Posts Tagged ‘ Carrying ’

4,000 years old but still in working order 

December 9, 2011
4,000 years old but still in working order 

Canal carrying water from one of the ancient wells to farms in Gio Linh District Quang Tri Province’s best known tourist attractions are DMZ tours, Cam Lo Market, and relics of an uprising led by a man who was crowned as King Ham Nghi in 1885, becoming the eighth emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty. But [...]

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Foreign tourists flout traffic laws 

May 2, 2011
Foreign tourists flout traffic laws 

A traffic patrolman pulls over a foreigner in the south-central beach town of Phan Thiet. Police have warned against an increase in traffic violations by foreign drivers in tourist hotspots, during the past few months. Police in the beach towns of Phan Thiet and Vung Tau have decried a rising trend of serious accidents caused [...]

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Nuclear waste dodges French protests on way to Germany 

November 8, 2010
Nuclear waste dodges French protests on way to Germany 

A train carrying what activists claim is “the most radioactive ever” cargo of nuclear waste travels from the retreatment La Hague factory, in northwestern France, through the Lorraine region, near Metz, eastern France, on November 6. A train carrying what activists claim is “the most radioactive ever” cargo of nuclear waste ran the gauntlet of [...]

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City trucks earn privileges with fake military plates 

November 8, 2010
City trucks earn privileges with fake military plates 

Two trucks at a private parking lot in Binh Chanh, HCMC where the red military license plates have been put on civil vehicles Many transport firms in Ho Chi Minh City are putting a military coat on their trucks to ease their way past traffic police.   They rent military trucks that are out of date, [...]

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Draft decree restricts the press: experts

October 17, 2009
Draft decree restricts the press: experts

Reporters interview Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Pham Khoi Nguyen last May. A draft decree on administrative measures covering media and publishing activities has been roundly criticized for contradicting to its stated claim of protecting the fourth estate. A wide cross-section of professionals including lawyers, chief editors and even government officials have expressed particular [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/8

August 30, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/8

Rice export yields US$2 billion; Chevron wants to be Vietnam’s reliable partner; EVN ensures power to fuel development; First ethylene gas-carrying vessel launched; Vietnam ramps up investment in Laos, Cambodia Rice export yields US$2 billionAs of the end of August, 4.488 million tonnes of rice has been exported, valued at US$1.83 billion in FOB and [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 22/8

August 22, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 22/8

Shanty fire prompts evacuation of HCMC school; Mekong Delta to build new gas pipeline; New Zealander found with too much money, gold at airport; Indonesia repatriates 48 Vietnamese fishermen Shanty fire prompts evacuation of HCMC school    Fire fighters work on a fire that destroyed a row of makeshift houses in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh [...]

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Mekong buses notorious for smuggling, accidents

August 12, 2009
Mekong buses notorious for smuggling, accidents

Police search a bus owned by the private Phuoc Sanh Company carrying smuggled goods on June 18. Soon after departing the station, a bus carrying passengers en route from southern An Giang Province to Can Tho City pulls over and stops at a secluded house. The driver jumps out and begins to load two sacks [...]

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Unsafe children’s helmets flood the Viet Nam market

June 30, 2009
Unsafe children’s helmets flood the Viet Nam market

LookAtVietnam – There is a shocking downside to tomorrow’s introduction of regulations forcing children six years old or older to wear helmets on motorbikes. Shops and marketplaces throughout Viet Nam have been flooded with substandard headgear, much of it carrying false certificates.The very rules introduced to protect child passengers are being used to create even [...]

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Vietsovpetro says not responsible for oil spill clean up

June 19, 2009

Vietsovpetro on Thursday refused to pay for stopping an oil slick spreading after a tanker carrying its oil exploded and sank off the southern coast of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province on Wednesday. Engineer Truong Ngoc Bich of the Vietnam-Russia joint venture said all the oil had burnt in the accident, in which 12 sailors from [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...