• Vietnam produces biodegradable polymer products

    Vietnam produces biodegradable polymer products

    04/02/2011 05:00

    The Vietnamese Institute of Industrial Chemistry has developed Vietnam ’s first ever biodegradable polymer products. Researchers from the institute used laminated biodegradable polymer sheets to cover millions of square metres of...

  • Da Nang workers go on strike for end-of-year payment, bonus 

    29/01/2011 05:00

    A Da Nang labor official talks with garment workers from a South Korean firm after they went on strike asking for their monthly salary and Tet bonus More than 700 garment workers at a South Korean firm in Da Nang went on a wildcat...

  • Fire destroys tower at 600-year-old pagoda in Hanoi 

    29/01/2011 05:00

    The tower of a 600-year-old pagoda in Hanoi was totally destroyed in a big fire that broke out Thursday (27 January), local news website VnExpress reported. Witnesses said they noticed that the Tao Sach Pagoda in Tay Ho...

  • Hanoi Spring Festival opens

    Hanoi Spring Festival opens

    28/01/2011 05:00

    The Spring Festival opened on January 27 at the square in front of the Thong Nhat Park with folk games, music performance, etc. PV

  • State bank ex-chief accused in banknote scam 

    28/01/2011 05:00

    Vietnam’s Government Inspectorate is yet to launch an investigation into accusations that a former state bank governor accepted bribes from an Australian firm in exchange for polymer banknote supply contracts, a...

  • Two released in graveyard scuffle case 

    28/01/2011 05:00

    An appeals court in the central city of Da Nang released two convicts on Wednesday, after they plead guilty to “causing public disorder” and “resisting officials on duty.”  Following their admission of...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 28/1

    SOCIETY IN BRIEF 28/1

    27/01/2011 05:00

    Vietnam moves up 16 places in quality of life rankings Vietnam has moved up from 77th in 2009 to 61st in 2010 in the quality of life rankings conducted by the London-based Legatum Research Institute. The institute’s Prosperity Index includes 110...

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