January 15, 2012
Siphoned gasoline replaced by other liquids by unscrupulous tank truck drivers may be the cause of car and motorbike fires Two men pumping liquid into a tank truck after spiriting hundreds of liters of gasoline. Low quality fuel is now considered the prime suspect responsible for the many car and motorbike fires over the [...]
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January 11, 2012
Pham Thi My Linh, 19, had her jail term cut to six months at a trial in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday. The girl pleaded guilty to charges of "acting against people on public mission." An appeal court in Ho Chi Minh City Monday reduced the jail term for a 19-year-old girl who caused a stir [...]
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December 20, 2011
Outdoor classical music concerts reach out to the man on the street A Luala outdoor Concert on 61 Ly Thai To Street, Hanoi on a Saturday morning is a rare sight in the city, and the artists have gathered a curious crowd that soon swells into more than a hundred people Week 1: 3 [...]
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December 14, 2011
A Hyundai sedan was damaged after a Toyota Fortuner crashed into it in Ho Chi Minh City's District 1 on Dec 10. A nine-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a car accident that took place in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 last weekend succumbed to his injuries on Monday, bringing the accident’s fatalities [...]
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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 27, 2011
Mobs of hundreds of racers continue to roar through the city on weekends, with some hitting traffic police or luring them into fatal traps An illegal motorbike race on Chu Van An Street in Ho Chi Minh City. Police say illegal street races have become more common in recent months. The death of a [...]
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August 27, 2011
Pham Thi My Linh, 18, stands in an outdoor trial on August 23, 2011. A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced an 18-year-old girl to nine months in jail Tuesday for slapping a traffic policeman on the street last month. Pham Thi My Linh was found guilty of “resisting an executive officer in performance of [...]
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July 30, 2011
I’ve spent a lot of time in Hanoi over the last 14 years, and have strong emotions about it, not of course all positive. Back in 1994, it was possible to walk around at 10 p.m. in the winter down the streets, which were basically empty of traffic, with a group of friends. There [...]
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June 26, 2011
An area of Da Lat Flower Festival 2011 near Xuan Huong lake. The Da Lat Flower Festival 2012 will take place in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong’s Da Lat town from Dec 30, 2011 to Jan 3, 2012. Â Themed “Da Lat, the flower festival city”, the event will feature nine distinguished programs [...]
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May 15, 2011
The remains of The Crazy Buffalo’s neon sign on the corner of De Tham and Bui Vien streets on May 12. The Word Magazine’s website reported last week that the vaguely satanic neon sign at The Crazy Buffalo, a restaurant/bar/night club on De Tham Street, had caught fire following an “electrical fault.” No one was [...]
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