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On display are 80 historic sketches, including 40 works on the central - Central Highlands battlefield drawn by 16 artists. The exhibits were selected from more than 3,000 drawings sketched during the wartime, which were presented to the Dak Lak Province Museum by the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum, according to the organising board, The exhibition gives the public an insight into the life of people and soldiers at that time, thus helping inspire the national patriotism. It also helps visitors better understand the art. The exhibition, jointly organised by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum, will remain open to visitors until the end of September. … [Read more...] about Sketches on central – Central Highlands battlefield exhibited

Some rivers have experienced decreases of over 70 percent, including the Ma River in Thanh Hoa Province, the Ca River in Nghe An Province and the Ba River in Phu Yen Province, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said. Dams in the region are only 25-60 percent full, with some even running dry, it said, as cited in a Vietnam News Agency report. Temperatures in Thanh Hoa Province have been around 36-38 degrees Celsius (96.8-100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) since June while Phu Yen's heat reached 39 degrees on many days this month. The hot weather and low moisture levels in the region have increased the rate of evaporation to 5-7mm/day, which is 20-30 percent higher than normal, the ministry said. Some 114,000 households in the central region are experiencing water shortage right now, but the figure may rise to 138,800 if the hot weather continues until the end of the dry season in July in the north-central region and August in the south-central region, the ministry said. Another … [Read more...] about Water shortage threatens 138,000 families in central Vietnam this summer

The Bao Loc Pass, three hours from the popular resort town Da Lat, was a strategic military point during the Vietnam War. The bunker was discovered when a construction team used an excavator to move a utility pole near the end of the pass, local military officers said. The excavator hit the bunker underground and the construction team informed authorities. At least 31 60mm mortar munitions were retrieved by military authorities from the site. The entire content of the bunker in terms of types of ammunition and quantity are yet unknown. The site has been quarantined pending plans to dispose of the munitions. Wartime munition bunker found in Central Highlands province Wartime munition bunker found in Central Highlands province Decades after the Vietnam War ended, unexploded ordnance still threatens a fifth of the country’s land mass and explosions are not uncommon. According to the United Nations, 104,000 Vietnamese people have been killed by bombs, landmines and … [Read more...] about Wartime munition bunker found in Central Highlands province

The storm is expected to make landfall Sunday night. "We heard that storm Nakri was stronger than Matmo, so we are repairing the sea dyke in a hurry," said 65-year-old Nguyen Van Khan, a resident of Nhon Hai Commune, Quy Nhon Town, Binh Dinh Province. Locals have been using sand bags and rocks to fortify the commune’s coastal embankment since Friday afternoon, he said. Another local, Nguyen Van Cho, whose house was damaged by storm Matmo last month, said he and his wife would evacuate to their son’s house further inland. About 140 families in Nhon Hai would be evacuated from the area Sunday morning, said Nguyen Tien Dung, deputy chairman of the Quy Nhon People’s Committee. Authorities have also recommended that residents of Cat Minh Commune evacuate to other people’s houses in safer areas due to the Nui Ganh rockslides, promising to arrange new residences after the storm passes. Over 1,000 families in Phuoc Thuan, Phuoc Son, Phuoc Hoa and Phuoc Thang … [Read more...] about Central Vietnam scrambles to strengthen embankments as storm Nakri nears

As of 11 p.m. it lay centered above the coast between Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces with maximum winds of 60 kph, the National Center for Hydro - Meteorological Forecasting said. It then moved west at 10-15 kph, and is expected to reach the Central Highlands on Monday morning bringing heavy rains to the area from Thua Thien-Hue to Binh Thuan provinces and the Central Highlands, it added. In Phu Yen, the storm felled several trees in Tuy Hoa Town. Almost 60,000 houses experienced a blackout. Authorities were on standby for Sunday night, Vo Ngoc Kha, chairman of the Tuy Hoa people’s committee, said. Khanh Hoa's Van Ninh District experienced rough seas with waves rising to 5-6 meters. Two people, Bui Van Het, 41, and Tran Huu Son, 33, were rescued by district authorities Sunday afternoon after they were trapped in their vessels in Van Phong Port. Heavy rain and strong winds also caused blackouts in Ninh Tan Commune in Ninh Hoa Town. Power is expected to be restored by Monday … [Read more...] about Storm Nakri causes blackouts across central Vietnam