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Three die in Dong Thap province fire

A 34-year-old woman and her two infants died after becoming trapped in a burning house in Cai Tau Ha Town in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap. The fire, in a plasticware shop, spread quickly. Police, soldiers and locals managed to save neighboring houses but could not rescue the three people locked in the house in Chau Thanh District.The cause of the... Read more

Party leader visits Thanh Hoa province

VietNamNet Bridge - The living conditions of people in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa have improved remarkably, said Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh. VietNamNet Bridge - The living conditions of people in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa have improved remarkably, said Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh. Mr Manh made the remark during... Read more

‘Entrepreneurs’ evade duty free limits in border province

Two men carrying cartons of beer from the Moc Bai Duty-Free Supermarket in southern Tay Ninh Province to resell to other buyers. Smugglers have found a way to bypass limits on duty-free goods sold at a supermarket in the southern border province of Tay Ninh, a Thanh Nien investigation has found. The Moc Bai Duty-Free... Read more

Strike in central province continues

Around 1,300 striking workers outside Doosan Vina Company in Quang Ngai Province U are demanding the company treat them fairly and reasonably The wildcat strike of more than 200 workers from a company in the central Quang Ngai Province escalated Thursday. Since Thursday morning, around 1,300 South Korean-owned Doosan... Read more

PM sets coal target for northern province

Quang Ninh Province’s coal industry will be a key driver of the province’s economy during the global economic crisis, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said at the weekend. During a visit to the northern province on Saturday, Dung said the coal industry should sell 35-36 million tons of coal by 2009 and... Read more

Missing man found in flooded central province

Hoi An Town in central Quang Nam Province is heavily flooded Rescuers Wednesday found the body of a man swept away by rising waters in central Quang Ngai Province on Tuesday. Tran Dinh Vinh, 43, from Tran Phu Ward, was collecting firewood when he was overcome by floodwaters from the Tra Khuc River.Two more deaths... Read more

Hanoi discharges floodwater into neighboring province

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Nam started seeing many parts inundated as Hanoi on Wednesday asked its neighboring province to take floodwater which is being discharged from the capital city’s Nhue River.  Shovels drop rocks into the Red River in Hanoi to reinforce the Lien Tri dyke system on Wednesday. Hanoi’s Dyke Management and Flood/Storm Control... Read more

Ceremony launches new IZ in Bac Ninh Province

VietNamNet Bridge – A ground-breaking ceremony for Nam Son-Hap Linh industrial, urban and service zone took place yesterday. A model of the $240 million Nam Son-Hap Linh industrial, urban and service zone.The ceremony was organised by the People’s Committee of the northern province of Bac Ninh along with the Republic of Korea’s IGS group. The... Read more

Conjoined twins born in central province

Two girls were born at An Phuoc General Hospital in south-central Binh Thuan Province early Sunday joined at the torso. The 4.4-kilo babies have a shared circulatory system and a navel. One was in good health, while the other had to be put on a respirator.The 20-year-old mother, a Cham ethnic minority woman from Phan Thanh Commune in Binh Thuan Province’s... Read more

Lam Dong Province to plant new trees for old

VietNamNet Bridge – The Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Lam Dong is planning to cut tens of thousands of hectares of natural pine forests throughout the province and replace them with high-value cash crops, “We have decided to replace natural pine forests with others because the pine is old and stunted. Cutting the trees and planting new... Read more

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