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- SoCal Asian communities aim to weed out toxic fish
WESTMINSTER, Calif. --John Fallan's trained eye scans rows of iceboxes brimming with tiger fish and shrimp in a Vietnamese supermarket, searching for one pesky fish that threatens the health of seafood lovers. Authorities say the white croaker has become
- Vietnam-Croatia business seminar held
The Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary has worked with the Croatian Chamber of Trade and Economy to hold a seminar on business cooperation with Vietnam in Zagreb, Croatia. At the seminar, Miroslav Karamarkovic from the Croatian Chamber of Trade and Economy
- Drunk drivers face more stringent penalties in Vietnam
The maximum fine will apply to car and truck drivers with blood/alcohol levels exceeding 80 milligrams per 100 millimeters of blood or 0.4 mg in a breath test, a Ministry of Transport draft decree said this week. Drivers tested with between 50mg and 80mg
- Women jailed for women trafficking in Vietnam metro
Her trafficking partner, 31-year-old Nguyen Kim Phuong of HCMCâ??s District 7, had her four-year imprisonment sentence reduced to three years for the same crime. Other members of the trafficking ring, Nguyen Ngoc Duyen and Vu Thi Khanh Nhung, will
- Vietnams women expect easy game at Asian football cup
Vietnam has high hopes for Group Cs sole ticket to enter the final round of the 2010 Asian Womens Football Championship, as its two rivals-Kyrgyzstan and Hong Kong-are considered weaker teams. Vietnam will face Kyrgyzstan in the first match for Group C
- Vietnams rice exports may hit record
Vietnam is likely to set a record in rice exports this year due to bumpy crops and falling prices, as estimated by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Vietnams rice exports this year may reach 5.4 million tonnes. Previously, in 2005, the country
- Vietnam, Laos work to speed up border marker planting
Vietnam and Laos have agreed on a number of measures to speed up the planting of markers along their shared borderline, and build a plan for the task in 2010 at the fifth joint session of border experts from the two nations scheduled for June 28-July 3.
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France occupied all of Vietnam by 1884. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by communist forces under Ho Chi MINH, who took control of the north. US economic and military aid to South Vietnam grew through the 1960s in an attempt to bolster the government, but US armed forces were withdrawn following a cease-fire agreement in 1973. Two years later North Vietnamese forces overran the south. Economic reconstruction of the reunited country has proven difficult as aging Communist Party leaders have only grudgingly initiated reforms necessary for a free market.
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AP - John Fallan's trained eye scans rows of iceboxes brimming with tiger fish and shrimp in a Vietnamese supermarket, searching for one pesky fish that threatens the health of seafood lovers.
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