Vietnamese and Cuban leaders and officials offer flowers in remembrance of Cuban leader Fidel Castro at the Fidel Park in central Quang Tri province’s Dong Ha city. (Photo: VNA) Quang Tri (VNA) - President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez on September 26 offered flowers in remembrance of Cuba n leader Fidel Castro at the Fidel Park in central Quang Tri province’s Dong Ha city. Hernandez is on a visit to Vietnam to attend a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Cuban leader Fidel Castro ’s trip to the newly liberated areas in Quang Binh and Quang Tri provinces despite numerous dangers. As the first and only foreign head of state to visit the liberated zone before the war ended, Fidel Castro’s historic visit became a symbol of faithful and fraternal solidarity between the two peoples with noble ideals for peace, national independence, democracy and progress in the world. The Vietnamese and Cuban leaders and … [Read more...] about Top Cuban legislator commemorates Fidel Castro in Quang Tri
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Floods isolate villages in central Vietnam
Quang Binh, home to world's largest cave Son Doong, experienced heavy rains triggered by a tropical depression Monday night through Tuesday morning. Routes connecting villages and communes in Minh Hoa, Tuyen Hoa and Quang Ninh districts were flooded by water levels 1-2 meters deep. Rockslides also caused traffic jams on National Highways 15 and 9B. The Quang Binh Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue said thousands of families in 18 villages had been isolated by the floods, and people were forced to use boats to travel around. "On the night of September 25, authorities cooperated with border guards to help dozens of families in flooded areas relocate with their belongings and move to shelters," said a representative from Dan Hoa Commune in Minh Hoa District. To the north of Quang Binh in Ha Tinh Province, a bridge over the Ngan Sau River in Huong Khe District was inundated by up to a meter of water at certain points on Tuesday. Authorities … [Read more...] about Floods isolate villages in central Vietnam
A friend to wild elephants in Vietnam
The old man took the camera supplied to him to capture photos of a herd of wild elephants. He confidently declared, "Although you've recorded eight wild elephants, I'm certain there are nine." The old man retrieved his camera and meticulously displayed a series of close-range photographs of the herd of wild elephants that had been wandering near his garden. These photos, taken with remarkable clarity and vividness, allowed each elephant in the herd to be distinctly observed. The herd of wild elephants in the jungle Over time, 70-year-old farmer Nguyen Van Binh, a resident of Cam La Village in Que Lam Commune, Nong Son District, Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam has made a name for himself. He has been invited to meet with experts specializing in elephant conservation and has been recruited by the species conservation and wild elephant habitat management board in Nong Son District to participate in patrols for the welfare of the wild elephant herds. One day, a visiting … [Read more...] about A friend to wild elephants in Vietnam