Posts Tagged ‘ From Quang Ngai ’

Foreign experts to visit Vietnam’s 'great wall' 

April 23, 2011
Foreign experts to visit Vietnam’s 'great wall' 

Archaeologists are working on a section of the 200-kilometer rampart running from Quang Ngai Province to Binh Dinh Province in the central. Following EU ambassadors, a group of English and French experts from April 27 to May 8 will study a 200-kilometer rampart, a type of defensive wall, which dates back over five centuries in [...]

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HCM City: Children working 80 hour weeks “paid” once a year

November 3, 2009
HCM City: Children working 80 hour weeks “paid” once a year

An official from the HCM City Department of Social, War Invalids and Social Affairs admitted to Tuoi Tre that child labor is a problem in some districts in HCM City, particularly Tan Phu. Pham Nhat Cuong, 14 and Dang Thuy Duong, 15, work very hard but they don’t know how much they will take from [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 9/9

September 9, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 9/9

Slothful bridge work clogs up Highway 1A; Ministry calls on people not to discriminate against HIV/AIDS students; Bureaucratic delay prompts wildcat strike; Foreign students come to learn about Vietnam Slothful bridge work clogs up Highway 1A Work to renovate nine bridges along Highway 1A (Can Tho – Ca Mau section) is running behind schedule, causing [...]

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Boat passenger kills captain

September 7, 2009
Boat passenger kills captain

A man known as Trong, onwner of a fishing boat which was hijacked by a passenger on Friday night A fishing boat captain from the south coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau died of knife wounds on Friday night after swimming away from his boat to escape a violent passenger bent on commandeering the vessel. [...]

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Indonesia frees 11 Vietnamese fishermen

August 7, 2009
Indonesia frees 11 Vietnamese fishermen

Fisherman Nguyen Thanh Bien (left).LookAtVietnam – Fishermen in the central province of Quang Ngai are feeling conflicting emotions these days: Indonesia has just set free 11 Vietnamese fishermen, including nine from Quang Ngai, while China has recently arrested 13 additional local fishermen. The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia and competent agencies of the host country helped the [...]

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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...