• Big Buddha statue, perhaps made of gold, seized in An Giang

    Big Buddha statue, perhaps made of gold, seized in An Giang

    02/03/2011 05:00

    photo for illustration Market Control Agency of the southern province of An Giang has seized a Buddha statue of 82 kilograms in weight, which is rumored to be made of gold. The agency seized the statue in the smuggling case of an...

  • VN surrogate moms paid $5,500 for each baby

    02/03/2011 05:00

    Vietnamese authorities are speeding up procedures to repatriate the 14 Vietnamese mothers involved in an illegal surrogate baby ring in Bangkok. Authorities say the surrogate mothers are not aware their jobs are illegal. They were paid $5,500 for each baby delivered....

  • Vietnamese culture to be honored at HCM City’s exhibition

    Vietnamese culture to be honored at HCM City’s exhibition

    02/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – A big event to honor Vietnamese culture will take place in HCM City in early June. The exhibition will display original collections of artworks of most famous collectors in Vietnam. The exhibition entitled Vietculture – The World of...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 3/3

    02/03/2011 05:00

    Vietnam to have first world class hospital The South Hanoi Urban Development Joint Stock Company has begun construction of VinMedicare, proposed as Vietnam’s first general hospital offering world class facilities and services. Located in the Eco City complex...

  • Official dismissed for illegal release of drug suspect 

    02/03/2011 05:00

    The People’s Supreme Procuracy Monday dismissed a deputy chief of the office of prosecutors in the southern province of Tra Vinh for being involved in the illegal release of a suspect in a drug trafficking case....

  • Party magazine's editor-in-chief commits suicide: police 

    02/03/2011 05:00

    Hanoi police announced Saturday that Dao Truc Thuc, editor-in-chief of Kiem Tra (Inspection) magazine, had taken his own life. The magazine served as the official mouthpiece of the Party Central Committee’s...

  • Bus mows down three bikes, killing four 

    02/03/2011 05:00

    Four people died instantly and two others were critically injured when a bus crashed into three motorbikes in the central province of Ha Tinh Tuesday.   Witnesses said the southbound bus hit the bikes...

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