Women console a grieving resident from Quang Binh Provinceâs Quang Hai Commune, who lost relatives in the boat accident on the Gianh River. The shadow of sorrow, fear and anger hangs heavily over Quang Hai Commune of Quang Binh Province five days after a boat accident on the Gianh River killed 42 locals. The accident [...]
Emergency rooms in hospitals nationwide admitted nearly 28,000 patients over the first three days of the Lunar New Year this week, the Ministry of Health said Friday. Nearly 15,400 of the emergency cases from Monday to Wednesday were caused by traffic accidents, the ministry said, compiling reports from 21 hospitals and 42 healthcare facilities nationwide.The [...]
Thousands of residents in Hanoi welcomed the Lunar New Year last Monday in darkness after flying lanterns got caught in power lines, causing blackouts. Firefighters have warned the flying lanterns that have become popular on special occasions in Hanoi and nearby provinces in recent years pose serious fire hazards.Hanoi Electricity Company said 10,000 families at [...]
A coral reef in the depth of Ras Mohammed protection area near Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, July 2005. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions must fall sharply to avoid inflicting acid damage to the world’s marine ecosystems, more than 150 scientists warned Friday. Acidification of ocean waters caused by greenhouse gases is already wreaking havoc on coral [...]
A resident casts his vote in a polling station in Baghdad January 31, 2009. Iraqis voted enthusiastically behind barbed wire and rings of police on Saturday in a provincial poll they hope will solidify the war-battered country’s fragile security gains. Iraq’s first election since 2005 will pick local councils in 14 of its 18 provinces [...]
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has pledged further administrative reforms to improve the investment climate and ensure a level playing field for all businesses. He was meeting with about 30 CEOs and executive directors on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday (local time).âWith a foothold in Vietnam, [...]
The U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of 3.8 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, the weakest quarterly showing since the first quarter of 1982, the Commerce Department reported Friday. A man leaves an Employment Services building in Washington Dec. 5, 2008. The U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of 3.8 [...]
The U.S. Republican National Committee (RNC) on Friday elected former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele as the first African American to lead the national organization of the Republican Party. Michael Steele speaks after being elected Republican National Committee chairman in Washington Jan. 30, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Steele beat Katon Dawson, the South Carolina Republican committee chairman, [...]
