Authorities in Ca Mau Province pledged to have its police investigate a case where district authorities illegally handed over forest areas to local officials and their relatives to build houses and farm shrimp. A section of Dam Doi Protective Forest in the southern province of Ca Mau has been destroyed to breed shrimp. … [Read more...] about Ca Mau forest land illegally granted to officials, relatives
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Criminal charges proposed against Ca Mau child abuse couple
A married couple in custody for torturing a 14-year-old-boy for over a year in the southern province of Ca Mau has been pressed with charges punishable by jail terms of up to 18 years. Nguyen Hoang Anh (L) reunites with his twin brother Nguyen Hoang Em after having been separated for two years. … [Read more...] about Criminal charges proposed against Ca Mau child abuse couple
A Bright Spot in Ca Mau
Located in Khanh An Commune, U Minh District in Ca Mau - the southern most province of Vietnam, Ca Mau Fertilizer Plant emerges as a spectacular highlight of the Ca Mau fertilizer-Electricity-Gas industrial complex. Ca Mau Fertilizer Plant began construction on July 26, 2008 by the PetroVietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) with a total capital of 780 million USD. After 42 months of construction and installation, the plant was officially put into operation on January 29, 2012 which marked the completion of the Ca Mau Fertilizer-Electricity-Gas Industrial Complex, a major national project. It has helped turn the marsh area into a modern industrial zone, changed the face of the area of U Minh Ha and shifted the economic structure of Ca Mau Province in a sound direction. … [Read more...] about A Bright Spot in Ca Mau
Take a back to the west of Ca Mau
Take a back to the west of Ca Mau By Cuc Tan in Ca Mau A view of the road to Hon Da Bac Island in Ca Mau Province - Photo: Cuc Tan On the way to Ca Mau, the southern tip of the country with more than 300-kilometers of coastline, tourists may catch sight of the harmonious picture of forest and sea. Located about 350 kilometers from HCMC, the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau is famous for verdant mangrove forests and bird sanctuaries. The provinces most popular tourism attractions are in the western districts of U Minh and Tran Van Thoi in Ca Mau Province. The largest mangrove swamp in the country, which is found in U Minh Forest, is habitat to hundreds of precious fauna and flora species. It has 31 kilometers of coastline with two large river entrances, namely Khanh Hoi and Huong Mai. U Minh is also famous for the 43-kilometer Cai Tau River, contiguous to Trem River. Cai Tau River was the site of well-known naval combats in war time. Today it is also renowned for an immense mulberry … [Read more...] about Take a back to the west of Ca Mau
1,000 Chinese work without permits in Ca Mau
Of 1,728 Chinese nationals working at the construction site of the Ca Mau Urea Plant,part of the Ca Mau Gas-Power-Fertilizer complex,1,051 have yet to obtain a work permit, local authorities said. Chinese workers at the construction site of the Ca Mau Urea Plant in southern Ca Mau Province Photo: Tuoi Tre They had been brought from China by the plant’s main contractor, China’s Wu Huan Engineering Co., Ltd., Le Thanh Tong, deputy head of the Ca Mau Province Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, told Tuoi Tre. While 611 of them are in the process of applying for a work permit, Vuong Van Cuong, who is in charge of security and foreign workers at the under-construction plant, explained, the 440 others are working on three-month contracts [and do not need work permits]. “The project managers are very busy and [the main contractor] said the relevant procedures for these workers to work in Vietnam were done slowly in … [Read more...] about 1,000 Chinese work without permits in Ca Mau