Posts Tagged ‘ Tuoi Tre Newspaper ’

Man recovers after removal of giant tumor 

January 9, 2012
Man recovers after removal of giant tumor 

  Nguyen Duy Hai gives a thumbs up sign at the FV hospital in HCMC, where he had an 82-kg tumor removed. Photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre Newspaper. Two days after having a 82-kg tumor removed in a major surgery, the patient could breathe on his own and eat on Saturday, doctors of the FV Hospital [...]

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More quakes hit central Vietnam 

November 29, 2011
More quakes hit central Vietnam 

The Song Tranh 2 hydropower dam is suspected to have triggered off some minor earthquakes in Quang Nam Province. (Photo: Tuoi Tre newspaper) A minor earthquake, the third in a month, shook the central province of Quang Nam Sunday night, local authorities said. Dang Phong, chairman of the Bac Tra My District People’s Committee, told [...]

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Police trying to verify driver’s identity in tragic traffic accident 

November 12, 2011
Police trying to verify driver’s identity in tragic traffic accident 

  Vietnamese police said they are verifying information that a driver’s assistant was driving the container truck before filing charges in the tragic accident that killed 10 people and injured 21 on Monday, November 7 in a central province. Colonel Nguyen Van Lang, police chief in Ham Thuan Bac District, Binh Thuan Province, said the [...]

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Surgery to separate conjoined twins risky, Vietnamese doctors say 

October 21, 2011
Surgery to separate conjoined twins risky, Vietnamese doctors say 

The conjoined twins are put under special treatment at the Children's Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: Tuoi Tre newspaper) It is rather risky to conduct a surgery to separate the conjoined twins who were initially dubbed as “two-headed baby girl,” doctors of Ho Chi Minh City-based Children’s Hospital 1 told Thanh Nien. [...]

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Time is right for laws on right to demonstrate 

October 11, 2011
Time is right for laws on right to demonstrate 

  Workers of Taiwanese-owned footwear company Pou Yuen Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City, on strike last year. A former official from the Ministry of Public Security says the right to strike needs to be protected by laws in Vietnam. The Law on Demonstration is being drafted by the Ministry [...]

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Photographs capture life on country road

December 14, 2009
Photographs capture life on country road

The danger, high energy and excitement of hooves thundering as oxen pairs and their nai – who control them on the plough – race through muddy fields is frozen . . . Ox to the races: Tinh Than Quyet Dau (Competitive Spirit) by Nguyen Thi Nhung.This image from a traditional ox racing festival of the [...]

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Parliamentary body could look into controversial verdict

November 23, 2009
Parliamentary body could look into controversial verdict

Tran Ngoc Suong , former director of state-run Song Hau Farm in the Mekong Delta’s Can Tho Province The National Assembly’s Justice Committee may supervise related agencies’ handling of the case in which jail sentence given to a Labor Hero has kicked up considerable drama and controversy. If the judges of People’s Supreme Court and [...]

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‘Golden Dragon Award’ turns out to be all smoke and mirrors

November 4, 2009
‘Golden Dragon Award’ turns out to be all smoke and mirrors

LookAtVietnam – Tuoi Tre’s investigation of an allegedly prestigious business prize sheds light on how these awards get promoted. The documents about Golden Dragon awardAs VietNamNet Bridge has reported, lately there’s been a blitz of business achievement awards sponsored by public relations firms.  Businesses were already disenchanted with the trophy chase when, late in October, [...]

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World recession is tough on Vietnam shipbuilder

October 16, 2009
World recession is tough on Vietnam shipbuilder

LookAtVietnam – Vinashin is reportedly been facing financial difficulties that have slowed implementation of important projects.  Building Dung Quat 01 oil tankerFinancial difficulties. . .  Vinashin’s subsidiaries have released reports that indicate the Vinashin group and a number of its subsidiaries are facing financial difficulties. Because the group is in arrears to customs agencies and  [...]

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Lots of heat but no more light on Vinafood2 dumping charge

October 9, 2009
Lots of heat but no more light on Vinafood2 dumping charge

LookAtVietnam – VFA says Vinafood 2 did not dump rice on the world market, but VFA’s explanation doesn’t satisfy other rice exporters. Murky explanations Contrary to charges in a widely noted Tien Phong newspaper expose, the Southern Region Food Corporation, commonly referred to as Vinafood 2, did not break Vietnam Food Association rules on rice export [...]

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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...