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Thac Bac, or the “Silver Waterfall”, in Sapa has been a tourist attraction for years, but now is marred by trash. Despite many refuse bins that have been put in near the waterfall, both tourists and locals continue to litter in and around the site. Waste has piled up at the foot of bridge running [...]
35-year-old Vietnamese American Nguyen Mark Joseph, also known as Khanh, has confessed he was the mastermind of the robbery at Thu Thanh gold shop in Binh Thuan Province Friday. Khanh was arrested by the Binh Thuan police on Saturday. He was also the driver of the seven-seat Innova car at the crime scene. A preliminary [...]
A Vietnamese passenger and two pilots were killed when a small passenger aircraft of a Haitian airline crashed while trying to land during heavy rain in northern Haiti on Tuesday night. The Vietnamese passenger was 33-year-old Nguyen Huu Duc, the Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba confirmed yesterday, citing a notice from Natcom Telecom Company, a joint [...]
The Border Guard Force of the central coastal city of Da Nang has handed over a Filipino fisherman to the Philippine Embassy in Vietnam. The fisherman, Bochito Lagdamin, 43, from Negros island of the Philippines, was rescued by Vietnamese fishing boat DNa 90258 on July 10, when was in distress at sea in the Truong [...]
Thuy Dien, a village of Phu Vang District, is about 15 kilometers from Hue City. Most villagers know of an old woman named Tran Thi Nguyet, who has lived for a record long time, 121 years. Her identity card issued on September 19, 1979 by Binh Tri Thien Province’s public security agency shows she was [...]
Bamboo Wing, an architectural work made from bamboo in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, has won the International Architecture Award of the Chicago Athenaeum Museum in the US. The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design has organized the International Architecture Awards on annual basis as away in which to honor the best, new [...]
A terrible road accident happened at 2:00 am today when a truck collided with a passenger car in Ha Tinh northern province, killing three and injuring more than 20 people. According to preliminary investigation, the truck bearing number plate 72L-0433 driven by 34-year-old Nguyen Gia Thu heading to the north crashed into a passenger car [...]
The information that basic wage will increase by VND100,000 ($20) a month as of May 1 2011 doesn’t please government employees, but it makes them worried because goods prices will also rise. The basic wage will increase at the time of the “storm price” in the market. Workers will earn VND100,000 more a month, but [...]
Police and standards inspectors here have uncovered their biggest case of petrol-station cheating to date. On Tuesday, Ha Noi police and standards inspectors from the Department of Science and Technology discovered the petrol station used the chip to alter the petrol-pump meter. Nguyen The Loc, director of the enterprise in …
Southern Airports Corporation, airlines, travel firms and representatives from provincial authorities gathered on July 27 to discuss how to get more traffic to three newly-opened international airports. _ Phu Quoc Airport Vietnam’s airport system includes airports in the north, south and central regions. The southern region now has eight airports, but only one– …