LONG AN — Punctures to two tyres on a 16-seat coach left 16 passengers injured on a stretch of the HCM City – Trung Luong Highway in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta's Long An Province on Monday.
Seven out of 16 injured who were taken to Ben Luc District's Hospital and Cho Ray Hospital have been discharged.
Doctors save man crushed by water tankKON TUM — Doctors from the Central Highlands Kon Tum Province's General Hospital saved a man with multiple injuries who had been crushed by a 1,000-litre water tank, said Tran Ai, director of the hospital.
The patient, Tran Van Tuan, 41, from Kon Tum City was hospitalised after his small intestine was torn and two bones of his spinal column were broken.
Tuan is recovering and is expected to leave hospital within the next week.
Vinamilk awards scholarships
HA NOI — Viet Nam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company – Vinamilk yesterday provided VND1.5 billion ($78,000) in scholarships to talented youngsters over the 2010 – 2011 school year.
The company will grant 1,000 scholarships, worth VND1 million ($50) each, to outstanding primary school students and also fund the construction of school libraries.
Vinamilk has granted VND16 billion ($800,000) in its annual programme over the past eight years.
Veterinarian tries to steal from bird flu fund
TIEN GIANG — The Mekong Delta Tien Giang Province's Animal Health Department has decided to sack Vo Thanh Truc, a veterinarian in Cho Gao District for attempting to appropriate VND70 million ($3,500) from a local fund earmarked for bird flu and blue-ear pig disease prevention.
Truc, 36, colluded with his father to falsify documents to embezzle the money.
His father, also a veterinarian, had also been dismissed for similar offence in October. — VNS
