Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

Hanoi - Vietnam has rejected a proposal by the city of Hanoi to seed clouds to prevent rainfall during the city's 1000th anniversary celebrations in October, an official said Friday.

Hanoï et Hô Chi Minh-Ville - Ils roulent en bataillons serrés, parfois jusqu'à vingt de front. Quand le trafic devient trop dense, ils circulent à contresens ou montent sur les trottoirs. Il y a dix ans, on ne voyait que des vélos à Hanoï et à Hô Chi Minh-Ville.

CANNES - A day after holding a Festival de Cannes party to celebrate the launch of the Vietnam International Film Festival, organizers added new details at an International Village news conference Sunday.

Située à 13 km au sud-est de Hanoi au district Van Giang, province de Hung Yên, la cité Ecopark qui couvre 500 ha ambitionne de devenir la première ville écologique du Vietnam.

Foreign visitors to Vietnam in August and September would receive free visa, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

The Hanoi Transport Department has proposed to the city administration that the licensing of taxi firms be suspended from March 1.

L'Association des vétérans du Vietnam et le groupe Mai Linh ont récemment publié l'organisation du programme intitulé "Thang Long-Hôn thiêng sông nui" (Thang Long, âme sacrée de la Patrie).

Hanoi - Hanoi officials said Thursday that they are to invest in a German sludge-removal system to clean up the city's famous Hoan Kiem turtle lake.

A five-month campaign to clear away the city's unplanned temporary markets has been operating since November, but now those managing the scheme are doubtful if it is a practical goal, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported Friday.

At a time when the end of year is coming nearer, Hanoi real estate market has started to become attractive on the economic recovery, said Savills Vietnam. However, difference among sectors and areas also become clearer.

The large scale experimental urban railway project in Hanoi City applied modern techniques and technologies will be built for the first time in Vietnam.

HANOI — Researchers have begun testing mechanical "SediTurtles" they say will protect a legendary Vietnamese turtle while cleaning the historical lake in which the creature lives.

De plus en plus de plaintes sont déposées contre les chauffeurs de taxi, ce qui a conduit à révéler au grand jour une combine plutôt subtile. Les chauffeurs disposent d'un petit appareil qui permet de trafiquer le taximètre.

Le Premier ministre Nguyên Tân Dung a lancé officiellement, le 25 avril dans la province de Vinh Phuc, le chantier de l'autoroute Nôi Bài-Lào Cai, un ouvrage reliant Hanoi et la province montagneuse de Lào Cai (Nord).

Vietnam's prime minister has stopped a 40 million-dollar hotel development at a city park amid fears over possible damage to the capital's "green lung", the government said Wednesday.