Posts Tagged ‘ The Boats ’

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 [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Travel | Comments Off

Ha Long Bay boats to be painted white to revive image 

January 9, 2012
Ha Long Bay boats to be painted white to revive image 

  Authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh have asked that Ha Long Bay boats be painted white, saying the change befits the bay’s recent international recognition. A report Friday in VnExpress said, under the decision issued on Thursday by Quang Ninh’s People’s Committee, all tourist boats, except dragon boats, will be white with brown sails. [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Travel | Comments Off

Vietnam builds frigates with Russian technology 

November 4, 2011
Vietnam builds frigates with Russian technology 

A Molnya Projekt 1241.8 frigate of the Vietnam Navy, built with parts sent from Russia. A leading Russian shipyard is helping Vietnam build the first missile-equipped ships for its navy.   Engineers in Vietnam have started to put together the first of four  Molnya Projekt 1241.8 boats, with parts sent from the Vympel shipyard under the [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Politics | Comments Off

Philippines acquits Vietnamese fishermen of territorial violation charges 

September 1, 2011
Philippines acquits Vietnamese fishermen of territorial violation charges 

Vietnamese fishermen at a prison in Palawan Province in the Philippines A court in the Philippines acquitted 122 Vietnamese fishermen of violating the country’s territorial waters after a three-day hearing Friday, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Vu Tu said. The fishermen, all from the central province of Binh Thuan, were arrested on May 30, as Filipino police [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Social | Comments Off

Arrested Vietnamese fishermen long for home as trial begins in the Philippines 

August 27, 2011
Arrested Vietnamese fishermen long for home as trial begins in the Philippines 

Vietnamese fishermen at a prison in Palawan Province, the Philippines Over 100 Vietnamese fishermen allegedly victimized by a predatory fishing contract are longing for home as their trial for illegally fishing in the Philippines begins in Palawan Province. “We want to return to our hometowns as soon as possible,” Tran Van Thai, 42, told Tuoi [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Reports | Comments Off

Enchantment on the Ngo Dong River 

August 6, 2011
Enchantment on the Ngo Dong River 

  At one point, the Ngo Dong River flows between two impressive bluffs An astonishing 1,300 manned rowing boats are used to take tourists up the Ngo Dong River to Tam Coc and back. From the village of Van Lam in Ninh Binh Province, it’s a two-hour trip along the river to the three limestone [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Travel | Comments Off

124 Vietnamese fishermen stuck in the Philippines 

July 15, 2011
124 Vietnamese fishermen stuck in the Philippines 

  As many as 124 Vietnamese fishermen on seven fishing boats from the southeastern province of Binh Thuan have been stuck in the Philippines for the last 10 days, Thanh Nien has learnt. Truong Thi Hoa of Phu Quy District told Thanh Nien via telephone that her husband, Pham Hong, the captain of one of [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Social | Comments Off

Officials pass the buck as illegal dredging pushes relic to river edge 

July 5, 2011
Officials pass the buck as illegal dredging pushes relic to river edge 

Phan Dong Temple in Quang Ninh Province. The temple is part of a national relic that sand dredging has been pushing to the Nhu Nguyet river. Illegal sand dredging has been pushing a national historic site in northern Vietnam to the edge of a local river while the authorities either ignorant or unwilling to do [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Reports | Comments Off

Vietnam delays new boat safety rules after strike 

June 19, 2011
Vietnam delays new boat safety rules after strike 

Tourist boats on Halong Bay, one of Vietnam's most popular tourist attractions. Vietnam has delayed the introduction of new boat safety rules at a top tourist site where 12 people drowned in February, after tour operators went on strike in protest, an official said Monday. Almost 500 boats refused to operate last Friday on Ha [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Travel | Comments Off

Vietnamese boat attacked, robbed by Chinese

February 7, 2010

Fishermen in the central province of Quang Ngai have complained that a Chinese boat robbed and mistreated them as they were fishing off the Hoang Sa (Paracel) islands early this week, a local newswire reported Sunday. According to the complaint submitted to Ly Son District’s Coast Guard Headquarters by fisherman Nguyen Chin, he and his [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in News, Social | Comments Off

Feature

Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

By

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...