• Five 600-years-old fig trees in Nghe An

    11/07/2011 11:00

    A rich man offered $350,000 for five ancient fig trees in the central province of Nghe An; but the tree master did not sell. Mr. Le Minh Thuong and an ancient fig tree. The feet of these trees are as big as...

  • Hanoi in the hottest day

    09/07/2011 11:00

    The temperature in many provinces in northern Vietnam on July 7 was highest so far this year, averaging from 38 to 39 degree Celsius. In Hanoi , the temperature at 7am was measured at 30 degree Celsius, 34 degree...

  • Hanoi’s rare trees protected by armours

    08/07/2011 11:00

    Sua trees (Dalbergia cochinchinensis - Alstonia) on Hanoi ’s Xuan Thuy Road have been put on with “armours” to be safe from loggers. Nearly 30 sua trees on Xuan Thuy Road in Cau Giay district have been covered...

  • Urban farmers

    07/07/2011 11:00

    Trai Cup resettlement zone in Ba Hien commune, Binh Xuyen district, the northern province of Vinh Phuc, looks like an urban residential area with asphalt roads, pavements, street lights, tapped water, etc., with over 200...

  • Plum harvest season in Bac Ha Plateau

    05/07/2011 11:00

    Ethnic minority people in Bac Ha plateau in the northern province of Lao Cai have begun to reap Tam Hoa plums, a specialty fruit of Lao Cai. The 1,500-metre mountainous area is called the Bac Ha White Plateau because so many Tam Hoa plum...

  • Students flocks to Hanoi, HCM City for university entrance exams

    03/07/2011 11:00

    Thousands of students and their parents from various provinces arrived in Hanoi and HCM City on the afternoon of July 1, to prepare for the university entrance exams, which began on July 4. Hundreds of volunteers were at...

  • Ho Citadel – Vietnam’s unique rock work

    29/06/2011 11:00

    The citadel was built by rocks of 1.5 meters long on average, some are up to 6 meters long. The rocks are overlapped on each other without any kind of mortar. The citadel wall is quite untouched after more than six centuries....

  • Youth burn in M. Jackson show

    26/06/2011 11:00

    Hundreds of candles were lighted, hundreds of fans sang together Michael Jackson’s “We Are The World” at the “One Name, One Legend 2: Michael Jackson and More” show to commemorate the King of Pop’s second death...

  • Nghe An: Flash flood hits thousands of people

    26/06/2011 11:00

    Downpours and water from upper Laos created flooding in mountain districts in the central province of Nghe An. Hundreds of families have lost their houses. In the Ky Son district, a flash flood came in the daytime, but...

  • The war against drugs

    22/06/2011 11:00

    To cease drug addiction, some have to take sleeping pills continuously; some even cut their wrists, while some ask their families to confine or chain them. In the struggling against drugs, some are successful and some fail....