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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...
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...
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...
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...
Rice blast disease has affected the winter-spring crops in many southern provinces, warned the Southern Steering Committee for Pestilent Insects Fighting and Prevention.
LookAtVietnam - Rice blast disease has affected the winter-spring crops in many provinces, including Kien Giang, Long An, Dong Thap, Vinh Long, An Giang, Soc Trang and Hau Giang, warned the Southern...
Fishermen in the central province of Quang Ngai have complained that a Chinese boat robbed and mistreated them as they were fishing off the Hoang Sa (Paracel) islands early this week, a local newswire reported Sunday.
According to the complaint submitted to Ly Son Districtâs Coast Guard Headquarters by fisherman Nguyen Chin, he and his crew of 15 were...
A fisherman caught a white shark weighing over one ton while he was fishing in inshore waters off the coast of Phu Yen Province in the central region on Thursday.
Sixty-year-old Nguyen Trong from Xuan Hai Commune said he found the giant fish, which was five meters long, stuck in his seine at around 6 a.m. when he...
LookAtVietnam - Passenger numbers have increased by 50 percent over normal days at Hanoi bus stations like Gia Lam, My Dinh, and Giap Bat, with students traveling home to Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Nam Dinh and Thai Nguyen. Nguyen Nam, who works at the Giap Bat bus station said February 5, the high number of students traveling would continue for February 6 and...
The investor and contractor of a building construction project in Ho Chi Minh City have been fined a surprisingly low VND60 million (US$3,250) in total for causing the collapse of ten houses last week.
According to inspectors of the city Transport Department, the fines werenât the highest because the investor...
Phan Cao Tri and his wife Phan Thi Yen
Ho Chi Minh Cityâs People Procuracy on Monday rejected a police proposal to charge a massage parlor owner and five others with exploiting and extorting money from their staff, saying further investigation was needed.
No further explanation for the probe has been provided...
