With the altitude of 3,143m (10,312 ft), Fansipan Mount is seen as the Rooftop of Indochina, posing an extraordinary challenge to adventurers, especially hikers and mountaineers Only 9km southwest of Sa Pa Township in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, visitors can embrace the raw natural beauty of Lao Cai province from above thanks to the cable car system newly installed by Sun Group Tourists, especially hikers, stream to Fansipan Mountain to immerse themselves in the mesmerising wilderness It only takes 15-20 minutes to the top thanks to the modern cable car system The picturesque landscape from the cable car Ethnic villages scatteried at the foothill Thick fog coating Rooftop of Indochina A team of Vietnamese mountaineers after scaling the Fansipan summit By Chi Cuong … [Read more...] about Crossing off the bucket list – Conquering the Rooftop of Indochina
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Hanoi to manage water drainage and wastewater treatment
The Hanoi People’s Committee issued Decision No. 41/2017/QD-UBND dated December 6, stipulating management of water drainage and wastewater treatment in the city. The Decision includes three chapters and 23 articles, specifying following issues: regulations on water drainage management and wastewater treatment in urban areas, industrial zones, industrial clusters, rural residential areas: orientation and planning on water drainage, plan on water drainage investment and development, management and operation of the water drainage system, connection of water drainage system, water drainage services; right and obligatory of organizations, individuals and households involving water drainage and wastewater treatment in Hanoi. The regulation is applied for Vietnamese organizations, individuals and household, and foreign organizations and individuals that involve drainage and wastewater treatment in Hanoi. The Department of Construction acts as focal point to … [Read more...] about Hanoi to manage water drainage and wastewater treatment
Scientists have bone to pick with T-Rex skeleton set to sell for millions
A curator gingerly fastens a pointy claw bone with a thin metal wire, completing perhaps the world's biggest construction kit -- reassembling a 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus-Rex called Trinity. The huge skeleton will go under the hammer in a rare auction in Switzerland next month after being sent to Zurich from the United States in nine giant crates. But palaeontologist Thomas Holtz -- who is against the sale of such specimens -- told AFP that it was "misleading" and "inappropriate... to combine multiple real bones from different individuals to create a single skeleton." The Swiss sale comes only four months after Christie's withdrew another T-Rex skeleton days before it was to go under the hammer in Hong Kong after doubts were reported about parts of it. Trinity, the Swiss T-Rex, is made up of bones from three dinosaurs excavated between 2008 and 2013 from the Hell Creek and Lance Creek formations in Montana and Wyoming. The two sites are known for the discoveries of … [Read more...] about Scientists have bone to pick with T-Rex skeleton set to sell for millions