Posts Tagged ‘ Duong province ’

Fish soup for the soul 

December 30, 2011
Fish soup for the soul 

  A simple, rural dish carries the flavor of the best offerings from Vietnam ’s rice fields Rice vermicelli and anabas soup in Hai Tu Quy Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 3 It is always a good time to eat rice in Vietnam. But something else that grows well in the rice fields [...]

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Fish soup for the soul 

December 29, 2011
Fish soup for the soul 

  A simple, rural dish carries the flavor of the best offerings from Vietnam ’s rice fields Rice vermicelli and anabas soup in Hai Tu Quy Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 3 It is always a good time to eat rice in Vietnam. But something else that grows well in the rice fields [...]

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Vietnamese police accept shortcomings in in-custody death scandal 

December 19, 2011
Vietnamese police accept shortcomings in in-custody death scandal 

Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyen holds a photo of her husband, Nguyen Cong Nhut, who died at the Ben Cat District Police Station in Binh Duong Province on April 25 during an interrogation related to crimes at a local tire factory where he worked. Police in Binh Duong Province have said they are responsible for managing their officials [...]

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Elephant in the room 

October 23, 2011
Elephant in the room 

  Schoolgirl’s death should spotlight cruelty of animal captivity, experts say This circus elephant killed an 11-year-old girl in Lao Cai Province. Experts say animals suffer a lot of stress in captivity and should live freely in a sanctuary for the rest of their lives. There was an empty chair at the weekly meeting of [...]

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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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U21 tournament aims at clean football 

September 13, 2011
U21 tournament aims at clean football 

  Organizers of the 15th edition of the Thanh Nien-sponsored Under-21 National Football Championship will promote clean football, focusing not only on sporting talent, but also on personal skills. Addressing a press conference in Binh Duong Province’s Thu Dau Mot Town on September 7, Nguyen Cong Khe, chief of the tournament’s organizing committee, said, “We [...]

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Dead Kumho worker not implicated in theft, may have been whistleblower 

August 20, 2011
Dead Kumho worker not implicated in theft, may have been whistleblower 

Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyen holds a photo of her husband, Nguyen Cong Nhut, who died at the Ben Cat District Police Station in Binh Duong Province on April 25 during an interrogation related to crimes at a local tire factory where he worked. After nearly four months of investigation, Binh Duong Province detectives have yet [...]

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Meeting raises alarm on Saigon River pollution again 

July 9, 2011
Meeting raises alarm on Saigon River pollution again 

Two officers of HCMC Preventive Health Center take water samples from the Saigon River for testing. (Photo: Tuoi Tre) Local scientists raised concern yet again over alarming levels of pollution in the Sai Gon River at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. The conference, held by HCMC Department of Science and [...]

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Vietnam recalls tainted jellies 

June 4, 2011
Vietnam recalls tainted jellies 

The taro jellies suspected to contain cancer-causing substances are made by the Taiwanese-invested New Choice Foods Ltd., based in Binh Duong Province. Vietnam has recalled 3,582 packages of taro jellies from shelves following fears they were contaminated with the industrial chemical DEHP used mainly in the plastics industry. Authorities have also ordered distributors to recall other 3,688 [...]

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Drowning in sorrow 

June 1, 2011
Drowning in sorrow 

Forty-year-old Chinese Guo Liangcai lost his wife, children, two siblings and friends in a boat accident last Friday in the southern province of Binh Duong. Guo Liangcai’s voice never stopped quavering. “I don’t know how I will handle the truth,” he told Thanh Nien Weekly over the phone last Tuesday. The 40-year-old Chinese businessman spoke [...]

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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...