Posts Tagged ‘ Central Provinces ’

Bird flu outbreak strikes three provinces 

September 20, 2011
Bird flu outbreak strikes three provinces 

A man carrying chickens on National Highway 1 in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Chanh District. Bird flu has hit flocks of fowl in three of Vietnam’s north-central provinces over the last two weeks, the Department of Animal Health announced on Tuesday (September 13). Hoang Van Nam, the department chief, said at a meeting of [...]

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Forest fortunes a deadly fantasy 

August 8, 2011
Forest fortunes a deadly fantasy 

  The temptation of million-dollar agarwood lures dreamers into a shadowy world of theft and murder deep in the jungle Tran Lieu, an agarwood hunter from Ai Nghia Town, Quang Nam Province, is among many locals recently romored to cultivate millions of dollars of ky nam, but the man insists that it is not true.  Nguyen Van [...]

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Authorities in deed are friends indeed 

December 24, 2010

  When people are in trouble, they look for help most from those agencies whose job and duty it is to protect and safeguard their rights. However, the sad truth is that concerned authorities and agencies often fail to fulfill their most basic obligations and meet people’s expectations. Earlier this week, the press reported scams [...]

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VN to import 260,000 tonnes of salt in 2010

February 5, 2010
VN to import 260,000 tonnes of salt in 2010

LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam will import 260,000 tomes of salt in 2010, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The price in northern and central provinces is higher, at around VND1 million ($55) per tonne.“This is the commitment of Viet Nam when the country became member of the World Trade Organisation,” affirmed Ngo Chi [...]

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PM okays cotton development plan

January 17, 2010
PM okays cotton development plan

VietNamNetBridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to develop cotton cultivation, with the area under the crop to reach 30,000ha and output to increase to 20,000 tonnes in 2015. The plan also targets that the total area under cotton cultivation will increase to 76,000ha, with a total output of 60,000 tonnes [...]

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Dam zoning criticised for causing floods

December 1, 2009
Dam zoning criticised for causing floods

Experts have blamed deforestation and impractical zoning plans for the construction of reservoirs for the increasing devastation caused by storms and floods. Workers maintain Ia Tiem reservoir in Chu Se District in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai. Deforestation and impractical zoning plans for the construction of reservoirs are blamed for flood- and storm-caused [...]

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Vietnam needs 300 years to be free from unexploded bombs, mines

November 23, 2009
Vietnam needs 300 years to be free from unexploded bombs, mines

International and domestic delegates gathered on November 19 in Quang Tri to find ways of minimising accidents caused by post-war bombs and landmines in central provinces. LookAtVietnam – International and domestic delegates gathered on November 19 in central Quang Tri Province to find ways of minimising accidents caused by post-war bombs and landmines and boosting [...]

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A violent peace

November 22, 2009
A violent peace

14-year-old Hoang Thi Thien had her right eye, chest, abdomen, and legs injured after a war-time bomb exploded in Quang Tri There is no peace for those who live in one of the world’s most heavily-bombed areas. Nguyen Van Troi slept through the afternoon, not common practice for a farmer who usually tends fields all [...]

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Mirinae fatalities exceed 100

November 6, 2009
Mirinae fatalities exceed 100

The typhoon Mirinae death toll has rose to 104 on Thursday night, while total property losses were estimated at over VND2,1 billion (US$120.7 million), said the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control. Sixteen people were reported missing while 99 people were injured, mainly in the central provinces of Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, [...]

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Typhoon Mirinae hits central provinces

November 2, 2009
Typhoon Mirinae hits central provinces

Mirinae’s eye has been very close to Binh Dinh and Phu Yen provinces, causing downpours in the central region. Downpours and strong wind in Phu Yen province. In Quy Nhon, despite the local media’s warning of the coming typhoon, some fishermen still went to sea. A 27-year-old man was swept away. By 11pm November 2, Binh Dinh [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...