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A large fire broke out at the Quang Ngai Market in the central province of Quang Ngai at 5 am today and covered the entire market. 3 hours later, fire fighters are continuing their efforts to put out the blaze. The local fire brigade sent tens of fire engines and hundreds of firemen to the [...]
The Saigon Cyclo Challenge 2012 will take place in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 on March 10 to raise funds for children, charity and the community. The Saigon Cyclo Challenge 2012 will be held in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 on March 10 As the only cyclo race in the world [...]
Car-fond members of the club Ladycarcar will host a charitable market-day on Saturday morning in Ho Chi Minh City where all philanthropists can get involved to raise fund for helping patients in the city’s hospitals. Held at 116 Nguyen Du Street in District 1, the market-day is expected to be gifted souvenirs and any unused [...]
Thousands of joggers will join in the annual Lawrence S. Ting charity walk to raise funds for poor people to help them have an adequate Tet festival, which is just three weeks away. According to the organizers, Phu My Hung joint-venture Company, so far this year’s charity event has raised VND2.3 billion in total and [...]
A young man was spotted resting on his knees for five hours in front of a mattress shop in Nha Trang city’s To Vinh Dien street last Saturday, piquing the curiosity of people in the neighborhood. “I have come and gone from the street today and I still see him here,” said a motorbike taxi [...]
The Thu Thiem Ferry, which was a milestone in the development of the city, will never be erased from the nostalgia of many Saigonese. The ferry officially halted its operations on November 20 — the date the Thu Thiem Tunnel running below the Saigon River bed was opened for traffic. Though the ferry has ended [...]
The forest coverage of Vietnam in 2011 has reached 40% as a result of activities in responding to the 2011 International Year of Forest launched by the United Nations. The activities were carried out both inside and outside the country, aiming to highlight the role of forest in preserving the environment, coping with climate change, [...]
The Public Security Department in southern Vietnam’s Dong Nai province has just unveiled a new regulation about on-duty manners and codes of ethics for traffic law enforcement forces in an effort to prevent their wrongdoings and verbal abuse. Under the regulation, traffic cops, who have the bad habit of swearing and the use of strong [...]
From his spartan farm house, Nguyen Huu Dua explains in Vietnamese of the time when received a midnight visit from the organisers of a concert at Hanoi’s famous opera house. He and his troupe of violinists were scheduled to perform there, and the event’s producers couldn’t believe that they were all several generations of humble [...]
When floodwaters hit Bangkok, migrant worker Tha Gay was immediately fired. He lost his work permit and with it his legal status, then was arrested and deported back to Myanmar. But the 23-year-old construction worker was soon back in Bangkok after he borrowed 16,000 baht ($500) and paid a broker for a space in an [...]