• Gau Tao festival – cultural ‘specialty’ of Mong people

    Gau Tao festival – cultural ‘specialty’ of Mong people

    11/02/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Gau Tao festival is the most important traditional festival of Mong ethnic people in Pha Long in the northern mountain province of Lao Cai. The festival opens on the fourth day of the lunar year to pray for good weather, good harvest, peace and...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 12/2

    11/02/2011 05:00

    Outbreak of scarlet fever and measles in North Vietnam There is great public concern at the outbreak of scarlet fever and measles in Hanoi and the Northern provinces. Not only children but also adults are susceptible to the infectious virus. Patients are already...

  • HCMC woman charged with smuggling 4.3 kilos of heroin 

    11/02/2011 05:00

    The People’s Supreme Procuracy, Vietnam’s premier prosecuting agency, has decided to charge a woman with trafficking 4.3 kilos of heroin from Malaysia into Vietnam.   According to the indictment, Nguyen...

  • Army captain shoots civilian dead in gambling dispute 

    11/02/2011 05:00

    Police at the scene where an army captain is said to have shot a person dead and critically seriously another on Wednesday. Military forces in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long are investigating a case where an army captain allegedlyÂ...

  • Fund backs measures to fight flooding in central provinces

    10/02/2011 05:00

    Phan Dien, president of the Natural Disaster Relief Fund, spoke with Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) newspaper about natural disaster mitigation in the central region. Why was the Natural Disaster Relief Fund established? The...

  • Keep festivals healthy, says PM

    Keep festivals healthy, says PM

    10/02/2011 05:00

    Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for stricter management of festivals organised around the country during the lunar new year festival period so that they do not become overly commercialised. A ceremony to worship Au...

  • Europe arrests 35 for smuggling Vietnamese immigrants 

    10/02/2011 05:00

    The European Police Office (Europol) has arrested 35 people allegedly involved in smuggling Vietnamese people into several European nations, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Thursday.   Nineteen of the alleged human...

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