Posts Tagged ‘ Local ’

30 contract meningitis bacterium in southern Vietnam 

January 20, 2012
30 contract meningitis bacterium in southern Vietnam 

  Thirty people in Ho Chi Minh City have tested positive for the bacterium that causes meningitis, which could be fatal if left untreated, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Tuesday. The paper quoted Tran Phu Manh Sieu, director of the HCMC Center for Preventive Health, as saying that the cases were detected among workers of the Japanese-owned [...]

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Court secretary arrested for taking bribes 

January 19, 2012
Court secretary arrested for taking bribes 

  Police in the southern Vietnamese province of Dong Nai said a secretary in a local court has been detained  for allegedly taking bribes to help a defendant in an attack case receive a shorter jail term. Tu Ngoc Cuong was caught red-handed receiving VND15 million (US$720) from Pham Thi Diu, 25, at a local café on Monday, [...]

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Three in headline-grabbing rape case ordered back to jail 

January 18, 2012
Three in headline-grabbing rape case ordered back to jail 

Nguyen Dinh Loi (R) and Nguyen Dinh Kien. Three men from northern Vietnam, convicted of rape and robbery ten years ago and released early 2010 , will have to continue their jail terms, according to a Hanoi People’s Court decision sent to them on Monday. The decision, signed on January 12, noted that they would [...]

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Ha Long Bay boats do not have to be painted wholly white: authorities 

January 17, 2012
Ha Long Bay boats do not have to be painted wholly white: authorities 

  More than 500 tourist boats in Ha Long Bay will be decorated with white details instead of being repainted white totally to “renovate” the site’s tourism sector, the VnExpress newswire quoted a local official as saying Saturday. Vu Thi Thu Thuy, vice chairwoman of the People’s Committee in the northern province of Quang Ninh [...]

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PM urges investigations into vehicle fires, as study backs gas quality theory 

January 16, 2012
PM urges investigations into vehicle fires, as study backs gas quality theory 

Experts at a HCMC university's petrochemistry center check a motorbike as part of ongoing investigations into recent vehicular fires. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Friday ordered related agencies to take urgent steps including checking fuel quality in the market to determine the cause of mysterious vehicular fires. Dodgy fuel is the latest suspect in [...]

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Money isn’t everything 

January 15, 2012
Money isn’t everything 

  Do Ngoc Tuan (R), 42, of Long An Province’s Ben Luc Town won more than US$300,000 after buying unsold tickets from vendor Pham Thi Lanh (L) Tuan’s equanimity in the face of such a change in his fortunes has made the news as much as the winning itself. Just as impressive is the story [...]

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Skinny in vogue 

January 11, 2012
Skinny in vogue 

  Tyra Banks (L) and winner of Vietnam Next Top Model 2011 Hoang Thi Thuy. Photo: Nguyen Truong Hoang Thi Thuy, one of the two skinniest contestants in Vietnam Next Top Model’s second season, became the winner in the finale held on January 8 in Ho Chi Minh City. After a five-month-long competition, Thuy defeated [...]

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7 arrested as 6 cops shot in northern Vietnam clash 

January 9, 2012
7 arrested as 6 cops shot in northern Vietnam clash 

Police deactivate mines set up at the entrance to the house of Doan Van Vuon in the northern city of Hai Phong. Six cops were shot in an encounter with Vuon's family on January 5. A man who allegedly shot six officers when his family was trying to stop police from revoking their land in [...]

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Ha Long Bay boats to be painted white to revive image 

January 9, 2012
Ha Long Bay boats to be painted white to revive image 

  Authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh have asked that Ha Long Bay boats be painted white, saying the change befits the bay’s recent international recognition. A report Friday in VnExpress said, under the decision issued on Thursday by Quang Ninh’s People’s Committee, all tourist boats, except dragon boats, will be white with brown sails. [...]

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Book Streets to complement Flower Street 

January 7, 2012
Book Streets to complement Flower Street 

Visitors read special editions of local magazines and newspaper at last year’s book street in Ho Chi Minh City. The annual Nguyen Hue Flower Street display during this year’s Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday will be once again accompanied by three book streets in Ho Chi Minh City from January 20-26. The event, which aims [...]

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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...