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A garden in Long An province that was rumored 7 years ago to have an ability to treat various diseases, has been crowded again recently, with hundreds of people coming everyday, authorities reported. After several months of cooling down, people have begun to flock to the garden in Duc Lap Thuong Commune, Duc Hoa district, [...]
This is not meant to be cheap sensationalism. Far from it, our heart is always saddened by the news of such tragedies. Here we simply wish to follow in the tradition of muckraking journalism, hoping to bring about social progress through the exposition of social maladies. 1) Cau Ghenh train crash (February 6) Two people [...]
Culture, beautiful landscapes and reasonable prices have made Vietnam one of the top destinations for tourists from several Asian countries, a recent survey revealed. International tourists are interested in Vietnam’s cultural identity and exotic landscapes The Visa Global Travel Intentions Survey 2011 showed that as many as 24% of future tourists to Vietnam [...]
Flowers are arranged on the 2km bank and on boats at the flower market along Tau Hu canal in District 8, HCM City. The market is the home to tens of thousands of ornamental trees from southern provinces of Ben Tre and Tien Giang. Boats carrying flowers from southwestern provinces have landed at the market [...]
Thanks to the help of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ho Chi Minh City, a Vietnamese bride in Taiwan has been saved from the violent behavior of her Taiwanese husband and will be taken to Vietnam in the weeks to come. Efforts to save 29-year-old Pham Thi Kim Thanh, a native of Thoi [...]
Thanh Hoa Province People’s Court yesterday sentenced 31-year-old Vu Van Quang to 20 years imprisonment for burning his 3-year-old son Vu Quoc Linh with petrol last April. Quang, who was arrested on April 28, was charged with murder according to Article 93 of the Penal Code, the court said. The court ordered him to pay [...]
Vietnam came from behind to beat Laos 3-1 in a tense game with two red cards for both sides. The result sends Vietnam to top group B and will take on Indonesia in the semifinals on Saturday. Despite of being pushed to a defensive style of playing during most of the first half of the [...]
38-year-old Nguyen Thi Van Huong, a former clerical employee at the representative office of AP news agency in Hanoi, has been arrested for allegedly misappropriating VND5.1 billion (US$243,000). Earlier, investigators had initiated criminal charges against Huong and issued a wanted notice for her over charges of embezzling a large sum of money from the office. [...]
A climate innovation centre will be set up in Vietnam to promote climate technology by offering venture finance and other support for small and medium enterprises. Vietnam listed among nations hardest hit by climate change As part of the centre design process, a workshop on barriers and solutions to climate technologies was held in Hanoi [...]
Students living in HCM City’s University Village, adjacent to Binh Duong Province are being disturbed by prostitutes. Prostitutes regularly operate around the University Village Hot spot The lives of thousands of students at the Vietnam National University – HCM City have been seriously affected by the rapid development of prostitution at the entrance to their [...]