Last updated: Monday, November 21, 2011
Speeding and handing the wheels over to unlicensed drivers is not uncommon practice among container truck drivers, an investigation finds
Rescuers carrying the body of a victim killed by an accident between a container truck and a bus that left 10 dead in Binh Thuan Province on...
Last updated: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
A 96-year-old man says he is close to ending a treasure hunt that has lasted well over 50 years
Tran Van Tiep, 96, and his youngest son Tran Phuong Hong. Tiep has obtained permission from Binh Thuan Province authorities to search for the 4,000 tons of gold treasure he believed...
Last updated: Monday, August 1, 2011
Tran Van Tiep (R), 97, has been allowed to explore a mountain in central Vietnam for treasure.
Authorities in the central province of Binh Thuan have allowed a man to continue exploring a local mountain for treasure believed to be worth some US$100 billion after terminating the project in February.
Tran Van Tiep,...
Last updated: Tuesday, March 22, 2011
International athletes at the 2011 International Yachting Festival in Mui Ne
THE 2011 INTERNATIONAL YACHTING FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
• MARCH 17
8 a.m. to 9 a.m.: Opening ceremony at Hon Rom Beach, Km 20, Mui Ne Ward, Phan Thiet Town
10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Yachting performance...
Last updated: Monday, October 11, 2010
First gold-selling ATM presented in Vietnam; Thanh Giong Cup awarded to 100 outstanding entrepreneurs; Petrol stockpiled as imports continue; Timber exports surge in major markets
First gold-selling ATM presented in Vietnam
The Eastern Asia Commercial Bank (DongA Bank) introduced the first gold-selling Automated Teller Machine...
Last updated: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
The transport of goods in many localities of the country has become stagnant because many truck drivers do not have FC licenses
VietNamNet Bridge – The transport of goods in many localities of the country has become stagnant because many truck drivers do not have FC licenses as required by the Ministry of Transport.
Lorry, coach...
Last updated: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Hot weather to blame for forest fire; Six die, dozens hurt on Thu Duc roads; Companies taken off pollution blacklist; Biodiversity can help Mekong Delta; Untreated waste water discharged illegally
Hot weather to blame for forest fire
Two forest fires occurred in central Nghe An Province’s Quynh Tan and Hung Yen Nam communes...
Last updated: Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The rainy and stormy season in 2010 is forecasted to develop in a very complicated manner, speculated a senior weather forecaster.
Natural rhythms have been unusual, with an early tropical depression that moved from Binh Thuan to Soc Trang in January. Bui Minh Tang, Director of the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting,...
Last updated: Friday, February 5, 2010
VnnNews – A painting exhibition called Binh Thuan Welcomes Spring 2010 opened on Wednesday at Phan Thiet City’s cultural center on Tran Phu Street.
A visitor takes a look at paintings on display at Phan Thiet City’s cultural centre.The exhibition features 40 paintings made by diverse contemporary materials such as oil paintings,...
Last updated: Saturday, December 19, 2009
Food safety authorities have launched nationwide testing of toasted watermelon seeds after the popular snack was found soaked in carcinogenic chemicals last week.
Health officials inspect the premises of a watermelon seeds producer in the south-central Binh Thuan Province.Le Thi Hong Hao, deputy head of the National Institute for Testing Food...
