July 7, 2009
Residents walk along a damaged road in Pac Nam District At least 31 people have died and seven others are missing as flash floods and landslides continued to leave a trail of ruin in six mountainous northern provinces, the government reported Monday. Bac Kan Province has suffered most from the disasters triggered by heavy rains [...]
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July 5, 2009
Landslides damage roads in Bac Kan Province, where four people have been killed by landslides Unrelenting rain storms have lashed northern mountainous provinces for three days, triggering flashfloods and landslides that have killed at least seven people and damaged houses and crops. At least four provinces â“ Bac Kan, Cao Bang, Lai Chau, and Ha [...]
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March 17, 2009
People flock to a protective forest in Bac Lieu to dig up a type of worm believed to be an aphrodisiac for males, destroying a vast area of forest land. Those assigned to protect forests turn a blind eye, or worse still, abet illegal logging. One report said a 0.2-hectare portion of the Dac Ha [...]
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