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30 contract meningitis bacterium in southern Vietnam 

January 20, 2012
30 contract meningitis bacterium in southern Vietnam 

  Thirty people in Ho Chi Minh City have tested positive for the bacterium that causes meningitis, which could be fatal if left untreated, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Tuesday. The paper quoted Tran Phu Manh Sieu, director of the HCMC Center for Preventive Health, as saying that the cases were detected among workers of the Japanese-owned [...]

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Surf, local residents destroy forests, erode embankments

November 18, 2009
Surf, local residents destroy forests, erode embankments

Several hundred metres of coastal forests have been destroyed by human activities and unusually strong waves in the southernmost province of Ca Mau over the last few years. A portion of a 92km-long dike passing through three districts in the southern province of Ca Mau has been repaired.The waves have also caused severe coastal land [...]

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A rubbish collector at Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone

August 8, 2009
A rubbish collector at Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone

Every morning, a Japanese man diligently picks up rubbish from the road in front of the gate of a company in the Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone (EPZ), HCM City. Yet he is not a janitor, but the director of the company. Workers discharge rubbish on the road across the Tan Thuan EPZ. At 7am, thousands [...]

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Roadwork delays new terminal

August 5, 2009
Roadwork delays new terminal

LookAtVietnam – Construction on one of the country’s most important infrastructure projects, the Sai Gon Premier Container Terminal, is in its last phase, but road work near the site is far from completion. Tan Thuan No1 Port in HCM City’s District 7. Infrastructure for a new container port is behind schedule due to a shortage [...]

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Electricity suppliers threaten to cut power, IZ in pandemonium

July 15, 2009
Electricity suppliers threaten to cut power, IZ in pandemonium

Some 60 enterprises with headquarters in Hiep Phuoc Industrial Zone in Nha Be district, HCM City have become alarmed since hearing the information that the electricity supplier intends to cut the IZ’s power. The latest notice sent by HPPC to enterprises in the IZ on July 8 said that the time of the power cut [...]

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Southern IZ, EPZ crying for workers

June 26, 2009
Southern IZ, EPZ crying for workers

VietNamNet Bridge – Enterprises in industrial zones (IZ) and economic processing zones (EPZ) are now facing a serious labour shortage which has forced them to scramble for workers. Semo Vina Company is recruiting workersReports from local labour departments in the south all show that enterprises in the localities are seriously lacking workers. Binh Duong province [...]

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Buyers snap up tuna despite food poisonings

June 17, 2009
Buyers snap up tuna despite food poisonings

LookAtVietnam – Ho Chi Minh City shoppers continue to buy cheap local tuna, despite warnings that the fish might have poisoned hundreds of workers last week. LookAtVietnam – Ho Chi Minh City shoppers continue to buy cheap local tuna, despite warnings that the fish might have poisoned hundreds of workers last week. At Tan Thuan [...]

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Buyers snap up tuna despite food poisonings

June 16, 2009
Buyers snap up tuna despite food poisonings

Tuna sold in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City shoppers continue to buy cheap local tuna, despite warnings that the fish might have poisoned hundreds of workers last week. At Tan Thuan Market in District 7 on Sunday afternoon, female workers jostled to buy ageing fish that omitted an unpleasant odor.Most of the [...]

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Government urges HCM City port operators to move quickly

June 11, 2009
Government urges HCM City port operators to move quickly

LookAtVietnam – The Government on Tuesday again demanded the operators of Ba Son Shipyard and seaports along the Saigon River to quickly move out of the inner city under a years-old scheme to open new seaports in outlying areas. New locations for Saigon New Port and Saigon Port are Cat Lai, Hiep Phuoc and Cai [...]

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Saigon-Hiep Phuoc Port to ring in major changes

May 17, 2009
Saigon-Hiep Phuoc Port to ring in major changes

A view of the Saigon Port which will be relocated from HCMC’s downtown area to the suburbs. A dominant, inescapable feature of Ho Chi Minh City’s landscape, the Saigon Port has been the heart of the commercial hub for 149 years. The first step to changing that forever was taken Saturday with the ground-breaking ceremony [...]

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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...