Posts Tagged ‘ overloaded ’

Vietnam to bring anti-corruption lessons into schools

December 12, 2009
Vietnam to bring anti-corruption lessons into schools

LookAtVietnam – The Prime Minister has approved plans to add lessons on anti-corruption into education programmes and refresher training courses. Dr Do Gia Thu, director of the Legal Department under the Government Inspectorate, which is in charge of compiling the plan, said the aim of the plan is to heighten awareness and responsibility in the [...]

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Washing stations fail to end dust scourge

October 16, 2009
Washing stations fail to end dust scourge

LookAtVietnam – Tu Liem district in western Ha Noi is notorious amongst drivers for its dust-laden roads. Trucks cause dust pollution that not only affects visibility but also the health of residents.Nguyen Thi Nga, who works in an office, complains that everytime she washes her face after returning from work, her flannel was stained black [...]

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Hanoi: some schools deserted, others overcrowded

August 3, 2009
Hanoi: some schools deserted, others overcrowded

Some schools are so overcrowded that they have 60 students in every class, while others are still looking to enroll more students. What’s more – these two types of schools are often located in the same area. Van Phuc Primary School in Ba Dinh districtThe enrolment of students into schools should have finished by the [...]

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Beautiful road defaced by overloaded trucks

July 9, 2009
Beautiful road defaced by overloaded trucks

An overloaded truck is stuck in a pothole on the My Xuan-Hoa Binh Road, once judged the most beautiful in the country. The My Xuan-Hoa Binh road in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province is no longer one of the most beautiful roads in Vietnam. Overloaded trucks taking a detour to avoid a weighing station have taken [...]

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Contractor blamed for weighing station foibles

July 5, 2009
Contractor blamed for weighing station foibles

A truck takes a detour to avoid the Dau Giay Weigh Station in Dong Nai Province.LookAtVietnam – The contractor for the Dau Giay Weigh Station on the National Road 1A in Dong Nai Province was criticized Friday for regular breakdowns that allowed too many overloaded trucks to get away scot free.  Duong Danh Quy, the [...]

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Contractor blamed for weighing station foibles

July 4, 2009
Contractor blamed for weighing station foibles

A truck takes a detour to avoid the Dau Giay Weigh Station in Dong Nai Province The contractor for the Dau Giay Weigh Station on the National Road 1A in Dong Nai Province was criticized Friday for regular breakdowns that allowed too many overloaded trucks to get away scot free. Duong Danh Quy, the office [...]

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Dong Nai healthcare on a sickbed

April 15, 2009
Dong Nai healthcare on a sickbed

The Dong Nai General Hospital is always overloaded despite putting beds in staff rooms and corridors The industrial hub does not have a single private hospital and work on licensed projects proceeds at snail’s pace. It is an anomaly that highly industrialized Dong Nai Province, located so close to Ho Chi Minh City, has just [...]

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Bribes endemic on National Road 1A: truck drivers

April 11, 2009
Bribes endemic on National Road 1A: truck drivers

Drivers of overloaded trucks complain they have to carry even more to make up for bribes paid to traffic police and transport inspectors ever since a weighing station was set up on National Road 1A in Dong Nai Province. More patrols have been conducted to prevent overloaded trucks from taking a detour on National Road [...]

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Modernized weigh station easily avoided

March 11, 2009
Modernized weigh station easily avoided

A truck stops after passing the Dau Giay Weigh Station in Dong Nai Province. Thanks to a network of bribes and brokers, the station has failed to stop scores of overloaded trucks from traveling the country uninhibited. An attempt to get overweight trucks off the roads has been thwarted by a network of shady brokers. [...]

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ATMs overloaded with massive cash withdrawals

January 23, 2009
ATMs overloaded with massive cash withdrawals

VietNamNet Bridge – The sharp increase of the demand for cash to be spent on Tet purchases has led to many ATMs overloaded these days. Nguyen Tuyet Nhung, a Vietcombank card holder, said that her company has allowed staffs to begin Tet holiday early; the company paid January’s salaries 10 days before January’s end.  Nhung [...]

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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...