Duyệt theo September, 2008

Hagupit causes losses of $250 million

Flood in Luc Ngan District, Bac Giang Province By noon September 29, total losses caused by Hagupit storm in northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam exceeded VND2 trillion or $250 mi…

SOCIAL IN BRIEF 30/9

France funds infrastructure project in Lao Cai. A project was launched to develop infrastructure and ecotourism in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.. A 27.68-million Euro p…

Vietnamese straw and fertiliser in Washington DC

It is amazing that the two Vietnamese projects Straw for housing and Biogro fertiliser were recently praised and granted $400,000 in Washington DC.

Gov’t on alert for more flooding ahead

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Steering Board for Storm and Flood Control, particularly coastal regions, to remain on high alert due to an approaching tropical storm, focusing prima…

Court sees postal fraud appeal

The HCM City Supreme Peoples Court yesterday began hearing an appeal by a businessman and 35 former postal and tax employees convicted in Dong Nai Province of “swindling State assets” and “tax evasion”.

Vedan pollution double findings

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) producer Vedan dumped nearly 110,000 cu.m of post-fermentation molasses residue and solid waste every month into the Thi Vai River – 2.5 times higher than earlier findings, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment ann

Vietnam needs more software parks

Participants at a conference hosted last Friday by the HCM City’s Department of Information and Communications discussed ways to develop more software parks in HCM City and other locations around the country.

Vietnam reaches 70.4 million phone subscribers

Of the more than 70 million subscribers, the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) services 55.4%, followed by Viettel with 34%.. By the end of September 2008, Vietnam ha…

Half of 12-yr olds have tooth decay

Study also finds 80 per cent of primary school pupils have gum disease

Tropical storm Mekkhala hits central Vietnam early

Flood in Ha Tinh City.. Hydro-meteorologists forecast that tropical storm Mekkhala would enter the central provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh this afternoon (September 30), but it …