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A family in central Vietnam has accused local police of beating their son while detaining him without a guardian present, which is illegal. Huynh Viet Thang, a 17-year-old student in Quang Nam Province, said he was summoned by commune police seeking to interrogate him about a fight he had gotten into with one of his [...]
Forest rangers in the Dong Nai Natural and Cultural Conversation Zone in Dong Nai Province yesterday saved a 100-kg elephant that had fallen into a well. With the help of local residents, the rangers managed to take the elephant out of the 2-m deep well in Subzone 59, Phu Ly Commune, Vinh Cuu District, said [...]
Nearly a hundred garden houses, a cultural attraction in the World Heritage town of Hue, have been closed over the past five years with the owners saying they were tired of preserving the heritages without getting paid. The owners said they could not keep receiving visitors, putting on smart clothes, serving them drinks and answering [...]
Most of universities have voiced their support to the Ministry of Education and Training’s (MOET) decision to set up a new group of exam – A1 – for university enrolments. Meanwhile, students say the decision is unfair, because they do not have time to prepare for the exams. Schools applaud MOET’s decision MOET has announced [...]
Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has said that central hospitals in big cities are seriously overloaded with too many patients from districts and provinces, but the matter cannot be resolved overnight. Hospitals are overloaded in big cities, causing a headache to the health sector In an online dialogue with patients and [...]
The backpacker area in downtown Saigon has been a tourist attraction for foreigners coming to Vietnam for years. Down the neighborhood’s alleys, there are stories about the area’s daily life told by people who have settled here; they know it well and have witnessed how much it has improved. P1: A convenient home for expats [...]
A giant turtle, titanic loach and a butterfly, and an oversized mushroom are amongst the supersized animals and plants that could have been left by the giants from the land of Brobdingnag during their visit to Vietnam in 2011. They are listed by Dat Viet newspaper as follows. 1. Giant turtle in Hanoi On the [...]
Many Vietnamese garment brand names have gradually gained back local market share in low-cost product segments targeting average-income consumers, which used to be dominated by Chinese products. Many fashion stores on Ho Chi Minh City’s Le Van Si and Nguyen Dinh Chieu streets, which used to sell large amounts of Chinese garments, have now reduced [...]
Many streets in Hanoi have become crowded with young people who come to buy Christmas nicknacks and decorations. The streets of Hang Ma and Luong Van Can are full of seasonal colours, bringing an early holiday atmosphere in the capital city. Many use the opportunity to take photos. Products for Christmas decorations this year are [...]
Mui Dinh (Dinh Cape) is 40km south of Phan Rang City in the central province of Ninh Thuan and 10 km from the popular Ca Na beach. The spectacular beach seen from Mui Dinh lighthouse One of the main tourist attractions in Mui Dinh is a lighthouse which stands alone in Hon May, a [...]