• Scrap unconstitutional ID law: experts 

    08/04/2011 05:00

    People with Down Syndrome at a cooking class in Ho Chi Minh City Identification documents (IDs) are a fundamental right of all citizens and any law that denies it to any citizen is unconstitutional and should be amended, legal experts say....

  • Three dead, two missing in ship collision 

    08/04/2011 05:00

    Two cargo ships collided off the coast of central Quang Nam Province early Wednesday, killing three and leaving two sailors missing. According to eyewitnesses, the Phuc Hai 05 en route from Indonesia to Da Nang City crashed...

  • Two men get death for Party honcho murder 

    08/04/2011 05:00

    Nguyen Trong Nhan (L) and Luong Hoang Sang in the dock at their trial on Wednesday (April 6). The men were sentenced to death for murdering a senior Party official and attempting to kill two others. The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on...

  • Co Loa ancient citadel proposed as world cultural heritage

    Co Loa ancient citadel proposed as world cultural heritage

    07/04/2011 05:00

    The Center for Preservation of Co Loa Relics – Thang Long Ancient Citadel has asked permission from the Hanoi authorities and related ministries to compile the file of Co Loa relic to submit to the UNESCO for recognition as a world cultural heritage. The...

  • Ethnology Museum helps to preserve cultural heritage

    Ethnology Museum helps to preserve cultural heritage

    07/04/2011 05:00

    The Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology was established in Ha Noi in 1987 to preserve the cultural heritage of the nation’s 54 ethnic groups. The facility is both a research centre and a public museum with a mission to collect, document, perserve and exhibit the...

  • Hanoians with Tet Han Thuc

    Hanoians with Tet Han Thuc

    06/04/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – On the the third day of the third lunar month or Tet Han Thuc (Cold Food Festival), Vietnamese families offer banh troi and banh chay to their ancestors. Hanoians no longer make the cakes at home but buy them. Banh troi are glutinous rice flour...

  • Sand ships illegally work in Hanoi’s Red River

    Sand ships illegally work in Hanoi’s Red River

    06/04/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of sand ships illegally explore sand in the 10km section of Red River in Hanoi. Some ships even suck sand near the feet of the Vinh Tuy and Thanh Tri bridges. These ships work illegally but publically. They exploit...

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