• SOCIETY IN BRIEF 28/2

    27/02/2011 05:00

    Sweden helps Mekong region become green Sweden will help An Giang become a “green” centre in the Mekong delta with a host of bio-energy solutions. At a seminar on bio-energy and waste management hosted by An Giang on February 24, Swedish specialists introduced a...

  • Hanoi sets deadline for the owners of slender homes 

    27/02/2011 05:00

    A series of thin houses along Le Van Luong Street, Hanoi Hanoi officials said the capital city will take strong and decisive action to get rid of super-thin houses, once and for all. In the past five years, the city has failed...

  • Vietnam may escape summer power shortage 

    27/02/2011 05:00

    A family dines by candlelight, during a blackout in Ho Chi Minh City The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that there will be sufficient power as long as Vietnam’s demand does not grow more than 15 percent in the first half of 2011....

  • Legendary turtle to be treated on land

    Legendary turtle to be treated on land

    26/02/2011 05:00

    Hanoi authorities have decided to bring the ancient turtle in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake ashore for treatment, at a meeting on February 25. This would be the first-ever attempt to haul the animal ashore to cure its injuries sustained from locals’ poaching, hooks,...

  • Seven charged with smuggling gold in Mekong Delta 

    25/02/2011 05:00

    Prosecutors in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang are pressing charges against seven for smuggling gold into the country.   According to the indictment, the ring was busted after three of the accused...

  • 15 Vietnamese women allegedly cheated into surrogacy in Thailand 

    25/02/2011 05:00

    Thai police and several non-governmental organizations have rescued 15 Vietnamese women who claimed they had been tricked into working as surrogate mothers.   The women, who are 30 years old on average,...

  • Transport companies threaten to raise fees

    Transport companies threaten to raise fees

    25/02/2011 05:00

    Soon after the announcement of a rise in petrol prices on February 24, many transport companies said they would follow suit. Ta Long Hy, director of Vinasun Taxi Company and chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Taxi Association said that even though petrol prices...

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