Posts Tagged ‘ Local Authorities ’

Ha Long Bay boats do not have to be painted wholly white: authorities 

January 17, 2012
Ha Long Bay boats do not have to be painted wholly white: authorities 

  More than 500 tourist boats in Ha Long Bay will be decorated with white details instead of being repainted white totally to “renovate” the site’s tourism sector, the VnExpress newswire quoted a local official as saying Saturday. Vu Thi Thu Thuy, vice chairwoman of the People’s Committee in the northern province of Quang Ninh [...]

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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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Hydropower dam causes tremors in central Vietnam 

December 5, 2011
Hydropower dam causes tremors in central Vietnam 

Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant in the central province of Quang Nam. Initial official surveys have concluded that a hydropower reservoir’s operation has caused continuous tremors that have terrified locals in the northern province of Quang Nam since the end of last year. However, at a meeting with local authorities on Thursday, Tran Tuan Anh, [...]

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More quakes hit central Vietnam 

November 29, 2011
More quakes hit central Vietnam 

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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Old’s gold 

November 16, 2011
Old’s gold 

  A 96-year-old man says he is close to ending a treasure hunt that has lasted well over 50 years Tran Van Tiep, 96, and his youngest son Tran Phuong Hong. Tiep has obtained permission from Binh Thuan Province authorities to search for the 4,000 tons of gold treasure he believed to be hidden in [...]

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Vietnam encourages producers to register brands overseas 

October 29, 2011
Vietnam encourages producers to register brands overseas 

The famous brand of Phu Quoc fish sauce, which is owned by the Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Association in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, was recently registered by a Hong Kong-based company in China. Vietnamese producers’ associations should register their members’ collective brands overseas as soon as possible to avoid foreign legal battles [...]

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Sea lion dies in central Vietnam after two months in captivity 

October 12, 2011
Sea lion dies in central Vietnam after two months in captivity 

The sea lion caught in Quang Binh in August. A sea lion found in central Vietnam in August has died after two months in the pond of a local fisherman, he said Monday. Nguyen Van Dien from Quang Binh Province had been authorized to take care of the animal for 20 days after he spotted [...]

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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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Blaze rages in central Vietnam forest 

July 19, 2011
Blaze rages in central Vietnam forest 

A local battles flames in Phu Yen Province. A massive volunteer firefighting force in the central province of Phu Yen has been battling a woodland blaze that has already consumed 100 hectares of woodland, in the last few days. The fire broke out Friday evening in Phu Hoa District’s Suoi Lanh Forest. More than 400 people rushed into the 700-hectare [...]

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Be clean and come clean 

June 23, 2011
Be clean and come clean 

People gather to watch a paraglider at Hon Mot, Nha Trang Town, the central province of Khanh Hoa. The mere mention of Nha Trang these days rouses ire and complaints about the ubiquitous trash sullying the reputation of this gorgeous beach town. It is hard to imagine it was once voted among the world’s best [...]

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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...