Posts Tagged ‘ Highlands Province ’

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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Rare berries that poisoned children found to contain natural cyanide 

August 16, 2011
Rare berries that poisoned children found to contain natural cyanide 

The cyanide found in these Passiflora Octandra Gagnep berries  killed two children in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak last month. The skin of a rare berry that killed two children and hospitalized 18 others in central Vietnam last month contains cyanide, a provincial Food Safety and Hygiene Agency has concluded. Investigators from the Central [...]

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Unidentified berry kills two, hospitalizes 18 in central Vietnam 

August 1, 2011
Unidentified berry kills two, hospitalizes 18 in central Vietnam 

Three of 18 children hospitalized in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak after eating unidentified fruits Two children died and 18 others were hospitalized after eating an unidentified berry in the central highlands province of Dak Lak Thursday, according to a report by Tuoi Tre.   Witnesses said a group of children in M’Drak District’s [...]

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Vietnam starts futures trading at coffee exchange 

March 18, 2011
Vietnam starts futures trading at coffee exchange 

A farmer tends coffee trees in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak Vietnam started futures trading at its only coffee exchange last Friday, said Nguyen Tuan Ha, director of the Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Exchange in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. Futures trading at the exchange will help local traders and growers [...]

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Rare langur found in Vietnam's northern highlands 

January 30, 2011
Rare langur found in Vietnam's northern highlands 

A Francois' Langur and its babies found in the northern highlands province of Thai Nguyen. Vietnamese scientists are going to announce the discovery of a rare langur species in the northernl highlands province of Thai Nguyen, a local official told Thanh Nien. According to Ngo Xuan Hai, chief of the provincial Forest Rangers Agency, a [...]

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ATM tasers girl in Central Highlands province 

November 23, 2010
ATM tasers girl in Central Highlands province 

Siu H’Triem under treatment at the Ayun Pa General Hospital after being knocked unconscious by an ATM in Gia Lai Province.(Photo by Tuoi Tre) A 19-year-old girl was knocked unconscious in an electrocution accident after she touched an automated teller machine in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on Thursday. At 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, [...]

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Central Highlands elephants heading for extinction

December 29, 2009
Central Highlands elephants heading for extinction

Elephants carrying tourists in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. A study has found domesticated elephants dying off due to overwork and improper care while their wild cousins losing habitat and falling prey to poachers. A domesticated elephant died in Dak Lak last month due to unknown causes just a few days after scientists [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/10

October 30, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/10

Samsung opens $700 mln cellphone plant in Bac Ninh; Vietnam fourth most confident country; WB helps develop agriculture in Central Highlands     South Korea’s Samsung Electronics opened a US$700-million plant in Vietnam on Wednesday to make mobile handsets for both the local market and for export. The plant, located at Yen Phong Industrial Park in the [...]

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Central Highlands province busy for Gong festival

September 25, 2009
Central Highlands province busy for Gong festival

LookAtVietnam – The atmosphere in Gia Lai is heating up with preparations for the International Gong Festival which is scheduled to be organised on November 12-15. LookAtVietnam – The atmosphere in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai these days is heating up with preparations for the International Gong Festival which is scheduled to be [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 10/9

September 10, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 10/9

National conference on blindness prevention opens; Local authorities mobilise to deal with floods; Lao Cai, Dozens of fertilizer traders, makers fined in highlands; 550 monks, nuns receive certificates for Buddhist studies National conference on blindness prevention opens  A national conference on blindness prevention and ophthalmological science and technology was held in central Da Nang City [...]

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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...