December 31, 2011
(R) Nguyen Van Trung, 32, and his girlfriend, 28-year-old Le Thi Hong Linh receive jail terms at a trial in Ho Chi Minh City for robbing a Japanese tourist. A couple was sentenced to a total of four years in jail on Wednesday for robbing a Japanese tourist in Ho Chi Minh City, as travel [...]
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December 20, 2011
No disciplinary measures taken after civil aviation authority finds national carrier breached its own procedures and regulations A Vietnam Airlines aircraft taxiing at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport. The national flag carrier has broken its own rules in hiring foreign pilots, an inquiry has found. National carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has been breaking its [...]
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December 19, 2011
Mysterious motorbike fires, explosion draw attention to the lack of qualified mechanics and potentially dangerous modifications Wreckage of a motorbike that caught fire on December 12 in Hanoi Five-year-old Nguyen Khanh Van died on Tuesday (December 13), becoming the latest victim of a series of unexplained motorbike accidents where the vehicles have caught fire, [...]
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December 19, 2011
A woman looks up at the 33-floor building where her colleagues were trapped by a fire in Hanoi Thursday. She was among 40 workers rescued by the local fire deparment. The 33-floor Hanoi building that caught fire Thursday, injuring 11, failed to meet fire and safety regulations, an official told Thanh Nien Friday. To Xuan [...]
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December 10, 2011
The Japanese baby formula contaminated by radiation is nearly unavailable in Vietnam, but local agencies are conducting close inspections on remaining products, an official has said. According to Nguyen Cong Khan, chief of the health ministry’s Food Safety Administration, the Japanese brand Meiji Step, designed for children under nine months, is primarily sold in Japan, Hong Kong and [...]
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November 23, 2011
Vietnamese-Australian Singer Thanh Bui and Vietnamese-American actress Kathy Uyen (second and third places) discuss road safety with local students. Actress Kathy Uyen and singer Thanh Bui paid a visit to Truong Van Thanh Primary School in Ho Chi Minh City in honor of World Remembrance Day for Road Traffic Victims on November 20. Uyen and [...]
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November 17, 2011
Vietnamese lawmakers questioned the safety of projects to build golf courses in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport and Hanoi’s Gia Lam Airport at a National Assembly session on Thursday. NA Deputy Vo Thi Dung from Ho Chi Minh City delivered her question to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung about the [...]
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November 12, 2011
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Tuesday pledged to provide around US$4.5 million in aid for a project to improve the safety of agricultural and aquatic products in Vietnam, Vietnam News Agency reported. The project aims to enhance Vietnam’s monitoring system for agricultural and aquatic product safety. Funding for the three-year project (2011-2014) will [...]
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October 7, 2011
The fast and furious take over city streets throughout Traffic Safety Month An illegal racer performs tricks on Ho Chi Minh City’s Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street. The central government is looking to crack down on street racing in the country’s biggest cities. The Ho Chi Minh City municipal administration has asked the central [...]
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September 11, 2011
Foreign debt accounted for 42.2 percent of Vietnam’s GDP in 2010, up from 39 percent in 2009. Vietnam should focus on decreasing the current account deficit and approaching foreign exchange rate fluctuation with caution, economist Tran Du Lich told Thanh Nien Weekly in an interview. Thanh Nien Weekly: Foreign debt accounted for 42.2 percent of [...]
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