Monday, October 11, 2010

Kids with cleft palates receive free surgery

HCM CITY — Operation Smile Viet Nam (OSV) held a five-day programme ending last Friday to provide free medical check-ups and surgery for HCM City and Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta children born with cleft lip, cleft palates and other facial deformities.

Around 150 children benefited from the programme thanks to several corporate donors.

Man injured trying to apprehend thieves

HCM CITY — Nguyen Trong Nghia, 28, from southern Tra Vinh Province, was injured whilst trying to apprehend robbers on Truong Son Street, Tan Binh District, on Thursday.

Nghia and his group of volunteer crime fighters spotted two men snatching a necklace from a woman and chased after them. However, the robbers ran him over with a motorbike and escaped.

Construction vehicles face anniversary ban

HA NOI — Ha Noi People's Committee has recommended the Ministry of Transport ban trucks and all vehicles carrying building materials from the city centre during Ha Noi's 1,000th birthday celebrations.

The ban would take effect from September 28 to October 11. Coaches with have more than 24 seats may also be banned from October 7 to 10, according to another proposal. — VNS

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