Posts Tagged ‘ Lao Cai Province ’

Elephant in the room 

October 23, 2011
Elephant in the room 

  Schoolgirl’s death should spotlight cruelty of animal captivity, experts say This circus elephant killed an 11-year-old girl in Lao Cai Province. Experts say animals suffer a lot of stress in captivity and should live freely in a sanctuary for the rest of their lives. There was an empty chair at the weekly meeting of [...]

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Red River faces bleak future 

March 19, 2011
Red River faces bleak future 

  A man fishes from an exposed mud flat on the Red River in Hanoi. Riparian communities have complained that the shrinking waterway has become increasingly shallow and polluted in recent years. For thousands of years, poor subsistence-level communities have survived on the bounty of the Red River. In the past year or so, their [...]

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Tourism to hit new heights

January 28, 2010
Tourism to hit new heights

Sa Pa, in Lao Cai Province, is one of the popular destinations to both domestic and international tourists.LookAtVietnam – A nationwide set of standards to rate tourism services is expected to be published in the second quarter of this year.The work was commissioned to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism by Deputy Prime Minister [...]

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Bridge to China opens

September 2, 2009
Bridge to China opens

A bridge connecting two commercial centers on either side of the Vietnam-China border was commissioned on Tuesday morning. Kim Thanh Bridge across the Red River runs for 295 meters from Kim Thanh Commercial Center in Lao Cai Province to China’s Yun-nan Province.Funded by Vietnam and China, construction of the pre-stressed concrete crossing started in June [...]

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Journey to mark 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long Hanoi

July 28, 2009
Journey to mark 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long Hanoi

LookAtVietnam – To mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long, Hanoi, Ben Thanh Tourist introduces a five-day-and four-night tour to Hanoi, Halong and Sapa. A view of Bac Waterfall in Sapa town in Lao Cai province.Joining this tour, travelers have a chance to visit Thang Long Citadel which was built under the Ly dynasty when [...]

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A million red roses

July 18, 2009
A million red roses

Tourists surrounded by thousands of roses in the Valley of Roses ATI in the northwestern town of Sa Pa.LookAtVietnam – Contemplate a natural panorama from 2,000 meters above sea level by visiting the Valley of Roses ATI resort in famous Sa Pa Town in the northwestern Lao Cai Province.  Rose Valley ATI is about 400 [...]

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A million red roses

July 7, 2009
A million red roses

Tourists surrounded by thousands of roses in the Valley of Roses ATI in the northwestern town of Sa Pa Contemplate a natural panorama from 2,000 meters above sea level by visiting the Valley of Roses ATI resort in famous Sa Pa Town in the northwestern Lao Cai Province. Rose Valley ATI is about 400 kilometers [...]

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Journeying to Hong Ngai

May 13, 2009
Journeying to Hong Ngai

Hong Ngai Hamlet in the northern province of Lao Cai is a great place to visit off the beaten track. Rice harvested in terraced fields.LookAtVietnam – Hong Ngai Hamlet in the northern province of Lao Cai is a great place to visit off the beaten track.Located in Bat Xat District’s Y Ty Commune, the little [...]

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Seeking LCD TVs across the border

May 12, 2009
Seeking LCD TVs across the border

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese people in northern provinces now like to travel to China to buy LCD TVs in markets just across the border. In Vietnamese people’s minds, China-made products can be divided into two categories: ‘local products’, which are made by local enterprises, and ‘central products’, which are made by bigger and more prestigious [...]

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Journeying to Hong Ngai

May 11, 2009
Journeying to Hong Ngai

Rice harvested in terraced fields Hong Ngai Hamlet in the northern province of Lao Cai is a great place to visit off the beaten track. Located in Bat Xat District’s Y Ty Commune, the little hamlet is full of rice fields, tended to by around 70 households.The inhabitants are made up of mainly Mong ethnic [...]

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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...