Students stress over inadequate parking

Students struggle to find parking at the University of Economics on Nguyen Tri Phuong Street, District 10 campus, despite the addition of an extra level to the parking lot.

University students have to be clever these days to find a place to park and get to exams on time.

A student at Ho [...]

Man in court over cell phone sex clip

A man who secretly filmed himself having sex with a schoolgirl is facing court in the south-central province of Phu Yen.

Police said the family of the girl, identified only as T., filed a suit in the Song Cau District against Le Quang Hien after he distributed a clip showing him having sex [...]

Over 80 percent of Vietnamese children suffer tooth decay

A child has his teeth examined at a HCMC dental clinic. Experts report that 80-90 percent of Vietnamese children aged six to eight have tooth decay.

A recent conference highlighted an alarming rate of dental disease among the country’s youth and the need to improve dental education.

More than 80 percent of Vietnamese primary [...]

Slowdown washes over shipping sector

Many ships are stuck at Vietnamese ports, awaiting a full load before departing on long distance voyages

In a sign the global economic downturn has already severely impacted Vietnam’s exports, domestic and international shipping charges have sharply decreased over the past few months.

Bien Dong Shipping Company General Director Bui Quoc Anh said shipping [...]

Global gloom darkens over Vietnam

Employees of Ladoda company’s leather factory, work on a production line in Van Lam District, northern province of Hung Yen on October 17.

The whirr of 200 sewing machines fills a Vietnamese factory hall, where workers and bosses hope desperately that the wheels will keep spinning once the global downturn hits home.

Row upon [...]

Health Ministry calls for calm over tainted milk scare

HCMC authorities seized a large amount of melamine-tainted milk products for destruction Tuesday.

The Vietnamese Health Ministry Tuesday called for consumers to continue buying milk, issuing an assurance it had withdrawn most of the melamine-tainted dairy products circulating in Vietnam.

In a joint statement with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and [...]

City officials clash over resettlement progress

Ho Chi Minh City legislators were furious with a district administration at a meeting Wednesday over forestalled efforts to resettle residents affected by municipal projects.

According to Nguyen Quoc Hung, chairman of Binh Thanh District People’s Committee, the district thus far has only resettled 60 percent of those in need of relocating.
Hung said more than 140 [...]