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End of year ‘thieving season’ not so merry for some

The coffee garden of Huynh Thi Ha in Song Xoai Commune of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province has been stripped of its fruit many times this month. Locals say a coffee garden can lose all its fruit in just one night. Students from central Hue Town have been reporting the theft of mobile phones, laptops and bicycles from their boarding houses... Read more

‘Entrepreneurs’ evade duty free limits in border province

Two men carrying cartons of beer from the Moc Bai Duty-Free Supermarket in southern Tay Ninh Province to resell to other buyers. Smugglers have found a way to bypass limits on duty-free goods sold at a supermarket in the southern border province of Tay Ninh, a Thanh Nien investigation has found. The Moc Bai Duty-Free... Read more

A new type of chicken ‘fever’ hits Mekong Delta

Le Thanh Gia of An Giang Province’s Tan Chau District holds one of his Tre chicken. He refused to sell it even after being offered VND10 million (US$591). Many people from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been rushing to the Mekong Delta’s Tan Chau District, desperate for a breed of small ornamental chicken. ... Read more

Authorities sanction ‘safe’ melamine rate in feed

An animal feed stall at a market in HCMC. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has banned a melamine concentration of more than 2.5 ppm in one kilogram of animal feed. A ratio of 2.5 milligrams of melamine in one kilogram of animal feed is considered safe, according to a new regulation released by Vietnam’s... Read more

‘Rockstorm’ set to sweep the country

Nu-metal band Microwave will perform in the upcoming “Rockstorm” tour Vietnam’s biggest rock tour will make a triumphant return this week after capturing great acclaim in its first go around last September. “Rockstorm” kicks off in Hanoi this Friday at Hang Day Stadium, located on Trinh... Read more

‘Week of Science’ launched in Hanoi

A ‘Week of Science’ began Monday at Hanoi’s French Cultural Center (L’Espace) with a series of workshops on scientific developments and practical applications. L’Espace said French and Vietnamese scientists will discuss a wide range of topics including scientific policies, nanotechnology, globalization, biodiversity, agriculture,... Read more

PM sees red over ‘toxic fruit’ media scare

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Friday ordered the Ministry of Information and Communications to throw the book at those responsible for a newspaper article that said a quarter of imported fruits have toxic residues. The story first appeared in Dat Viet newspaper on November 11, quoting “a report” released by the World Health Organization (WHO).But... Read more

Central bank to ‘manage’ currency to narrow trade deficit

The State Bank of Vietnam will pursue a monetary policy that may help narrow the country’s trade deficit amid concerns the economy may slow further. “The State Bank is closely watching the market’s development to flexibly manage the dong’s exchange rate to help keep the trade deficit under... Read more

‘Bachelor bomb’ threatens rural areas

Males drinking after work in the Mekong Delta is one of the reasons why country girls are looking to the cities for husbands Rural girls are abandoning their villages in search of love and money in the cities, leaving behind packs of lonely young male workers. It’s a familiar story - two prosperous families... Read more

Needy ‘family treasure’ may lose his sight

A three-year-old child from a poor family in central Quang Nam Province is facing total blindness because his family cannot afford to pay to take him abroad to treat his eye cancer. Phan Gia Bao of Hoa Hung Ward in Tam Ky Town had his left eye removed when he was six months old because of retinoblastoma, a rapidly... Read more

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