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Truck crash kills one student, injures three others A truck killed a student and severely injured three others today in an accident in Bau Lam Commune, Xuyen Moc District in southern  Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. The truck reportedly went over to the opposite lane and hit a group of four students from the local Hoa Binh High School, who were on the way to school. The truck's driver and another man who was in the truck were also slightly injured when it fell off the side of the road. The case is under further investigation.  Vietnam drink maker hit by boycott, quality inspection after winning fly-in-bottle lawsuit Tan Hiep Phat Group, the maker of several popular drinks in Vietnam, is being boycotted on the Internet and scrutinized by the country’s consumer association, only days after winning a lawsuit that sent one of its consumers to prison. The Vietnamese Consumer Protection Association has received complaints from local residents and authorities in the southern … [Read more...] about Social News 22/12

ADB approves loans totaling $299 million to promote inclusive growth in VNThe Asian Development Bank’s(ADB) Board of Directors has approved loans totaling US$299 million to help improve basic infrastructure services and promote inclusive growth in northeastern and north-central provinces of Việt Nam.Loans of $149 million will finance the basic infrastructure development in the north-central provinces, which aims to upgrade roads, improve rural water supply as well as flood protection, irrigation and port services in the four provinces of Hà Tĩnh, Nghệ An, Quảng Bình and Quảng Trị.The project is also expected to improve the capacity of provincial governments, particularly in public assets management.The Government will contribute $54.52 million to the project.A $150 million loan will fund to the construction and upgradation of basic infrastructure in the northeastern provinces, which aims to improve economic connectivity and raise … [Read more...] about Social News In Brief 21/12

Rescue work continues in search for missing sailors Bad weather is hindering rescue efforts to save four missing sailors from a fishing boat which capsized two days ago in the sea between Hai Phong City and Quang Ninh Province. The boat, captained and owned by Hoang Van Tuyen, 34, capsized at about 4am on Saturday morning due to big waves, throwing all nine members on board at the time into the sea. Two of the sailors were saved by a foreign freight ship passing by the area while a Vietnamese ship nearby had rescued another three after receiving the SOS call from Hai Phong Coast Station. Four remain missing so far, including the youngest one Pham Van Tung, 22, together with Pham Van Hai, 47, Nguyen Van Duong, 43 and Bui Van Thuong, 32. All the ship members come from Hau Loc District in Thanh Hoa Province. Thanh Hoa's Disaster Prevention and Rescue Office Deputy Chief of Staff, Colonel Hoang Minh Luyen said that the Viet Nam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre had deployed … [Read more...] about Social News 7/12

Seoul exhibition spotlights China’s illicit island reclamation Visitors at the exhibition at the Kyung Hee University. A photo exhibition on China’s illegal construction of artificial islands in the East Sea was opened at the Kyung Hee University, a renowned school in Seoul of the Republic of Korea (RoK), on November 29. The event is held by the association of descendants of Vietnam’s Ly dynasty family in the RoK as part of the 11 th festival of Vietnamese students in the country. It features more than 40 photos on China’s illegal island reclamation and building in the East Sea and copies of old maps proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes. Opening the display, Chairman of the association Lee Seung Young said the East Sea is home to an international shipping route which is important to all countries inside and outside of the region. The maintenance of an environment of peace, stability … [Read more...] about Social News 30/11

Crane collapse traps several workers A crane with a load capacity of several tonnes suddenly collapsed yesterday at Tan Thuan Port in HCM City's District 7, trapping many workers. The number of fatalities and injured people remains unknown. At 11.30pm yesterday, the crane broke while it was being used to unload cargo from a vessel of the Viet Nam Ocean Shipping Joint Stock Company. The crane fell down on the cargo and the workers near the vessel. Several rescue workers have been mobilised to save those trapped in the debris. Three ambulances have been kept ready to take the victims to hospital. The site of the accident has been cordoned off for further investigation. Cold weather shoulders over northern region A cold front is hitting the northern region of Vietnam which caused medium to heavy rains on a large scale, reported the National Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center yesterday. Currently, the highest temperature in the northern mountainous provinces dropped rapidly at … [Read more...] about Social News 26/11