Criminal investigation started against toll station robbers

Police in the southern province of Đồng Nai on Sunday started a criminal investigation against two men allegedly involved in the theft of VNĐ2.2 billion (US$100,000) from a toll station on the HCM City-Long Thành-Dầu Giây Expressway on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

Man attempts suicide after killing wife and her friend

Two women were found dead early in the morning today (January 9) at their duck-watching hut in Mỏ Cày Bắc District in the Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre after the husband of one woman confessed to the murders, Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper has reported.

Climate-smart agriculture key to the economic growth

The adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) will improve the productivity and quality of agriculture, increase farmers’ incomes and reduce their vulnerability to adverse climatic phenomena, according to experts.

Rangers on Côn Đảo Island protect sea and forest

Forest rangers on Côn Đảo Island, in the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, are familiar with a busy schedule because they not only patrol the forests, they also have to protect aquatic resources.

HCM City jettisons plans for golf courses

The HCM City Department of Master Planning and Architecture has recommended that the People’s Committee should remove two of the five golf courses from its city master plan.

 

A special Taekwondo class

This is a martial arts class like no other. This is where orphans, poor kids and disabled people are not only taught self-defence but given the care they desearve. Check it out!

Trường Sa Islands light up with clean energy

Islanders living in the Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelago have been benefiting from the installation of a solar and wind energy system to replace the limited power supplied by diesel generators over past decade.

5-car pileup blocks Đà Lạt highway

A car braked suddenly to avoid a motorbike that was crossing National Highway 20 in Đà Lạt on February 6, and was hit by vehicles coming behind it, causing a pileup and blocking traffic for five kilometres.

Living energy of “broken leaves”

Two disabled men Đỗ Hà Cừ and Nguyễn Minh Luân are compared with “broken leaves”, but they bring green of vigour to the community.

Visiting pagodas during Tết

Traditionally, during the first three days of the Lunar New Year, Vietnamese families go to pagodas and temples to pray for health, happiness and good fortune in the year ahead. Offerings, including flowers, incense and fruit, are given to wish for a successful year for friends and relatives.

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