January 3, 2012
People prepare to bury a beached whale in Quang Nam Province in October 2010. The Bac beach in central Vietnam has become a cemetery for more than 500 beached whales. Traditionally, the whale is seen as a holy protector by local fishermen. The beach in Quang Nam Province, which boasts the UNESCO heritage site [...]
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November 29, 2011
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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October 26, 2011
A picture on news website VTC shows Mazda2 cars at a new factory in Quang Nam Province Japanese automaker Mazda Motor Corp has announced that the assembly of Mazda2 subcompacts in Vietnam has started at a new factory in central Vietnam. The cars are being built by Vina Mazda Automobile Manufacturing Co., a partner with [...]
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October 11, 2011
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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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 16, 2011
A dam on the Dong Nai River A group of scientists who made a field trip to the area near Cat Tien National Park where two hydropower projects are planned said Thursday environment impact assessments for them could have been made up. The scientists from the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology’s Institute of Tropical [...]
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January 10, 2011
People prospecting for gold from a river in Quang Nam Province  Many nameless tombs in the central region’s Quang Nam Province are the only markers for gold miners who died prospecting far away from their homes.  Sau, a local xe om driver, said the gold miners had died without their families around, so he and residents of [...]
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November 29, 2010
 The stilt house, opposite Ong Pagoda, is a perfect place to enjoy views of a stunning landscape in the Bat Canh mountain range It is a unique and beautiful place where natural beauty is further enhanced by an atmosphere of sanctity a place that lends itself to ruminations about the deeper significances of life. [...]
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November 8, 2010
Cyanide seized by police en route to illicit gold mines in Quang Nam Province Police in Quang Nam Province have seized a vehicle containing more than three tons of cyanide, a poisonous chemical used in gold mining. Bui The Tien, an officer with the Quang Nam police force said they have arrested Cao Dinh Phuong, [...]
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January 29, 2010
The Tich Dien Mua Xuan (Spring Ploughing) Festival, initiated more than 1,000 years ago to promote agriculture, will take place in the northern province of Ha Nam from February 18-20. The Spring Ploughing 2009. The festival originated from the Le dynasty in 987 when King Le Dai Hanh decided to plough in Doi Son commune, [...]
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