• Journalist set on fire while asleep at home 

    21/01/2011 05:00

    The bed of reporter Hoang Hung of "Nguoi Lao Dong" newspaper which was burnt in a suspected arson attack on Wednesday. A reporter from Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper remains in critical condition after an unidentified suspect set him on fire...

  • Cold front brings misery to north, central regions

    Cold front brings misery to north, central regions

    21/01/2011 05:00

    The prolonged and damaging cold spell has attacked the northern and central regions, deeply disrupting the daily life of the local people. People in northern Lao Cai Province’s Sa Pa Town are selling dead livestock that...

  • Backstreet Boys to come to Vietnam this March

    Backstreet Boys to come to Vietnam this March

    20/01/2011 05:00

    The boy band that was nominated for Grammy and whose albums were the best sellers in the last two decades will perform in Vietnam for the first time this March. The four singers - Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 21/1

    SOCIETY IN BRIEF 21/1

    20/01/2011 05:00

    Vietnamese people contribute to strengthening Vietnam-Australia ties Cooperative ties between Vietnam and Australia have developed not only in economics and trade but also in education, tourism, culture and people exchanges in...

  • Railway guard killed by train in Nghe An 

    20/01/2011 05:00

    The railway line in Nghe An Province where a train hit and killed a railway guard on Wednesday A railway guard in the north central province of Nghe An was hit and killed by a train Wednesday, local news website Dan Tri reported....

  • Foreigner expelled after causing fatal accident 

    20/01/2011 05:00

    An appeals court in Vietnam on Wednesday expelled a Russian man from Vietnam for violating road traffic regulations and causing the death of a Vietnamese in April.   The court announced its verdict following an appeal...

  • Seven people die from cold in central Vietnam

    Seven people die from cold in central Vietnam

    20/01/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – At least three people in the central provinces of Quang Tri and Phu Yen died from gas poisoning while they were warming themselves by burning coal. Four others in Quang Nam died from infections induced by the cold weather. Thousands of cattle also...

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