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Two rare and valuable antiques dating from the reign of King Tự Đức (1829-1883) have been stolen from their worship site at Hiền Sỹ Village's communal hall in Phong Điền District, the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế. Hiền Sỹ Village's communal hall inPhong Điền District,the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế. Photo baovanhoa.vn The theft of the ancient artefacts was discovered after a villager, Nguyễn Trung, who is responsible for guarding the hall, checked on the building and saw the side door open with the locks destroyed. Trung said as usual, on the full moon of September in the lunar calendar which fell on Sunday, he went to the communal house to clean and burn incense but saw the side door had chisel marks and the latch was broken. Trung went inside and found that the precious items had been removed from one of the altars. … [Read more...] about Ancient artfacts stolen from communal hall in Thua Thien-Hue

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has instructed Hanoi to hasten its metro projects, particularly the Cat Linh-Ha Dong project to ensure that it would be operated this year. According to Dung, the project has been much delayed, causing public concern. At present, the project is 99% completed, and awaits safety certification. Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro route The Ministry of Transport needs to co-operate with the Hanoi People’s Committee and China Railway Sixth Group Company, the contractor, to assess project safety. After that, the State Authority for Construction Quality Inspection will conduct the final assessment on this. Once the safety regulations are ensured, the project will be put into service before the year-end, Dung added. The deputy PM asked the Ministry of Finance for Official Development Assistance capital allocation for Nhon-Hanoi Station metro project which is scheduled to become operational in 2021. Regarding the underground metro station construction near … [Read more...] about Deputy PM urges to speed up Hanoi’s metro projects

The biodiversity of Tram Chim National Park in the southern province of Dong Thap is being seriously endangered due to the impacts of climate change and human activities. According to scientists, the impact of climate change such as floods, droughts and erosion have increased the risks of extinction for many species. Tram Chim National Park was home to 1,052 red-headed cranes in 1998, but the figure dropped to just 11 in February this year. Tram Chim National Park Doan Van Nhanh, Deputy Director of Centre for Conservation and Development of the national park, blamed the sharp fall in red-headed cranes that for reduced food resources. In the past, local people only cultivated a few crops a year on the rice fields around Tram Chim. If there was not enough food in the park, the cranes could feed themselves in the fields outside, but now locals cultivate up to three crops a year, thus shrinking the food source for cranes, he clarified. To prevent fires, a quite high-water level is … [Read more...] about Tram Chim National Park biodiversity threatened

By applying modern technology, Vietnamese garment and textile companies have improved their productivities and meet the demand of choosy markets. In fact, before the free trade agreements became effective, garment and textile industry had attracted several large investment projects. Many enterprises invested a large amount of money in order to adopt modern technology. For instance, the Garment No.10 Corporation (Garco No.10) is considered to be the enterprise which succeeded in participating in global supply chain by applying modern technology in production and management early. At the present, 80 percent of its production is exported to the US, Germany and Japan. Garco No.10 has 18 member factories at seven cities and provinces with around 12,000 workers. The company has applied information technology software in management. Owing to that, the production time of a product has been reduced from 1,980 seconds to 1,200 seconds and to merely 690 seconds per item now. Currently, each … [Read more...] about Garment, textile industry keeps pace with Industry 4.0

Yes, it’s that time when we salute the fabulous, beautiful, clever women of this great nation! If you’re living anywhere remotely civilized, you can’t miss the reminders; the girls huddled under midday golf umbrellas flogging off flowers to love-struck teenagers and busy workers, women holding flowers for their mums while riding one-handed and young families having nights-out with mum at the center of attention. Remember, your life as a happily reliant recipient of a woman’s attention, care, love, devotion and yummy food depends on doing the right thing on this day!!! As we all know, Vietnamese women are pretty awesome! I don’t know many countries where the ladies are as tough, cheerful and helpful as here. If you’ve lived here for any decent amount of time, you’ll surely know some Vietnamese female who’s helped you in circumstances that might otherwise have driven you mad. Likewise, many expats have married locals and been together for … [Read more...] about The amazing women of Vietnam