HCM CITY — The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in co-ordination with the Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services Company (MobiFone) last week launched a VND1 billion (US$52,000) scholarship programme for students in 30 cities and provinces.
The programme will award a total of 500 scholarships to highschool and university students who are union members and have a good academic track record.
The programme, first initiated last year, will run until March 2011.
Navy urged to save 18 fishermen adrift at sea
PHU YEN — Two tuna fishing boats with 18 fishermen were still adrift offshore the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago due to their engine failure, the Phu Yen Province's Border Guard Command said last Friday.
The boats PY 92179TS and PY 92684TS were reportedly damaged and drifted out to sea due to strong winds last Wednesday.
The provincial Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Search and Rescue on Friday asked the National Committee for Search and Rescue to mobilise naval forces to rescue the boats.
Unification trains departing time adjusted
HA NOI — Thong Nhat trains operating between Ha Noi and HCM City will follow a new schedule beginning on Wednesday, the Viet Nam Railway Corporation has announced.
Trains SE5 and SE6 will depart at 3:45 pm, 3 hours and 20 minutes later than the current timetable. SE7 will depart from Ha Noi at 6:15 am and SE8 will depart from HCM City at 6:30am, one hour later than the current timetable.
The corporation is also planning to add more express trains to transport goods along the route in addition to its current 14 trains.
Three porn websites shut down in HCM City
HCM CITY — The Ministry of Public Security's Information and Communications Security Agency announced on Wednesday that it had shut down three pornographic websites.
25-year-old Pham Ba N of Tan Binh District was accused to set up the website http://phimvang.com at the end of 2008. The site featured free pornographic movies and earned revenues from online advertising.
Last February, he and two other men, Dang Bui Phi H, 33, and Tran Ngo Q, 25 allegedly installed programmes to automatically update and provide access to pornographic films on foreign websites to attract more visitors.
Another porn website, http://chophieubong.com, which was set up by one of the three men, has also been shut down. — VNS
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