December 12, 2010
Students unable to repay debts fear for their limbs Binh left his home in a nearby province and came to Ho Chi Minh City with dreams of a degree. Struggling with the high costs of living in the city, he failed to pay his university fees in October and ended up borrowing VND5 million [...]
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November 17, 2009
Ho Chi Minh City is moving its power and telecoms wires underground, but the haphazard manner in which it is doing so could make things worse in the future. The municipal Power Company, a member of state-run power distribution monopoly Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), last month initiated work to move all power and telecom wires [...]
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September 6, 2009
The lamp post which caused a 13-year-old boy to be electrocuted last Monday The Public Lighting Company of Ho Chi Minh City has suspended two managers it holds indirectly responsible for the death of a 13-year old boy last Monday. Director Tran Trong Hue admitted on Saturday that his company had failed to âidentify potential [...]
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September 6, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The HCMC Public Lighting Company has to take responsibility for the death of a 13-year old boy killed last week by a power leak from its lamp post. LookAtVietnam – The Public Lighting Company of Ho Chi Minh City has to take responsibility for the death of a 13-year old boy killed Monday [...]
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August 4, 2009
Member of the National Assembly’s Economics Committee Nguyen Duc Kien believes that the housing tax law will not lead to price increases in the real estate market, while it will help the state better control the market. According to the Ministry of Finance’s latest draft, only the houses worth more than 600 million dong will [...]
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July 15, 2009
Police in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday arrested six street bandits after a long motorbike chase for robbing $22,900 from a car on Tran Hung Dao Street. The six arrested men, who later confessed to be Indonesian, had been under police surveillance at the time of the robbery.Police said undercover investigators watched as eight [...]
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April 30, 2009
LookAtVietnam – To celebrate Reunification Day on April 30 and Int’l Labor Day on May 1, Saigontourist hotels, restaurants and tourist areas in HCMC are preparing culinary and entertainment programs to guarantee unforgettable holidays. Tourists join a buffet on Saigon Restaurant Boat.The hotel’s Chez-Nous Restaurant will serve a “Southern flavor” buffet program with traditional southern [...]
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April 28, 2009
Though the minimum safe distance from a power pylon is half a meter, many houses along Tam Dao Street in Ward 15 in District 10 are wrapped around one or more tower legs. Many families in Ho Chi Minh City are putting themselves in danger by building their homes close to high-voltage power lines and [...]
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March 27, 2009
Balconies and terraces on Tran Hung Dao Street in the central city of Da Nang are almost fully booked for the two-day international fireworks competition opening tonight The central city of Da Nang is almost completely booked out for the International Fireworks Competition set to light up the Han River tonight. Tables have been put [...]
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