• SOCIETY IN BRIEF 19/6

    18/06/2011 11:00

    Hanoi to host 2011 Vietnam Offroad Cup As many as 40 teams will take part in the 2011 Vietnam Offroad Cup in Hanoi on June 25-26. At a June 16 press conference in the capital, the organising board said the...

  • Speeding leads to highway deaths 

    18/06/2011 11:00

    Reckless driving and frequent tire blow outs have plagued Vietnam’s most advanced roadway The bus involved in the accident on June 13...

  • Hundreds rob tons of gold ore in central Vietnam 

    16/06/2011 11:00

    The illegal gold diggers steal gold ore from the Bong Mieu gold mine early Tuesday. Hundreds of armed men attacked a gold mine in the central province of Quang Nam, injuring security guards...

  • Two Agribank officials arrested for wrongdoings 

    13/06/2011 11:00

    Police have arrested two officials of a branch of Dak Lak Province Agriculture and Rural Development Bank (Agribank Dak Lak) in Buon Me Thout Town for colluding...

  • One dead, one missing in hydropower accident 

    13/06/2011 11:00

    One died, three were injured and another went missing after the pipe of a hydropower plant busted in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on Tuesday morning....

  • Eight killed in Long An bus crash 

    13/06/2011 11:00

    The truck had its tire broken and stopped on the highway At least eight people died and 10 others were injured after a passenger bus crashed into a truck on a highway section in the Mekong...

  • One in ten Vietnamese men will be unable to find wife: officials 

    11/06/2011 11:00

    Deputy Prime Minister called for stricter oversight of Vietnam’s gender selection practices Children at a kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 10/6

    10/06/2011 11:00

    Rabid dogs bite 26 people in Lao Cai There has been an outbreak of rabies amongst domestic dogs in the Si Ma Cai District of northern Lao Cai Province, the provincial Animal Health Department reported...

  • Vietnam looks to make bio-fuel use compulsory from next year 

    10/06/2011 11:00

    Petroleum product importers will be asked to add ethanol (ethyl alcohol) into their fuel, starting next year, according to a project to make bio-fuel use compulsory in...

  • Vietnam launches prostitution crackdown 

    10/06/2011 11:00

    A motorcycle taxi driver waits for clients next to a poster depicting so-called social evils including prostitution and drug addiction in northern Vietnam. The government has launched a...