Last updated: Saturday, April 3, 2010
Girl dies from electrocution at ATM in Vietnam; Draft on Vietnam’s 2010 Millennium Goals released; Customs equipped with container scanners; $3.4 mil project to aid victims of child labor
Requiem for fallen soldiers held in Thanh Hoa The central province of Thanh Hoa held a requiem ceremony for fallen soldiers at the provincial...
Last updated: Saturday, April 3, 2010
Thousands of tons of coal were stolen from Vietnam’s top coal producer in February as both local and company officials looked on in apparent apathy.
Authorities kept mum about the incident until Monday. Le Minh Chuan, deputy director of Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), said Monday that thieves broke into...
Last updated: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Five key players of Tien Giang football club received text messages from a strange mobile number suggesting they fix matches to receive 100 million dong (over $5200).
Captain Quoc Anh. The club’s chair, Ho Thanh Son, on February 27, after his team lost 1-2 in the home stadium in the match against Binh Duong club, talked with Coach...
Last updated: Sunday, March 14, 2010
VnnNews – A video clip shows a female student striking another in the face and chest in a savage daytime beating in the center of Hanoi.
Students of Chu Van An School in HCM CityIn response to the event, on January 7, 2010, the Chua Van An Secondary School in HCM City announced that any group of female students that assault another will...
Last updated: Friday, March 12, 2010
VnnNews – A video clip shows a female student striking another in the face and chest in a savage daytime beating in the center of Hanoi.
Students of Chu Van An School in HCM CityIn response to the event, on January 7, 2010, the Chua Van An Secondary School in HCM City announced that any group of female students that assault another will...
Last updated: Saturday, March 6, 2010
Experts look at how Vietnam will be impacted on by ASEAN FTA deals.
The consumer will be the big winner if inefficient local goods are replaced by better foreign alternativesOver the last few years Vietnam has undergone a massive period of economic reform that led to a deeper participation in the global economic system. Sure enough its World...
Last updated: Monday, February 8, 2010
Government agencies moved energetically to prepare the nation’s first formal complaint to the World Trade Organization, and are hopeful of success.
Processing shrimps for export. Earlier this month, some local newspapers reported that the Government has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on behalf of Vietnamese...
Last updated: Friday, November 27, 2009
Current and former officials have said that the public outcry against the sentence levied against a farm co-op manager gives ample grounds for central authorities to reconsider the verdict.
Ba Suong at the appeals court on November 19. (The Can Tho City Appeals Court on November 19 upheld a lower court verdict against Tran Ngoc Suong,...
Last updated: Friday, November 6, 2009
Top-ranking General Le Hong Anh talked with the media on November 4 regarding the investigation of corruption cases.
PMU18 DiaryEx-PMU18 chief faces embezzlement chargeHuynh Ngoc Si gets 3-year sentenceWhy Huynh Ngoc Si not be prosecuted for bribery yet?PCI scandal still causing controversyMany corruption cases processed slowly Q:...