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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 20/12

December 20, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

SOCIAL IN BRIEF 20/12

Catholics Solidarity Committee celebrates Christmas; Vietnam, Canada boost educational cooperation; PM bans demolition of Hanoi old villas; Vietnam to punish spouses for sexual violence Catholics Solidarity Committee celebrates Christmas  The Vietnam Committee for Solidarity of Catholics (VCSC) held a solemn ceremony in Hanoi on December 18 to mark the upcoming... Read more

For whom the tolls ring

December 13, 2009  . Filed under News

For whom the tolls ring

This toll booth on the Hanoi Highway in Ho Chi Minh City opened in August to replace the old station four kilometers away Toll collection is so rife with inconsistencies that it resembles a money-making racket. They are like humps on a speedway, detractors say.“Every 30 to 40 kilometers on average there is a... Read more

Dien Bien Phu bird flu death is fifth of the year

December 1, 2009  . Filed under Health, News

Dien Bien Phu bird flu death is fifth of the year

A man with bird flu has died in northern Vietnam, after nearly six months of having no case recorded in the country, the health ministry said Monday. The victim, a 23-year-old man in Dien Bien Province’s Dien Bien Phu Town, had duck blood pudding a week before he fell sick on November 18 with symptoms of high... Read more

HCM City to refund road toll

November 13, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

HCM City to refund road toll

HCM City has ordered the Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company to set up a booth to refund toll collected on Ha Noi Highway from vehicles. A toll station on the Ha Noi Highway in HCM City. (Photo: VNN)The company said it would set up the booth on Nguyen Thi Dinh Street near the port by next weekend.Vehicles coming along Ha Noi Highway will still pay the... Read more

City backs controversial toll station

November 13, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

City backs controversial toll station

The municipal administration has said that the controversial toll station set up on Hanoi Highway was not doing anything illegal. The city People’s Committee said in a note to the city Goods Transport Association that “the collection of toll fees on Hanoi Highway was legally grounded”.It cited many... Read more

HCM City asks CII to stop tolling cars passing Road 25B

November 10, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

HCM City asks CII to stop tolling cars passing Road 25B

HCMC vice chairman Nguyen Thanh Tai has ordered HCMC Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company to immediately stop collecting toll at Hanoi Highway toll station. HCMC vice chairman Nguyen Thanh Tai has ordered HCMC Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company to immediately stop collecting toll. (Photo: SGT)According to the HCMC People’s Committee... Read more

Cambodian beggars in HCM City

October 30, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

Cambodian beggars in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – A small group of Cambodian child beggars have appeared in HCM City in recent months.   Cambodian child beggars in HCM City. At 6pm at a crossroads on Dien Bien Phu street, three kids in ragged and dirty clothes, holding plastic bowls stand at traffic lights asking for small change. The two older children collect the cash... Read more

Eight indicted in Dien Bien Phu memorial corruption case

October 13, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

Eight indicted in Dien Bien Phu memorial corruption case

Four former officials – two professors and two former leaders of construction companies from the northern province of Lai Chau – will be prosecuted in a graft case involving millions of dollars. The Supreme People’s Procuracy have indicted eight people for “deliberate violation”... Read more

SOCIAL IN BRIEF 26/9

September 26, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

SOCIAL IN BRIEF 26/9

A 120kg turtle back to ocean; Vietnam leads in coping with natural disasters; AO victims need better care; US$500 million loan from ADB approved; Vietnam to ratify global treaty on illegal fishing A 120kg turtle back to ocean  A sea turtle weighing over 120kg was released to the sea off Tuy Hoa City, central Phu Yen province on September 24.The scientific... Read more

Taxi drivers reject company offer, continue strike

September 19, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

Taxi drivers reject company offer, continue strike

Vinasun taxis parked on Dien Bien Phu Street in front of the company headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City Friday. Taxi drivers of Vinasun company in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday continued the strike they began Tuesday, dissatisfied with the company’s response to their demands. The company had met with the drivers... Read more

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