December 23, 2011
The Saigon Post Office in the early-20th century ⦠and the Ho Chi Minh City’s General Post Office at present In Ho Chi Minh City, two iconic buildings that are tourist attractions as much for their architecture as their history are the Notre Dame Cathedral and General Post Office situated next to each other [...]
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November 21, 2011
Song Tranh 2 hydropower dam in central Vietnam A small earthquake with underground explosion sounds in central Vietnam on Wednesday night might have been caused by a local hydropower dam, an expert says. Â The earthquake was recorded in Quang Nam Province at a magnitude of lower than 3.5 on the Richter scale. Â Dr [...]
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November 14, 2011
A local worker prepares before moving the 1,500 ton Van Linh Pagoda on Cam Mountain in An Giang Province 20 meters backward and simultaneously turning it 90 degrees. They call him a genie, but Do Quoc Khanh waves it off, saying there is no magic to his work. “As soon as all the procedures [...]
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November 6, 2011
A pipe discharges wastewater into a river in Dong Nai. Vietnam southern industrial hub Dong Nai has invested more than US$301,800 into environment protection projects until 2015.  The money will also be used to reduce environmental pollution at industrial zones and urban areas in the province.  A Vietnam News Agency report on Friday said [...]
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August 8, 2011
The temptation of million-dollar agarwood lures dreamers into a shadowy world of theft and murder deep in the jungle Tran Lieu, an agarwood hunter from Ai Nghia Town, Quang Nam Province, is among many locals recently romored to cultivate millions of dollars of ky nam, but the man insists that it is not true. Nguyen Van [...]
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July 20, 2011
A police officer and Dong Nai residents in a search operation after a rumor spread that two tigers had been seen in the area. Authorities in the southern province of Dong Nai on Monday ordered soldiers and forest wardens to search for two tigers that locals claimed to have seen in a cashew garden. Vu [...]
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July 15, 2011
Scientists and local residents observe an old five-leaved pine in Lam Dong Province's Bidoup – Ba Mountain National Park. Lam Dong Province is using environmental protection fees collected from investors of Central Highlands hydropower plants to pay an ethnic minority group to protect a major national park from poachers, criminal loggers and illegal development.  Managers of Bidoup – Ba [...]
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June 23, 2011
A famous village in the suburbs of Hanoi, with houses dating back hundreds of years, has decided to turn its back on history, aesthetics and healthy living A man walks past a house under construction in Cu Da Village in the outskirts of Hanoi. Famed for its century old European-style houses, the village has [...]
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April 16, 2011
Villas under construction in the suburban district of Soc Son in Hanoi. Rumors of impending infrastructure development projects have sent real estate prices soaring in some suburban districts of Hanoi like Me Linh, Dong Anh and Soc Son. In Me Linh District, residential land is selling at prices of between VND20-40 million (US$950-1,900) per square [...]
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January 23, 2010
Tat Thanh packs her hiking boots and heads for Sapa before attempting to trek to the highest point in Vietnam How would it feel to be standing at the summit of Fansipan – the “roof of Indochina”? It’s a question I’ve often wondered so when I hear that my colleagues from EVN Telecom are signing [...]
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