Posts Tagged ‘ Hai Van ’

Big-hearted teen gives her all 

December 14, 2011
Big-hearted teen gives her all 

    12-year-old Singaporean-Australian teenager Charlotte Lau during the cycling adventure from Hoi An Town to Hue Town When did you first participate in a charity event to help people in need? This week, Thanh Nien Weekly talked with Charlotte Lau, a 12-year-old Singaporean-Australian, about her recent cycling adventure from Hue Town to Hoi An [...]

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Seaside delights 

October 9, 2011
Seaside delights 

  Lang Co Beach impresses tourists with white sands, clear blue waters, mountain ranges stretching to the seashore, and a peaceful fishing community Long stretches of beach, white sand, plenty of sunshine – these and other visual and sensual treats are on offer in abundance at the picturesque seaside destination of Lang Co Bay in [...]

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Endangered pheasant encountered in central Vietnam

December 14, 2009
Endangered pheasant encountered in central Vietnam

The Forest Protection Agency in Thua Thien – Hue has discovered a rare pheasant – Lophura Ewadsi – listed in the IUCN Red List Category.  A railwayman saw a strange “chicken” crowned by a white comb in a cage near the Hai Van Pass tunnel and reported it to local forest rangers. They immediately took the [...]

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Hai Van tunnel in photos

December 8, 2009
Hai Van tunnel in photos

The Hai Van tunnel, linking Thua Thien-Hue and Danang, is the longest road tunnel in Southeast Asia. Let’s discover it in our photos. The winding road to the Hai Van tunnel. Hai Van pass cuts through the Truong Son mountains, the natural borderline between Thua Thien Hue and Da Nang.  The major tunnel is 6.280 meters [...]

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Students could be stranded by strike

July 3, 2009
Students could be stranded by strike

LookAtVietnam – Hundreds of students from northern Son La province may be stranded in the province and miss out on taking the first university exam in the capital due to a local bus drivers’ strike. Drivers of nearly 50 coaches on the Son La-Ha Noi route went on strike on Wednesday to protest the establishment [...]

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Coral in Son Tra peninsula faces extinction

June 29, 2009
Coral in Son Tra peninsula faces extinction

Some 191 species of stiff, three species of soft coral, 72 species of seaweed and other floral species around Son Tra peninsula in the central city of Da Nang are being killed by illegal activities. Coral in Son Tra sea. Da Nang’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department director Tran Van Hao has said that the city [...]

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Border crossing breakthrough for cargo

June 19, 2009
Border crossing breakthrough for cargo

LookAtVietnam – Trucks and buses can now operate without stopping at borders along the East-West Corridor following an agreement that was signed this month between Viet Nam, Laos and Thailand. Workers prepare part of East-West Corridor in District 1.The agreement was considered a great success in implementing the Cross Border Transport Agreement (CBTA) among member [...]

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Lang Co: pride of the central coast

June 17, 2009
Lang Co: pride of the central coast

LookAtVietnam – King Khai Dinh was so inspired by the beauty of Lang Co Bay that he composed a poem in its honor and had the words carved into stone and preserved in the village of An Cu Hong. Fishermen are preparing to catch fish.LookAtVietnam – King Khai Dinh was so inspired by the beauty [...]

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Lang Co: pride of the central coast

June 14, 2009
Lang Co: pride of the central coast

Fishermen are preparing to catch fish King Khai Dinh was so inspired by the beauty of Lang Co Bay that he composed a poem in its honor and had the words carved into stone and preserved in the village of An Cu Hong. Last month, Lang Co inspired the Most Beautiful Bays in the World [...]

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Legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail celebrates 50 years

March 24, 2009
Legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail celebrates 50 years

LookAtVietnam – A wide range of cultural activities will be held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Truong Son Trail, also known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail, which opened on May 19, 1959. Key path: A section of the legendary Truong Son Trail.According to Le Hung Phi, director of the Quang Binh [...]

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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...