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Local residents in Nghe An Province’s Quy Hop District are struggling to commute along a miserable road that has remained half-finished for around two years. Construction of a 25-kilometre road started in February 2010 with an aim of connecting the three communes of Chau Dinh, Van Loi and Ha Son. However, until now only a [...]
With a view to assist foreigners in reporting crimes, the Foreign Affairs Department and the Police Department of the central city of Da Nang have jointly provided them with a list of hotlines for use in emergencies. The list includes the phone numbers of several officials from the two departments and other useful numbers. The [...]
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the plan to preserve and turn the Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi into an outdoor museum. The plan is assigned to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam Institute of Social Sciences. The Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism [...]
Dau Ngoc Hung, the only sailor surviving from Vietnam’s sunken Vinalines Queen cargo vessel, landed at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi at 6:20 pm on Wednesday. Hung was surrounded by reporters right after landing at Noi Bai Airport. Photo by DTiNews After finishing the 20-minute customs checking at the airport, Hung has followed Vinalines’ [...]
Vietnamese authorities are speeding up tests on petroleum samples after controversy surrounding recent incidents of vehicle fires. Vehicle fires stirs up concern over fuel quality Fuel tests Tran Minh Dung, Chief Inspectorate of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said the test results will be announced before Tet holiday. According to Dung, the investigative agency [...]
A group of 30 members from the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program 2011 (SSEAYP) paid a visit to Ho Chi Minh City-based Tuoi Tre (Youth) Newspaper on Monday. At the newspaper’s office, the thirty program participants had an interactive session titled “Young People and Social Media” with young Tuoi Tre reporters. They were also [...]
President Truong Tan Sang presented promotion decisions to nine high-ranking military and police officers at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 5. Eight officers were promoted to Senior Lieutenant General rank. They are Tran Dai Quang, Minister of Public Security; Dang Van Hieu, Permanent Deputy Minister of Public Security; Ngo Xuan Lich, Chief of the [...]
Traffic police officers in the northern province of Thanh Hoa have been suspected of throwing their baton into the wheels of a motorbike driven by traffic violators. In a one-min video clip posted in Youtube, dozens of members of the public, some traffic policemen and emergency police of the 113 unit were standing around two [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – State owned economic groups and general corporations have been requested by the government to withdraw their investments from non-core business fields to focus on their main sectors. However, the process of withdrawing capital has been going very slowly. According to the report of the Ministry of Finance to the National Assembly’s [...]
A short stop-motion movie made by two Vietnamese students has just won the top award at the worldwide PLURAL+ Video Festival held by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, under the aegis of the United Nations. Following the contest’s topic of the themes of migration, diversity, identity and integration, the 5-minute movie, titled “Say Hi [...]