• 21 fishermen missing in Ba Ria Vung Tau 

    21/12/2010 05:00

    The National Search and Rescue Commission is looking for 21 fishermen who are missing after their vessel sank in the southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau. One of the fisherman on the ship was found floating...

  • Disabled man drags himself up the stairs at district court: report 

    21/12/2010 05:00

    63-year-old An Van Chau sits on the steps at the People's Court in District 4, Ho Chi Minh City A 63-year-old man on a wheelchair had to drag himself upstairs at a court in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 4 to file a lawsuit that had been...

  • Japanese artist finds muse in Viet Nam

    20/12/2010 05:00

    Just once in her long career as a painter has, Toba Mika felt truly stuck. Up until the early 90s, Mika, from the Japanese city of Aichi, was busy painting flowers and plants. Then she ran out of ideas. “It seemed that I was finished as an artist. Then I came to...

  • Bank official suspended in alleged graft 

    19/12/2010 05:00

    The Saigon-Hanoi Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SHB) suspended its Khanh Hoa branch director after two employees were found forging a VND50 billion (US$2.56 million) passbook.   Although SHB’s inspectors concluded that...

  • Four missing, after scores of boats in distress off central Vietnam 

    19/12/2010 05:00

    Boats sheltering from whirlwinds in the central province of Quang Ngai. Severe winds capsized ships and boats off the central coast of Vietnam, leaving four fishermen missing, according to the Rescue Department under Vietnam’s Border...

  • Tran Dang Tuan will take the post of AVG General Director

    19/12/2010 05:00

    Former Deputy General Director of the Vietnam National Television Tran Dang Tuan will take the post of General Director of AVG (Audio Visual Global JSC), President of AVG Pham Nhat Vu confirmed with the local press on December 18. The news about former Deputy...

  • Passengers scammed by airport taxi drivers 

    19/12/2010 05:00

    Tourists wait for a taxi at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Last month, Tran Thuy An got off a plane at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport and hailed a cab. A Happy Taxi (a subsidiary of the Tram Thanh...

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