Posts Tagged ‘ Per Hour ’

City students, lecturers successfully test first homemade hovercraft 

September 22, 2011
City students, lecturers successfully test first homemade hovercraft 

Students from the Ho Chi Minh City-based University of Technology test their hovercraft The 4.2-meter long boat was brought to the university’s soccer ground as many people watched with interest and some excitement. After a round of checks, Vy Bao Thinh, one of the students, got into it and started the engine. The flap around [...]

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Speeding leads to highway deaths 

June 19, 2011
Speeding leads to highway deaths 

  Reckless driving and frequent tire blow outs have plagued Vietnam’s most advanced roadway The bus involved in the accident on June 13 that killed 8 people and injured 10 others on the Ho Chi Minh City-Trung Luong Highway Investigations into a recent highway accident, which killed eight and injured 10, has indicated that speeding [...]

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Japan under pressure to expand nuclear evacuation; Sarkozy visits Tokyo 

April 2, 2011
Japan under pressure to expand nuclear evacuation; Sarkozy visits Tokyo 

In a handout picture released by Greenpeace and taken on March 27, 2011 shows a Greenpeace team member holding a Geiger counter displaying radiation levels of 7.66 micro Sievert per hour in Iitate city, Fukushima Pressure grew on Thursday for Japan to expand an evacuation zone round its stricken nuclear plant where radiation hit 4,000 [...]

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Radioactivity soars inside Japanese reactor 

March 29, 2011
Radioactivity soars inside Japanese reactor 

Reactors No. 1 to 4 are seen at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in Fukushima in this satellite file image, taken and released by DigitalGlobe March 18, 2011 Japanese authorities evacuated workers on Sunday from a reactor building they were working in after radiation in water at the crippled nuclear power plant reached potentially lethal [...]

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Southern expressway opens temporarily for cars

February 8, 2010
Southern expressway opens temporarily for cars

The Ministry of Transport has announced it will temporarily open a major expressway through Ho Chi Minh City and the provinces of Long An and Tien Giang in the Mekong Delta from February 3 onwards. The temporary operation of the 40-kilometer speedway, also known as HCMC-Trung Luong Highway, is scheduled to be completed by the [...]

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Thruway cuts HCMC-Tien Giang travel time by half

February 5, 2010
Thruway cuts HCMC-Tien Giang travel time by half

Travel time by car between HCMC and the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is now shortened by half as southern Vietnam’s first expressway was opened to traffic. A man at work under the sign that reads: “Vehicles are required to travel at over 50 km per hour” on HCMC-Trung Luong Expressway on Wednesday.It will [...]

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Air with oxygen at Yang Bay

February 4, 2010
Air with oxygen at Yang Bay

Yang Bay Tourist Area in Y Bay Tribe, Khanh Vinh District, Khanh Hoa Province, is suggested as an ideal site for tourists to celebrate the Tet holiday . . .  Tourists have fun in a cool stream in Yang Bay Tourism Area in Khanh Hoa Province.To reach the site from Nha Trang City, tourists must [...]

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Many students choosing work over families this Tet

February 3, 2010
Many students choosing work over families this Tet

As the Lunar New Year holiday approaches, most students are preparing to return to their hometowns, though an increasing number of them are opting to stay in HCM City to make extra cash. Students look for job at a job center in Ho Chi Minh City. LookAtVietnam – As the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday [...]

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Life’s a pitch in HCM City as football fever cuts crime

January 24, 2010
Life’s a pitch in HCM City as football fever cuts crime

LookAtVietnam – Football grounds for hire are springing up across HCM City in what is an increasingly competitive and lucrative business.  In early 2006, the first artificial grass football ground appeared in District 10. This facility quickly became famous and was always occupied by amateur football teams. Soon more new football grounds were built in [...]

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World’s fastest rail journey starts operation

December 26, 2009
World’s fastest rail journey starts operation

The Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway with the world’s fastest train journey with a 350-km-per-hour average speed, started operation Saturday. A high-speed train runs into Wuhan Railway Station, in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, Dec. 26, 2009. The Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway, which boasts of the world’s fastest train journey with a 350-km-per-hour average speed, is [...]

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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...