• Massage parlor owner held 66 women captive to run brothel: prosecution 

    27/01/2011 05:00

    Phan Cao Tri (C) is standing trial for illegally holding captive and extorting money from 66 women working for his massage parlors. A trial opened Monday in Ho Chi Minh City tried a massage parlor owner and five others for holding 66...

  • Forest protection scheme benefits 10,000 highland families 

    27/01/2011 05:00

    The experiences and successes of Vietnam’s Payments for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) scheme, which has generated significant resources to support forest protection and local livelihoods, were shared at a workshop in Da...

  • Vietnamese models honored at Asian Model Festival

    Vietnamese models honored at Asian Model Festival

    26/01/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese models – Lan Huong and Quang Thinh – received the “Asian model” titles in Seoul on January 21. Lan Huong, 21, 1.75m, 85-58-94, entered the top five of the World Model 2009. Quang Thinh, 1.85m,...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 27/1

    26/01/2011 05:00

    HCMC massage-parlor owner faces 11-13 years in jail Ho Chi Minh City Procuracy proposed jail terms of 11-13 years for a massage parlor owner accused of enslaving his women employees in a trial that opened Monday. Phan Cao Tri, 38, who owns five massage parlors,...

  • Hanoi suffers from traffic congestion before Tet

    Hanoi suffers from traffic congestion before Tet

    26/01/2011 05:00

    Increased use of taxis in cold weather, people going shopping or arranging last minute business has created the worst traffic in Ha Noi to date. Almost all roads are gridlocked several times a day. Traffic is always present in Hanoi, but as Tet approaches more and...

  • Kitchen God festival in photos

    Kitchen God festival in photos

    26/01/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet captured the Kitchen God festival in Hanoi, which felt on January 26. Purchasing carps and votive paper products:...

  • Vietnam Next Top Model winners in photos

    Vietnam Next Top Model winners in photos

    26/01/2011 05:00

    Khieu Thi Huyen Trang, 21, from Bac Giang Province won the first Viet Nam’s Next Top Model competition on January 23 in HCM City. Trang had not been the clear winner in previous shows but in the final show, she performed outstandingly and overcome the two...

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