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Police in Ho Chi Minh City Monday noon arrested Tuoi Tre newspaper’s journalist Hoang Khuong on charges he indirectly gave bribes to a police officer. Mr. Khuong is a prize-winning journalist famous for exposé articles into police corruption. The receiver of the bribe is Huynh Minh Duc, former traffic officer in Binh Thanh District who [...]
Actress Ly Nha Ky, who was appointed Vietnam tourism ambassador last October, visited and presented gifts and VND6 billion (US$288,000) to handicapped children in District 4 last Thursday. The money was donated by philanthropists at the opening cum fund-raising event of the jewelry shop Enigma last Sunday. After that, Ky and Madame Wong, the Enigma [...]
Two projects in Quang Ngai Province that were licensed in 2007 have yet to be developed, affecting more than 300 people in a commune and frustrating the authorities of another district, where 2,600 hectares of land have not been used as planned. One of the projects is the planned construction of a steel plant with [...]
A woman in the southern province of Soc Trang has delivered a conjoined twins. The woman was admitted to a local hospital in the morning of October 12. Doctors performed an examination and found out that the baby has two heads. They decided to do cesarean on the afternoon of the same day. The woman [...]
Flooding triggered by torrential rains during the past days has badly affected the central region in Vietnam as many houses have been inundated and traffic in several major streets and highways remains closed. Thousands homes in Quang Binh central province are now under water, forcing thousands people to live on their house roofs. Several major [...]
About 200 hectares of coffee, tea and fish pools in Bao Lam District, Lam Dong Province have been polluted by the wastewater released by the Tan Rai bauxite plant that contains sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Tran Duong Le, deputy director of the Management Board of the Lam Dong Aluminum-Bauxite Complex Project, said NaOH had indeed entered [...]
A storm was detected near the East Sea at 13:00 pm this morning with its center in the north of Luzon Island in the Philippines. The strongest winds near the center have been measured at force 14 (150 to 166km per hour) with gusts exceeding force 16-17. It is forecast that in the next 24 [...]
Authorities Friday confirmed that the deputy head of a district Communist Party Committee in Tien Giang Province has been dismissed after being found sexually harassing a woman. Last month, the district’s government received a letter of denunciation from Ms. O saying that she was harassed by Mr. Tran Van Tuong, deputy secretary of Cai Lay [...]
Many specialised jeeps run continuously from the foot to the top of Lang Biang Mountain. At the peak it is a sea of vehicles and people as tour guides try to keep the tourists in line as they talk on loudspeakers. An ethnic boy makes a brocade product in his booth on Lang Biang Mountain [...]
In Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, this July will mark long-awaited comebacks, both geographically and professionally of Vietnamese music veterans with a myriad of shows of all genres. Guitarist Phuong Thu – Phuong Thao Stirring much expectation from classical music fans is “The twins return”, a guitar concert to be held at Ho Chi Minh [...]