• SOCIETY IN BRIEF 1/4

    31/03/2011 05:00

    Students disdain social sciences Low salaries and the fear of unemployment make social sciences less and less appealing to students, academics said yesterday at a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City. Tran Chut, vice president of Van Hien University,...

  • Prime Minister pushes city officials on beltway report 

    31/03/2011 05:00

    Construction on the Tan Son Nhat – Binh Loi – Outer Ring Road project in Ho Chi Minh City. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for strict punishment of any misconduct relating to the roadway’s construction. The central government has...

  • ADB approves metro-line loan for crowded Hanoi 

    31/03/2011 05:00

    The Asian Development Bank said Tuesday (March 29) it had approved a US$293 million loan to help build a metro rail line in traffic-clogged Hanoi, following a similar agreement to fund a Ho Chi Minh City line....

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 31/3

    30/03/2011 05:00

    Central province conducts free heart operations for children Doctors at the children’s hospital in the northern province of Thanh Hoa are conducting 250 free surgeries for child heart patients. Nguyen Huu Thanh, deputy head of the Heart Division at the Thanh Hoa...

  • Vietnam train crash kills wedding guests: media 

    30/03/2011 05:00

    A minibus destroyed after it was hit by a train in the northern province of Thai Nguyen. The accident reported kills at least nine people At least nine wedding guests in Vietnam died Wednesday when a train collided with their minibus, state...

  • Last Vietnamese workers from Libya to arrive home next week

    Last Vietnamese workers from Libya to arrive home next week

    30/03/2011 05:00

    The remaining 1,121 Vietnamese workers who left Libya’s Benghazi Port on March 3 will arrive in the northern port city of Hai Phong in the next three or four days. Le Van Thanh, Vice chief of the Department for Management...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 30/3

    29/03/2011 05:00

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