Posts Tagged ‘ Lang District ’

Lie of the land 

January 18, 2012
Lie of the land 

  After decades spent on reclaiming wasteland, farmers reacted violently to authorities seeking to revoke land Police officials and soldiers checking for mine at on the farmland of Doan Van Vuon in Hai Phong City’s Tien Lang District. Vuon’s relatives reportedly set mines and shot at police officials and soldiers revoking their farmland under a [...]

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7 arrested as 6 cops shot in northern Vietnam clash 

January 9, 2012
7 arrested as 6 cops shot in northern Vietnam clash 

Police deactivate mines set up at the entrance to the house of Doan Van Vuon in the northern city of Hai Phong. Six cops were shot in an encounter with Vuon's family on January 5. A man who allegedly shot six officers when his family was trying to stop police from revoking their land in [...]

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Remains of 11 MIA soldiers found in central Vietnam 

June 26, 2011
Remains of 11 MIA soldiers found in central Vietnam 

Military officers arrange the remains of 11 soldiers found in Quang Tri Province. Military officers in the central province of Quang Tri on Thursday found a grave with the remains of 11 Vietnamese soldiers killed in the Vietnam War. Following tip-offs from local residents, the officers unearthed seven sets of remains in a rural village [...]

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Climate change policies must address gender issues: experts

November 20, 2009
Climate change policies must address gender issues: experts

Women’s issues should be integrated into national climate change policies as the fairer sex is more vulnerable to the consequences of natural disasters, said experts at the release of a UN report Thursday. United Nations’ The State of World Population Report, published by the United Nations Population Fund, said most countries debate the technical issues [...]

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Disaster survival courses teach self-help skills

July 2, 2009
Disaster survival courses teach self-help skills

LookAtVietnam – Hearing a radio forecast about a new storm forming in the East Sea, Nguyen Thi Tuong hurriedly places some food in a high part of the house. Women play a significant role in disaster preparedness by working on a flood control dyke in the central province of Quang Tri’s Hai Lang district.“We were [...]

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German organisation funds mine clearance in Quang Tri

February 21, 2009
German organisation funds mine clearance in Quang Tri

LookAtVietnam – Solidarity Service International (SODI), a German organisation, has pledged to provide 435,250 Euros in aid to help the central province of Quang Tri clear unexploded ordnance (UXO) in 2009. LookAtVietnam – Solidarity Service International (SODI), a German organisation, has pledged to provide 435,250 Euros in aid to help the central province of Quang [...]

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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...