Life in Vietnam

Official dismissed as absent with big debt
December 23, 2011 06:34 am A provincial education leader in southern Vietnam has been dismissed from her post because she disappears without notice from the province and owes a big debt. Nguyen Thi Kim Lien, deputy director of Ca Mau Department of Education and Training, was also removed from all the posts in the province Party unit.A notice from the Central Investigation Committee of the Vietnam Party stated Lien’s violations.Those include leaving the province without notice during a political argument class, as well as borrowing money at high rates to play hui, a revolving fund where pooled money is loaned to one of the contributors after drawing lots, or to the person offering the highest dividend. RELATED…
Hanoi to clear parking lots from narrow, crowded roads
December 23, 2011 05:34 am A parking lot licensed by Hanoi Transport Department takes over thousands of square meters on Hoang Dao Thuy Street.Hanoi will not allow car parking lots on roads narrower than 6.5 meters or those near crossroads and with heavy traffic, city officers said at a recent meeting.In downtown, authorities will allow parking lots on parts of the roads or on one side if there’s high demand, news website VnExpress said Thursday.The city will give investment priority to projects of underground or multi-story parking lots, said Hanoi vice chairman Nguyen Van Khoi.Khoi said that parking lots will not be allowed on the two routes between the city center to Noi Bai International Airport. RELATED CONTENT…
Woman survives fall from 11th floor in central Vietnam
Ho Thi Lien, 35, sustained injuries to her liver, limbs and head after a fall from the 11th floor.A female worker has survived after falling from the 11th floor at the construction site of a hotel in the central province of Nghe An, Dan Tri reported Wednesday. According to the newswire,
December 23, 2011 05:34 am
Former police officer gets 7 years for smuggling luxury cars
Cao Vu Cuong (L), a former police officer, was sentenced to seven years for taking part in a luxury car smuggling ring. (Photo: VnExpress)The Hanoi People’s Court sentenced a former police officer to seven years in jail for taking part in a luxury car smuggling ring, online newspaper VnExpress reported.Cao Vu
December 23, 2011 05:34 am
Minimum wage for state workers proposed up to $150 per month
Officials have suggested Vietnam state office workers receive a minimum wage of VND3.15 million (US$150) per month starting in 2013. The proposal, based on the country’s average expenditure per capita in 2011, was the highest made at a conference host by the Ministry of Interior in Ho Chi Minh City on
December 23, 2011 05:22 am
Another Honda motorbike catches on fire in Vietnam
The Honda Wave S that caught fire in Da Nang City on Thursday. (Photo: VnExpress)A Honda motorbike caught fire on a street in the central city of Da Nang on Thursday morning, but luckily no injuries were reported, according to newswire VnExpress. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Han, the 22-year-old owner of the
December 23, 2011 05:22 am
Unexploded war bombs found in Vietnam capital
A bomb from the Vietnam War detected in Hanoi on Tuesday. Soldiers are handling two big unexploded bombs that have recently been discovered in Hanoi, Tien Phong quoted the High Command of the capital as saying on Thursday. According to the newspaper, one of the bombs was unearthed Tuesday when workers
December 23, 2011 00:07 am
Police probe unidentified foreigners’ robbery in northern Vietnam
Police in Hanoi on Wednesday said they are investigating a case in which two unidentified foreigners were accused of robbing a married couple of VND37 million (US$1,700). According to initial information, on Tuesday, two foreigners around 40 years old and some 1.8 meters high stopped at the house of Nguyen Tien
December 22, 2011 23:50 pm
Four million Vietnamese are living overseas, conference hears
A group of overseas Vietnamese come out of an airport in Ho Chi Minh City.More than 4 million Vietnamese people are living in more than 100 countries and territories in the world, a Wednesday conference held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was told.The conference publicized Vietnam’s migration dossiers and orientations
December 22, 2011 23:50 pm
Electrical fire consumes Mekong homes
Fires caused by short circuits burned four houses in Vietnam Mekong Delta province of An Giang Wednesday. The fire, which burned two edifices to the ground, began at around 1 a.m. at a house which sells plastic products, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported.The fire took three hours to contain, despite the presence of four
December 22, 2011 23:50 pm
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