • Nigerian gets death for drug trafficking 

    24/04/2011 05:00

    Nigerian Nnaji David Ete, 33, gets death sentence Friday for trafficking drugs from Vietnam to China. A court in Ho Chi Minh City Friday sentenced Nigerian Nnaji David Ete death for trafficking more than 11 kilograms of heroin from Vietnam...

  • Deadly roads 

    24/04/2011 05:00

    Careless driving, disregard for the law and weak implementation combine to kill increasing numbers of people in road traffic accidents The wrecked vehicles in an accident involving a bus and a...

  • Women marrying foreigners need better legal protection: Deputy PM 

    23/04/2011 05:00

    Vietnamese women register for marriages with foreigners at the Department of Justice in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho The ministries of public security, justice, and foreign affairs need to act together and improve laws protecting...

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