Posts Tagged ‘ Commune ’

Lie of the land 

January 18, 2012
Lie of the land 

  After decades spent on reclaiming wasteland, farmers reacted violently to authorities seeking to revoke land Police officials and soldiers checking for mine at on the farmland of Doan Van Vuon in Hai Phong City’s Tien Lang District. Vuon’s relatives reportedly set mines and shot at police officials and soldiers revoking their farmland under a [...]

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Mekong Delta Party official faces dismissal for violating ethics code 

January 4, 2012

  A Party unit in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang has proposed dismissing a commune Party secretary for violating the Party ethics code, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. The My Phuoc Commune Party Committee has asked the Soc Trang Province Party Committee to remove Ho Ngoc Chinh, secretary of the My Phuoc Commune Party Committee, from [...]

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Criminals prey on industrial park workers 

October 16, 2011
Criminals prey on industrial park workers 

  With paltry incomes hardly enough to scrape by on, poor and desperate workers are being brutalized by thieves, loan sharks, swindlers and other criminals Factory workers change shifts at an industrial park in Vietnam. Many workers at industrial parks in Binh Duong Province’s Ben Cat District have fallen victims to a variety of crimes [...]

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Gov’t should reset its priorities from time to time 

October 11, 2011
Gov’t should reset its priorities from time to time 

A boy swims across the Rao Stream in Trong Hoa Commune in the north-central province of Quang Binh. The photos and clips of children from a mountainous commune in the northern province of Quang Binh swimming across a stream with a swift and strong current to get to school grabbed nationwide attention. The story evoked [...]

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Residents clash with polluters 

September 3, 2011
Residents clash with polluters 

  Company sends goons to beat up protesters Nguyen Van Tuan was attacked by truck drivers on August 29 after he and others at Da Nang City’s Hoa Lien Commune blocked vehicles from entering a construction site. A survey by Nielsen found environmental concerns in Vietnam has shifted from climate change to environmental pollution. The [...]

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Local Party deputy chief dismissed for beating up woman 

September 1, 2011

  A commune Party deputy chief in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has been dismissed from his post for beating up a woman after failing to seduce her, newswire VnExpress reported. Tran Van Tuong, deputy secretary of Cam Son Commune Party Committee, Cai Lay District, was also accused of using a fake high [...]

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Farmers lodge complaints, demand compensation from polluting firm 

August 9, 2011
Farmers lodge complaints, demand compensation from polluting firm 

Farmers in Tan An Commune submit complaints about the Sonadezi Corporation at the commune People's Committee office. Eleven households in the southern province of Dong Nai lodged complaints on Monday against the state-owned Sonadezi Corporation for damaging their seafood farms by discharging sewage into a local river. The farmers in Tam An Commune, Long Thanh [...]

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Junk yard village trades public health for profits 

August 5, 2011
Junk yard village trades public health for profits 

   A man removes parts of a motorbike tire for recycling, a lucrative job at Te Lo village in Vinh Phuc Province Salvaging vehicle parts has brought good money to Te Lo village in the northern province of Vinh Phuc. But the business has taken a serious toll on public health. In 1995, people in [...]

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Dig good lookin' chicks? Cho Lach's the place 

August 2, 2011
Dig good lookin' chicks? Cho Lach's the place 

  Taking care of baby chickens has become a service as the chicken business in Cho Lach District in the Mekong Delta boomed  Cho Lach District in the Mekong Delta’s Ben Tre Province has emerged in recent years as the premier destination for those looking to buy roosters for cockfights or chicken to raise as [...]

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Former glory 

July 23, 2011
Former glory 

  Thanh Chiem in Quang Nam Province used to be an important administrative, political, economic and cultural center. Today only a thriving of copper casting industry remains. The temple dedicated to the founders of Thanh Chiem Village In its glory days, the town in what is now Dien Phuong Commune, Dien Ban District was called [...]

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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...