• SOCIETY IN BRIEF 11/4

    11/04/2011 05:00

    Three Taiwanese tourists killed in bus crash Three Taiwanese tourists and a local were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a tour bus that occurred yesterday on National Highway 1A, in Cam Thinh Dong Commune, Cam Ranh City, Khanh Hoa Province. The four...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 12/4

    11/04/2011 05:00

    New heart unit treats 500 children A cardiology unit established in February 2010 at the HCM City Children’s Hospital No 2 has since performed surgical procedures on more than 500 children with congenital heart defects. At the first anniversary of the unit yesterday,...

  • Vietnamese workers' evacuation from Libya ends 

    10/04/2011 05:00

    Vietnamese workers evacuated from Libya on a ship arriving in the northern province of Quang Ninh Monday. A ship carrying over 1,000 Vietnamese workers from Libya arrived in the northern province of Quang Ninh Monday, marking the end of a...

  • Nuclear plume from Japan covers Vietnam over weekend 

    10/04/2011 05:00

    Simulated image of anticipated nuclear fallout from Japan released by the Ministry of Science and Technology on Sunday (April 10) A  plume from Japan’s quake-crippled nuclear power plant would enter Vietnam Saturday night, but wouldn’t...

  • Higher wages to have no impact on prices: official 

    09/04/2011 05:00

    Vietnam's consumer price index rose 13.89 percent in March Raising the minimum wage will not have any impact on consumer prices, unlike the hikes in power and fuel products, said Nguyen Loc An, deputy head of the Domestic Market...

  • Scientists find home of rare turtle

    08/04/2011 05:00

    Scientists announced that they have discovered the natural habitat of a rare turle species, the Vietnamese box turtle (Cuora picturata), in forests on the Langbian Plateau in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. Scientists from the HCM...

  • Hanoi searches for the second ancient turtle

    Hanoi searches for the second ancient turtle

    08/04/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – The group of workers and underwater commandos who caught the Hoan Kiem turtle on April 3 is searching for the possible second turtle in the lake after discovering big bubbles on the surface....

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