Posts Tagged ‘ train ’

Village mat weavers keep flag flying 

January 9, 2012
Village mat weavers keep flag flying 

  Pho Trach Village in central Vietnam has for centuries been known for making traditional mats from sedge Nguyen Thi Chieu in Pho Trach Village is famous for making beautiful mats Pho Trach, a village in Thua Thien-Hue Province, is famous for its đệm, a kind of mat made from sedge. Weaving đệm has been [...]

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China orders urgent overhaul after fatal rail crash 

July 24, 2011
China orders urgent overhaul after fatal rail crash 

Chinese firefighters work to rescue survivors from the scene of a high-speed train crash in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. China has ordered an “urgent” overhaul of rail safety, state media said Sunday, after a train crash killed 35 people in the worst accident to ever hit the country’s high-speed rail network. Another 210 people were [...]

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Woman gives birth on train 

April 29, 2011
Woman gives birth on train 

  A woman from the central Quang Ngai Province gave birth to a baby boy on a Ho Chi Minh City-Hanoi train Monday morning, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. Cao Thi Lieu, 29, was on the Thong Nhat SE2 train heading to her hometown when her water broke. Luckily, a group of doctors from an HCMC-based [...]

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Vietnamese runners target Olympics qualification 

April 9, 2011
Vietnamese runners target Olympics qualification 

Truong Thanh Hang (L) and Vu Thi Huong are training hard to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London. Sprint queen Vu Thi Huong and middle distance runner (800m, 1,500m) Truong Thanh Hang are training hard to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London. Local experts say the athletes should concentrate on the Olympics rather [...]

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Vietnam train crash kills wedding guests: media 

March 31, 2011
Vietnam train crash kills wedding guests: media 

A minibus destroyed after it was hit by a train in the northern province of Thai Nguyen. The accident reported kills at least nine people At least nine wedding guests in Vietnam died Wednesday when a train collided with their minibus, state media reports said.   The 15-seat bus was returning to the northern province [...]

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Shining country upon a hill 

March 26, 2011
Shining country upon a hill 

    Morning commuters wait in line for a bus outside an East Japan Railways Co. train station after Tokyo Electric Co. announced the power outages in Urayasu city, Japan, on Monday, March 14, 2011 As the horrific power of nature’s shock and awe operation was unleashed on Japan last week, captured graphically by amateur [...]

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Tsunami slams Japan after record earthquake, killing hundreds 

March 12, 2011
Tsunami slams Japan after record earthquake, killing hundreds 

A tsunami wave engulfs a residential area after a powerful earthquake in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on March 11 Japan was struck by its strongest earthquake on record, an 8.9-magnitude temblor that shook buildings across Tokyo and unleashed a seven-meter-high tsunami that killed hundreds as it engulfed towns on the northern coast. As many as [...]

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For want of a word, a world is lost 

March 9, 2011
For want of a word, a world is lost 

The site of an accident at Ghenh Bridge, Dong Nai Province on February 6, when a train ploughed into six cars, killing two and injuring 24 others. Two taxi drivers arguing over who should give way first led to the shocking accident. Sorry. As children, we are taught to say this every time we make [...]

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Railway guard killed by train in Nghe An 

January 21, 2011
Railway guard killed by train in Nghe An 

The railway line in Nghe An Province where a train hit and killed a railway guard on Wednesday A railway guard in the north central province of Nghe An was hit and killed by a train Wednesday, local news website Dan Tri reported.   Le Van Quyet, 34, an employee of Cau Giat Railway Station, was [...]

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Nuclear waste dodges French protests on way to Germany 

November 8, 2010
Nuclear waste dodges French protests on way to Germany 

A train carrying what activists claim is “the most radioactive ever” cargo of nuclear waste travels from the retreatment La Hague factory, in northwestern France, through the Lorraine region, near Metz, eastern France, on November 6. A train carrying what activists claim is “the most radioactive ever” cargo of nuclear waste ran the gauntlet of [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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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...