2010 February
Flowers on the water
Dong Thap Provinceâs 100-year-old flower village offers travelers history, horticultural wonders, and peace and quiet
Farmers in Sa Dec Flower Village take care of their daisies. Driving into Sa Dec, you can see what looks like endless rows of potted flowers on wooden racks nearby the rice fields.As the Tet (Lunar New Year) draws closer, Sa Dec is transforming...Court annuls statutory rape case verdicts
Sam Duc Xuong (1st, L), former principal of Viet Vinh High School in Ha Giang Province
An appeal court in northern Vietnam has annulled the earlier verdict against a school principal found guilty of having sex with underage students and ordered a fresh investigation into the case.
At the end of a four-day trial last...Southern expressway opens temporarily for cars
The Ministry of Transport has announced it will temporarily open a major expressway through Ho Chi Minh City and the provinces of Long An and Tien Giang in the Mekong Delta from February 3 onwards.
The temporary operation of the 40-kilometer speedway, also known as HCMC-Trung Luong Highway, is scheduled to be completed...Young coach fined for outraging referees
The chief coach and the coaching assistant of Viettel’s young football team have been fined for insulting referees at a National U19 Football Tournament.
LookAtVietnam - The chief coach and the coaching assistant of Viettel’s young football team, both of which are former stars of the national squad, have been fined for insulting referees at a National...1000 items to be buried in a Hanoi time capsule
Hanoi will choose 1,000 objects to bury with a message for future generations so that people in 1,000 years will know more about their ancestors.
The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism introduced the container that would keep the 1000 items at a press conference in Hanoi last week. These objects will be ordinary items from day to day life. They...Caught shark not attack sea bathers in Quy Nhon
Experts said that the one-tone shark netted by a Phu Yen province’s fisherman is not the cruel fish that attacked ten people in Quy Nhon.
Vietnamese province puts bounty on “shark” after 10 recent attacksVietnamese fisherman hunting “ten million dong shark”One-tonne shark netted near shark attack beach Phan Trong Ho, director...Capital traffic policemen equipped with tear-gas guns
LookAtVietnam - To confront the rise in crimes against traffic police in Hanoi, the capital city’s Traffic Police Department has equipped its staff with tear-gas, electric rods and handcuffs during the lunar New Year festival. Department Chief, Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Duy Ngoc explained that the volume of travelers and vehicles would soar this...China’s railways send 5 mil passengers by Feb.6
February 8, 2010 Filed under International, News
China’s railway network has transported 5.03 million passengers as of Feb. 6, the eighth day of the country’s annual Spring Festival transport peak lasting from Jan. 30 to March 10
Passengers enter the railway station under a shelter against the rain in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, Feb. 7, 2010. In spite of a heavy rain,...Five killed, 12 injured in explosion at U.S. power plant explosion
February 8, 2010 Filed under International, News
Five people are known dead and at least 12 injured in a deadly explosion occurred Sunday at a power plant in Middletown, Connecticut State of the United States.
Police seal off the road to the blast site at the Kleen Energy plant in Middletown, Connecticut, the United States, Feb. 7, 2010. (Xinhua/Gu Xinrong)“We know that 12 individuals have been injured....A successful year for Vietnamese shooting
2009 was considered a successful year for Vietnam’s shooting as it topped the 33rd Southeast Asian Shooting Championship and the 25th Southeast Asian Games’ shooting event.
Gunman Nguyen Manh Tuong.LookAtVietnam - 2009 was considered a successful year for Vietnam’s shooting as it topped the 33rd Southeast Asian Shooting Championship...
