December 17, 2011
Australian students build a house for a poor man in Vinh Long Province in southern Vietnam early December It seems like an unusual way for Australian teenagers to spend money they earned from part-time jobs, but 13 of them recently used their savings to attend special tours in southern Vietnam where they built houses [...]
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July 23, 2011
As China and ASEAN inch closer to a goodwill declaration on the East Sea, experts doubt that it will ease tensions Vietnamese fishermen in the East Sea. Experts have called a recent agreement to implement a regional declaration of goodwill a step toward resolving growing tensions in the East Sea. Experts have called a [...]
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April 9, 2011
Authorities determined to halt sloppy road construction send a strong message to road builders The road construction site along National Road 51 connecting Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Dong Nai provinces. Police in Dong Nai Province’s Long Thanh District have arrested two officials of Licogi 9.2, the road construction company, for careless construction practices which [...]
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November 24, 2009
As Hanoi is expanded, spare a thought for the surrounding villages where lives are being irreversibly changed. The new road in Dong Xuan commune. One year ago, the road to Dong Xuan was a pathway crossing a hill with buffalo footprints – now it is a 4m-wide concrete road. The commune’s chairman Nguyen Van Ha said: [...]
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November 4, 2009
An accident site in Ho Chi Minh City after a 30-meter section of a tower crane fell and injured seven peopleLookAtVietnam – Building site accidents, power line mishaps and careless roadwork are killing more members of the public in Ho Chi Minh City than ever before. Police and public prosecutors in Ho Chi Minh City [...]
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November 3, 2009
An accident site in Ho Chi Minh City after a 30-meter section of a tower crane fell and injured seven people Building site accidents, power line mishaps and careless roadwork are killing more members of the public in Ho Chi Minh City than ever before. Police and public prosecutors in Ho Chi Minh City are [...]
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August 17, 2009
Number of H1N1 flu cases rises to 1,454; Riverside landslide destroys homes; Dao man donates land for school; Foot-and-mouth disease hits Quang Tri; Volunteers to celebrate; White rhinoceros dies in HCMC zoo Number of H1N1 flu cases rises to 1,454 The Health Ministry said Aug. 16 that Vietnam saw 37 new cases of A/H1N1 flu, bringing [...]
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July 29, 2009
Hoang Duc Hung, owner of this house in Nghe An Province, says the cement he used for building was recently found to be structurally weaker than advertised A cement maker in the central province of Thanh Hoa has been producing cement with sub-standard structural qualities, according to a construction-material consultant in the province following a [...]
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May 29, 2009
A local resident points to thousands of concrete blocks at the Da Nong River mouth in Phu Yen Province. A project intended to keep a river mouth from filling with sediment in the south central province of Phu Yen is creating havoc for local boat operators. Local officials have reported 17 boat accidents at the [...]
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April 27, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The first complete concrete highway in Viet Nam has been planned for next year. “Concrete highways are suitable for Viet Nam, especially in areas vulnerable to rains, storms and flooding”.Nguyen Trung Hoa, director of the Department of Science, Technology and Environment, Ministry of Construction, said concrete roads lasted 20 to 40 years, while [...]
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