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Tank truck drivers and transport service employees involved in the adulteration of gasoline recently exposed by Thanh Nien in Ho Chi Minh City will face criminal charges, a police official said Thursday. Major-Colonel Phan Anh Minh, vice director of HCMC’s police division, made the statement at a press conference on the city’s public security [...]
The violent fire that occurred at Quang Ngai Market in Quang Ngai Province on Feb. 9 destroyed most parts of the market and rendered many traders penniless. Thuy, who sold flowers in the market, recalled, “At 5:00am, I found a group of 5 to 7 security guards trying to extinguish a small fire. I felt [...]
Harry Redknapp reckons managing England in June’s European Championship while still coaching at club level would be difficult to do, the Tottenham Hotspur boss said on Friday. The 64-year-old has been so widely backed by punters to succeed Fabio Capello as the next England manager that bookmakers William Hill and Ladbrokes are closing their books [...]
Despite the warnings about the economic difficulties in 2012, travel firms still believe that the turnover of the tourism industry would still be high in the year, after enjoying a bountiful crop last Tet holiday. In economic difficulties, tourism relating sectors can live well Though travel firms made a fat profit last Tet holiday, analysts [...]
An agency of the Ministry of Public Security detected websites set up specifically to trade in personal information of both individuals and organisations. A website owner caught trading in personal information The agency, dubbed A87, made a statement recently, that the information being sold included home and mobile phone numbers, home addresses, email addresses. Even [...]
Amid the worries about the low efficiency of outward investment and the foreign currency bleeding, the Ministry of Planning and Investment MPI plans to apply a series of drastic measures to manage the outward investment. Vietnam attempts to control foreign currency remittance abroad Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen The Phuong said that in [...]
Philippine tourism promotion efforts suffered another blow Friday over claims its new slogan copied an old Swiss one, having already ditched an earlier campaign that allegedly plagiarised Poland’s. Hours after the government rolled out its “It’s more Fun in the Philippines” campaign, Internet pundits pointed to a 1951 Swiss National Tourist Office ad which proclaimed [...]
Cheeseburger and fries, hold the politicians. With Republican presidential hopefuls blitzing New Hampshire ahead of its critical January 10 primary, one small eatery in coastal Portsmouth has had it with gladhanding campaigners disrupting diners. So the hand-drawn, red-white-and-blue sign on the door of the 28-seat Colby’s Breakfast and Lunch restaurant declares “No Politicians No Exceptions.” [...]
Manchester United held on to quell a spirited second half comeback by Manchester City as they knocked the holders out of the FA Cup with a 3-2 third round win at Eastlands here on Sunday. United, who brought 37-year-old midfielder Paul Scholes out of retirement as a second half substitute, seemed to be in control [...]
British Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to give shareholders the right to veto executive pay packages, amid mounting political pressure and public anger over huge salaries and bonuses. “The market for top people isn’t working, it needs to be sorted out,” he told The Sunday Telegraph newspaper. “Let’s empower the shareholders by having a straight, shareholder [...]