January 3, 2012
A dried part of the Ba Ha River below a hydropower dam in Phu Yen Province An inspection by officials in Phu Yen Province in south central Vietnam on Tuesday found rivers are dying and locals’ lives are lagging as a result of hydropower dams. The three hydropower plants in the province, put on the Ba [...]
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September 23, 2011
Spurned in two previous attempts, I used some cheap psychology to conquer a unique mountain After reaching the top of Da Bia Mountain, some lie down exhausted while others try to decipher the words on rocks believed to be etched by King Le Thanh Tong in 1471 For local residents, it has always been [...]
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June 4, 2011
International experts condemn China for disrupting Vietnam’s legal marine activities and urged the country to be better prepared for the next encounter Fishermen unloading tunas in the central province of Binh Thuan. On Sunday, Vietnam condemned China for increasing regional tensions and said it would do everything necessary to protect its territorial integrity after [...]
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June 4, 2011
Vietnamese fishing boats anchor around the marine defense platform DK1 in the East Sea. Fishermen all along Vietnam’s central coast say they’re committed to protecting their fishing grounds from rampant encroachments by Chinese boats. Tran Ta has worked as a fisherman in Phu Yen Province for the past ten years. These days, he says [...]
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November 11, 2010
Hoa Thinh Commune in the central province of Phu Yen was flooded on Tuesday. Another round of flooding triggered by heavy rains over the weekend has killed at least 27 people and left another two missing in the beleagured central region as of Tuesday. Â Floods have also injured seven people, damaged nearly 28,000 houses [...]
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November 27, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Online lesson plans have become a familiar concept, as more and more teachers share lesson plans on the internet with colleagues and students. Search for “giao an dien tu” (online lesson plans) and there are plenty of results. Including plans for different levels of education, from the lesson plans for nursery schools to [...]
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November 19, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Several ministers faced deputies on November 18, as the National Assembly questioned top Government officials for a second day on many issues. Workers toil at the site of the Son La Hydro-electric Plant. The proliferation of hydro-power projects was one of the concerns raised by deputies at yesterday’s National Assembly meeting.Subjects addressed yesterday [...]
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November 15, 2009
Nguyen Thi Khu (R) was among three people rescued by Le Nhu Thien before he became one of typhoon Mirinaeâs victims. Youth put their lives on the line to rescue flood victims His social insurance card was placed on the altar instead of a picture because all his photographs had been swept away by the [...]
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November 11, 2009
Questions are mounting following water discharged from the reservoir of Ba Ha hydro-power plant after typhoon Mirinae. The serious floods that followed covered a vast area, causing serious damages to Phu Yen province. The Ba Ha hydropower plant (photo: VNExpress). On November 2, when storm No. 11 or Mirinae hit the central province of Phu Yen, [...]
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November 9, 2009
LookAtVietnam – As of November 7, the Mirinae storm has killed 116 people and injured 125 others. Initial total losses are estimated to reach nearly VND5,000 billion.The National Steering Board for Storm and Flood Prevention and Control has said that Mirinae has caused great human and property losses for local people in central and central [...]
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