December 17, 2011
Australian students build a house for a poor man in Vinh Long Province in southern Vietnam early December It seems like an unusual way for Australian teenagers to spend money they earned from part-time jobs, but 13 of them recently used their savings to attend special tours in southern Vietnam where they built houses [...]
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December 16, 2011
A big fire broke out Thursday at a 33-floor building that was under construction in Hanoi, injuring 11 workers. The fire started at around 4 p.m. in the basement of one of the twin towers invested in by state-owned power utility Electricity of (EVN). The fire wasn’t extinguished until about five hours later. General To Xuan Thieu, vice [...]
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December 14, 2011
A cop and curious locals on a Ho Chi Minh City street where a man shot another dead due to personal conflict. A man shot another dead and fired his gun at police in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday before being constrained. The shooting killed Huynh Tan Hai, 39, a construction contractor, news website VietNamNet [...]
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November 23, 2011
A crane near Nha Trang Bay on Vietnam central coast Nov. 22, 2011 during a project to fill up parts of the bay for a cruiser wharf. A national attraction on Vietnam’s central coast, Nha Trang Bay, is being filled up illegally for an international cruiser wharf.  Bulldozers, roller trucks and many people have been seen [...]
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October 17, 2011
Song Da No. 2 construction firm is now implementing the Ban Ve hydropower plant project in Nghe An Province, but the investor is finding it difficult to pay. Complicated capital disbursement procedures have prevented construction firms from reclaiming debts from investors, even years after their projects finish. Vu Tuan Duong, vice general director of construction [...]
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October 15, 2011
Vietnam’s new cabinet makes a strong start with several “smart technocrats”, but economic woes and lack of transparency pose hurdles, according to analysts Residents fishing next to Han River bridge in central coastal city of Da Nang. New Transport Minister Dinh La Thang last week took the unusual step of firing the manager of [...]
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October 14, 2011
The central area of Hanoi, which comprises the four downtown districts of Ba Dinh, Dong Da, Hai Ba Trung and Hoan Kiem, has not seen much development over the past few years, a contrast to the fast growth seen at other new urban areas in the capital city. Modernizing central Hanoi while retaining its [...]
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September 9, 2011
Vietnam has to get very tough or the flood of illegal Chinese workers will continue Chinese workers at a construction site in the south-central province of Phu Yen. Thousands of illegal workers will continue taking jobs from Vietnamese workers if the Vietnamese government does not take action now, analysts say. There will be no [...]
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September 3, 2011
Company sends goons to beat up protesters Nguyen Van Tuan was attacked by truck drivers on August 29 after he and others at Da Nang City’s Hoa Lien Commune blocked vehicles from entering a construction site. A survey by Nielsen found environmental concerns in Vietnam has shifted from climate change to environmental pollution. The [...]
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September 1, 2011
Residents look at a map of the planned nuclear power plant in Ninh Thuan Province’s Thuan Nam District. After scientists detected new faults near the site, experts have urged that the plans be deferred. Two fault lines hitherto uncovered have provoked myriad calls for Vietnam’s nuclear power plans to be deferred on safety considerations. Serious [...]
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