Tag: Station

Tet crush begins at HCMC railway station

A scalper offers a ticket outside the Saigon Railway Station Monday Scalpers are offering Tet travelers a reprieve from the madness of trying to book train tickets through official channels. By noon Monday, many people at the Saigon Railway Station were exhausted after queuing for hours for tickets to travel for... Read more

Expansion of Hanoi’s key pumping station starts

VietNamNet Bridge – Construction of the second phase of Hanoi’s key pumping station, Yen So, kicks off today. Yen So Pumping Station (photo: lachong.vn)VietNamNet Bridge – Construction of the second phase of Hanoi’s key pumping station, Yen So, kicks off today. The topography of Hanoi is low and flat having a lower ground level than... Read more

Russian spaceship docks with space station

The Russian manned spaceship Soyuz, with three passengers from Russia and the United States on board, docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday. U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott (L), Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov (C) and U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke pose after putting on spacesuits at Baikonur cosmodrome October 12, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters... Read more

Station shut down over tank fraud

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade on Friday asked provincial people’s committees to revoke the business licenses of 33 petrol stations that have been caught defrauding customers. Violators’ business licenses will be revoked immediately and their names published in the media.Nguyen Cam Tu, deputy minister of trade, said the... Read more