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34 killed in bus crash in VietnamThe bus was travelling from Buon Ma Thuot city in the central highlands to southern Ho Chi Minh City, a policeman in Krong Pak district where the accident took place late Thursday, May 17, said on condition of anonymity.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 11:31
Authorities debate festivals' role
Many traditional festivals have been absent from people's lives due to culture managers considering them as superstitious.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 10:31
34 killed as bus plunges off bridge in central Vietnam
Rescuers and local people break open the door of the bus which fell off a bridge in Vietnam's Central Highlands Thursday night.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 06:31
Cities lack fire alarms, evacuation plans
Nearly 200 children drowned in Viet Nam over the past two months, an increase of 6 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to the ministry's statistics.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 06:31
Bus plunges into Vietnam river bank; 34 killed
Officials in central Vietnam say a bus plunged into a river bank, killing 34 people and injuring 21 others in one of the country's deadliest road accidents.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 05:32
Bus plunges into Vietnam river bank; 34 killed
Officials in central Vietnam say a bus plunged into a river bank, killing 34 people and injuring 21 others in one of the country's deadliest road accidents.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 05:32
Bus plunges into Vietnam river bank; 34 killed
Officials in central Vietnam say a bus plunged into a river bank, killing 34 people and injuring 21 others in one of the country's deadliest road accidents.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 05:32
April's Illinois Veteran of the Month
The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs honored Estan "Stan" Villarreal, Jr.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 01:12
Models attend launch of Miss Viet Nam Pageant
Central Da Nang City will host the pageant final from August 12-25 gathering the best-looking women from around the country.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 21:07
Cambodia Rice: Thin demand keeps rice prices low in Asia
The Mekong Delta is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 17:03
Vietnam, Laos, Thailand To Promote Co-Op Along East-West Economic Corridor
HANOI, May 17 -- The deputy foreign ministers of Vietnam, Laos and Thailand will meet in Vietnam's central Quang Tri province this Friday to promote cooperation along the East-West Economic Corridor , Xinhua news agency quoted local media reports Thursday.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 12:48
Girl - fire starter' mystifies scientists
The case of an 11-year-old girl in HCM City's Tan Binh District claimed to have supernatural fire-starting powers is continuing to baffle scientists.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 10:48
Press Digest - Vietnam newspapers - May 17
These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Thursday.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 06:39
Tourism Cares visits Peru
Members of Tourism Cares traveled to Peru in May for its first Global Outreach program.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 04:28
New public buildings to provide disabled access
The central city of Da Nang is planning to make all public services fully accessible to the disabled by 2020, according to the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 00:19
Novotel Announces its First Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City - " Novotel Saigon Centre
Accor Hotels in Vietnam proudly announces its newest hotel set in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City .
topix.net | 16-May-2012 20:05
Bio-fuel usage to be compulsory
Car and motorbike drivers in big cities should start buying petrol mixed with bio-fuel E5 by the end of next year, said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 16:00
Emirates Expansion To Boost Kenya, Vietnam Trade Links
NAIROBI, May 16 -- Emirates Airlines has expanded its route to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam which is expected to boost trade between Kenya and Vietnam, the company announced Tuesday.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 11:50
More Russian Tourists Visiting Vietnam's Da Nang By Air
HANOI, May 16 - The second chartered flight carrying 150 tourists from Russia arrived in the central Da Nang city on Wednesday after the first flight with 140 visitors on board arrived earlier on May 12, Vietnam news agency reported.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 11:50
Death sentence given to crossborder heroin trafficker
A woman in the southern province of Tay Ninh has been sentenced to death due to trafficking of heroin from Cambodia to Viet Nam.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 10:51
Vietnam Launches 2nd Satellite Into Orbit: Media
HANOI, May 16 -- Vietnam's second satellite, the VINASAT-2, roared off the launch pad aboard an Ariane 5 rocket at 22:13 GMT Tuesday from Guiana Space Centre at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, Xinhua news agency quoted local media reports.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 06:45
Vietnam's 2nd satellite successfully launched into orbit: media
HANOI, May 15, 2012 -- Vietnam's second satellite, the VINASAT-2, roared off the launch pad aboard an Ariane 5 rocket at 22:13 GMT Tuesday from Guiana Space Center at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, Vietnamese state-run news agency reported Wednesday.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 06:45
Bella's Vietnam Adventure by Stacey Zolt Hara
Bella's tale drew me in from the first line, "I've never seen so many bikes before." While looking at the illustrations, I was thrown back to my time in Hanoi, trying to cross the street myself.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 03:31
Photographer Collection: Horst Faas in Vietnam
A father holds the body of his child as South Vietnamese Army Rangers look down from their armored vehicle.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 03:31
Danang Plastic JSC (DPC) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis...
The company is engaged in the production and trade of a wide range of plastic products for consumer, industrial, and construction use.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 02:26
Khmer couple preserves art of glass painting
Glass that lasts : Artist Son Bol works on a glass painting. He is one of the oldest artists still plying his trade.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 22:16
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topix.net | 15-May-2012 18:01
Ninh Thuan to implement wind power
Under the memorandum of understanding , the company will construct a wind farm and power plant using up-to-date Maglev or vertical axis turbines by late 2012 to satisfy local demand.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 14:02
Juvenile leopard rescued
On May 10, Bac Quang District Forestry Protection Department in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, received information that the leopard was being illegally held in the district.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 09:47
Soil suspected in Vietnam illness
A mystery illness that has claimed 21 lives in Vietnam may have been caused by poisonous heavy metals in the soil and toxic mould on rice, officials say.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 05:32
Press Digest - Vietnam newspapers - May 15
These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Tuesday.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 05:32
Quick-fix flyovers create eyesore in capital city
A flyover at the Chua Boc-Thai Ha-Tay Son intersection in Ha Noi was opened to traffic late last month.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 04:33
Ha Noi tackles problem of overcrowded hospitals
Ha Noi - based Bach Mai Hospital is always crowded with patients. The Ha Noi Department of Health has proposed building 25 new hospitals with over 8,300 beds.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 00:22
20% of Ha Noi's private kindergartens illegal
The Ha Noi Federation of Labour will subsidise 60 houses to be built for poor workers and six playgrounds for children this year.
topix.net | 13-May-2012 00:37
More sua timber recovered from Quang Binh forest
Forest rangers arrested another 300kg of the valuable sua timber yesterday after seizing the first 366kg sua timber in protected Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park four days ago.
topix.net | 12-May-2012 20:17
Da Nang sets up fund to aid firms
A support fund for the city's businesses facing bankruptcy has been set up with the help of major enterprises and banks, as well as the city's budget.
topix.net | 12-May-2012 16:18
A flea market in Ho Chi Minh City
Doan Thu Hang was intrigued by the countryside markets she saw as a girl in her native Hung Yen and has transplanted the idea A flea market in Ho Chi Minh City is selling handmade merchandise instead of used stuff, and its 24-year-old owner has succeeded in popularizing made-in-Vietnam goods among foreigners by letting many of them sell at the ... (more)
topix.net | 12-May-2012 12:03
Degraded bridges need urgent funds
Tran Khanh Du Bridge connects HCM City's Binh Thanh District and District 1 could collapse under heavy stress.
topix.net | 12-May-2012 08:59
Overnighter: In Vietnam, the Cao Dai Temple Mixes Religions and Styles
JUST before midnight, the monks were still arriving. Dressed in long, flowing white robes, they resembled fireflies as they rode through the darkness on their motorbikes, descending on the towering temple at the heart of the Cao Dai holy land in southern Vietnam.
topix.net | 12-May-2012 04:44
Corporal Lyle S. Tate USMC: Forever Young
This week marked the forty-fifth anniversary of the day Lyle Tate from Portland was killed in action on Hill 778 near Khe Sanh.
topix.net | 12-May-2012 00:34
Tourism promotion project begins
The central provincial people's committee of Quang Nam, the UNESCO office in Ha Noi and the Korean National Commission for UNESCO aim to promote tourism among local communities and draw attention to the World Heritage Sites in the country's central provinces.
topix.net | 11-May-2012 20:30
Minister calls for fight against drugs
From mid-April to early May, police uncovered six cases of drug trafficking and arrested eight people who were attempting to transport nearly 32 kilogrammes of drugs into Viet Nam through the Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat international airports.
topix.net | 11-May-2012 16:31
Press Digest - Vietnam newspapers - May 11
These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Friday.
topix.net | 11-May-2012 12:21
Va Temple helps trace roots of traditional Vietnamese culture
Ocean of green : Va Temple looks out over green rice fields stretching as far as the eye can see.
topix.net | 11-May-2012 08:11
Vietnam, US Join Hands to Remove Dioxin at Da Nang Airport
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topix.net | 11-May-2012 04:07
Horst Faas, legendary Vietnam combat photographer, dies
Hovering U.S. Army helicopters pour machine gun fire into the tree line to cover the advance of South Vietnamese ground troops in an attack on a Viet Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, Vietnam, northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border in March 1965.
topix.net | 11-May-2012 02:02