Party founding anniversary celebrated overseas Participants sing Vietnam's national anthem at a ceremony marked the 86th Party founding anniversary in Russia on February 3. (Photo: VNA) The Vietnam Embassy in Algeria organised a meeting to mark the 86th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on February 3. Opening the ceremony, Ambassador Vu The Hiep said that under more than eight decades of the CPV leadership, Vietnam has gradually overcome poverty and undeveloped conditions to consolidate a more significant position regionally and internationally. The diplomat summarised the 12th National Party Congress, with Nguyen Phu Trong re-elected as General Secretary. The same day, meetings and celebrations also took place in Russia, the Czech Republic and Germany. The birth of the CPV on February 3, 1930, was an important historical event and a significant turning point in the history of the Vietnamese revolution, marking a milestone in the country's development. … [Read more...] about Government News in Brief
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Odd news: Burglar got the munchies on the job
VietNamNet Bridge – A unique housebreaking in Viet Nam happened last Wednesday in Tu Son Town in the northern province of Bac Ninh. The burglar was a young man who worked as a building worker. He broke into a house near his workplace and intended to steal something. The owner of the house was out, and the burglar was hungry so he found something to eat before taking property. He fried two eggs and ate them together with rice. While he was having his meal, the owner of the house returned and caught him. He admitted that he intended to take the Air Blade motorbike. The owner of the house also discovered that previously the burglar had entered the house and taken a Wave motorbike. The Tu Son Town Police is investigating the case. It was such good luck for the household but a bad ending for the burglar as he tried to have his cake and eat it too. Famous singer features in exam question Son Tung, a famous young singer who is adored by a number of young Vietnamese, has been … [Read more...] about Odd news: Burglar got the munchies on the job
Odd news: Two farmers charged with taking bribes
VietNamNet Bridge - Two farmers in the central province of Binh Thuan were sentenced to jail for "taking bribes" just because they prepared files for several poor farmers to borrow soft loans and got paid. The sentence was later suspended. The farmers, Nguyen Thanh Nam and Nguyen Thanh Tuan, had been prosecuted and indicted on charges of accepting bribes and sentenced to seven and eight years in prison, respectively. According to the indictment, Nam was the chief of Lo To village in Ham Can commune of Ham Thuan Nam district. In April 2011 Nam was contracted by the Bank for Social Policies of Ham Thuan Nam district as chief and Tuan as vice chief of the capital borrowing team, managed by the Farmer Association of Ham Can commune. The mission of the two men was receiving the written loan request of the poor and organizing meetings to select the appropriate borrowers and then send the list of borrowers to the poverty reduction committee of Ham Can commune. They then had to submit … [Read more...] about Odd news: Two farmers charged with taking bribes
Social News 12/8
Mekong Delta to accelerate transport infrastructure development Under the plan, the region will have 83 new projects with an investment of 125.3 trillion VND (5.6 billion USD); of which, there are 45 road projects with a combined capital of 90.3 billion VND (4 billion USD). The plan also envisions four projects in aviation worth some 5.2 trillion VND (232 million USD), 22 others in maritime transport with an estimated investment of 18 trillion VND (807 million USD) and 14 in inland waterway valued at 11,8 trillion VND (530 million USD). The committee said besides completing projects under implementation, priority will be given to key projects to boost linkage in the region. According to Tran Huu Hiep, a permanent member of the committee, despite having a dense network of rivers and canals, inland waterway transport in the Mekong Delta has not developed as it should have, failing to help enterprises cut costs and boost competitiveness. Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Nhat … [Read more...] about Social News 12/8
Social News 17/3
Nghe An Police arrest marijuana smuggler Police in the central Nghệ An Province said they arrested a suspect for trafficking marijuana in Thái Hoà Town yesterday morning. The police seized 3kg of marijuana and a gun during a search of the suspect's home. Phan Phúc Đạt, 36, was a criminal who had been under investigation for a long time in the area, the police said. At the police station, Đạt initially said he bought the marijuana at Cầu Treo International border gate in the central Hà Tĩnh Province and then transported it to the town to sell it to drug addicts. The gun was bought from an unidentified person for self-defence, he said to the police. The case is being investigated further. Quang Trị Province set to preserve war tunnel Local history: The tunnel being inspected for renovation work. - Photo dantri.com.vn The central province of Quảng Trị will preserve a part of a war tunnel used during the American War for tourism purposes. The Y-shaped tunnel, located in Vĩnh Linh … [Read more...] about Social News 17/3