January 3, 2012
People prepare to bury a beached whale in Quang Nam Province in October 2010. The Bac beach in central Vietnam has become a cemetery for more than 500 beached whales. Traditionally, the whale is seen as a holy protector by local fishermen. The beach in Quang Nam Province, which boasts the UNESCO heritage site [...]
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November 29, 2011
The Song Tranh 2 hydropower dam is suspected to have triggered off some minor earthquakes in Quang Nam Province. (Photo: Tuoi Tre newspaper) A minor earthquake, the third in a month, shook the central province of Quang Nam Sunday night, local authorities said. Dang Phong, chairman of the Bac Tra My District People’s Committee, told [...]
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October 26, 2011
A picture on news website VTC shows Mazda2 cars at a new factory in Quang Nam Province Japanese automaker Mazda Motor Corp has announced that the assembly of Mazda2 subcompacts in Vietnam has started at a new factory in central Vietnam. The cars are being built by Vina Mazda Automobile Manufacturing Co., a partner with [...]
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April 16, 2011
This juvenile female has just the beginnings of an impressive set of horns. A mature saola has very long, straight horns, with a slight curve at the end. (David Hulse / WWF). The Quang Nam’s People Committee Thursday announced the establishment of a sao la Natural Reserve in Truong Son (Annamite) Mountains along the border [...]
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November 8, 2010
Cyanide seized by police en route to illicit gold mines in Quang Nam Province Police in Quang Nam Province have seized a vehicle containing more than three tons of cyanide, a poisonous chemical used in gold mining. Bui The Tien, an officer with the Quang Nam police force said they have arrested Cao Dinh Phuong, [...]
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December 14, 2009
A house with a broken staircase at a resettlement village for residents displaced by the A Vuong hydropower plant in Quang Nam Province. LookAtVietnam – Thousands of Quang Nam Province residents have been left unemployed and hungry after losing their farmland to hydroelectric projects. “They have no income after a year of government support ended,” [...]
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December 13, 2009
A house with a broken staircase at a resettlement village for residents displaced by the A Vuong hydropower plant in Quang Nam Province. Thousands of Quang Nam Province residents have been left unemployed and hungry after losing their farmland to hydroelectric projects. âThey have no income after a year of government support ended,â said Doan [...]
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November 3, 2009
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Thuong Kon Tum Hydropower Plant project in Kon Tum Province Vast areas of forests are being sacrificed in the central region and the Central Highlands to build hundreds of hydropower plants, and experts are warning of serious environmental and social consequences. A total of 60 large-scale hydropower plants of between [...]
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October 10, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The agriculture ministry has begun inspecting hydroelectric reservoirs in central Vietnam that have been criticized recently for worsening floods caused by typhoon Ketsana late last month. Water is releed at the dam of A Vuong hydro power plant in Quang Nam ProvinceThe check began Friday in Thua Thien – Hue province, where the [...]
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October 10, 2009
Typhoon Ketsana has revealed shoddy construction in Da Nang and flushed huge quanties of illegally harvested timber downriver in Quang Nam and Kon Tum provinces, VietNamNet and Tuoi Tre report. A piece of broken embankment on Nguyen Tat Thanh Road, Da Nang City. Weak walls no match for storm Typhoon Ketsana has seriously damaged Nguyen Tat Thanh [...]
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