Son La Hydropower Plant, the largest hydropower plant in Việt Nam and Southeast Asia, will have to open its floodgates to discharge water to ensure safety if necessary (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Government has mapped out plans to ensure the safety of reservoirs at the Hoa Binh and Son La hydroelectric plants, two of the country’s largest, said Tran Quang Hoai, permanent member of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control. If the worst-case scenario comes to pass, Hoai said, and the dam of the Hoa Binh Hydroelectricity Plant breaks, the water will be directed to different areas to minimise danger and economic losses. "According to the plan, we are not allowed to let the Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant’s dam break. It is necessary to actively divide the water and keep the dams safe and ensure the security of the people,” said Hoai. In developing the inter-lake operation plan, the steering committee aimed not to let the dams … [Read more...] about Plans to ensure safety of Hoa Binh, Son La hydroelectric reservoirs
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Hoa Binh organizes festival to communicate revolutionary songs and…
Youth and children honoured at the festival (Photo: doanthanhnien.vn)The event was organized by the Hoa Binh provincial Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Lac Thuy district Youth Union and Lac Thuy district Cultural and Sports Centre.During the festival, groups communicating revolutionary songs performed many special items, praising the Communist Party of Vietnam, Uncle Ho and love for the nation.Over the past 70 years of implementing President Ho Chi Minh’s appeal for patriotic emulation, patriotic movements have developed widely, in order to call upon the political force to uphold its solidarity, patriotic tradition to carry out the resistant wars victoriously.Along the history of the nation, patriotic movements have become the revolutionary driving force in the cause of protecting and constructing the nation.On this occasion, the organizing board honoured 30 outstanding youth and children following Uncle Ho’s sayings in Lac Thuy district.The festival aimed to educate … [Read more...] about Hoa Binh organizes festival to communicate revolutionary songs and…
Hoa Binh seafood targets Hanoi palates
(VEN) - The Hanoi Center of Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion (HPA), in coordination with the Hoa Binh Province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, held a seafood festival from April 20 to 22 to enable Hoa Binh businesses to introduce products to consumers in the capital and access its modern retail systems. Hoa Binh Province’s Da River fish have attracted additional consumers in Hanoi At the event, 10 companies from Hoa Binh, southwest of Hanoi, introduced different kinds of seafood farmed or caught in the Da River. Retailers from Hanoi, including Biggreen Vietnam and Tam Thanh Safe Food Company, among others attended the event. HPA Deputy Director Nguyen Thi Mai Anh said products introduced at the event had undergone stringent quality assurance, with the festival’s organizing committee working with a food safety control center. The event also included cooking workshops and professional chefs, who demonstrated the preparation of … [Read more...] about Hoa Binh seafood targets Hanoi palates
President of Lao Front for National Construction visits Hoa Binh
At the meeting between President of the Lao Front for National Construction Central Committee Xaysomphone Phomvihane and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh (Source: http://www.baohoabinh.com.vn) Hoa Binh (VNA) – President of the Lao Front for National Construction Central Committee Xaysomphone Phomvihane visited the northern province of Hoa Binh on April 13. Welcoming the Lao guest, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh highlighted the faithful and close relations between the two countries as well as between the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the Lao counterpart. Phomvihane congratulated Hoa Binh on its achievements in socio-economic development, especially poverty reduction and improvement of local living standards in ethnic minority and disadvantaged areas. He recalled the support of people in Hoa Binh province for Laos’ revolutionaries during the resistant wars against the colonialism and imperialism in the past. Hoa Binh … [Read more...] about President of Lao Front for National Construction visits Hoa Binh
Quang Ninh, Hoa Binh tackle war-left bombs
Sappers in Quang Ninh transport the 1.45m-long bomb to a safe place for detonation (Photo: VNA) Quang Ninh (VNA) – Military forces in the northern provinces of Quang Ninh and Hoa Binh safely defused several war-left bombs on April 6. In Quang Ninh, a man found a 250-kg bomb in Ha Long city’s Hong Ha ward at 7:30 am on April 6. He alerted the authorities and the local sappers transported the 1.45m-long bomb to a safe place for detonation within the morning. In Hoa Binh, two bombs believed to date back to the anti-French resistance war were found at a pond in Hop Thinh commune, Ky Son district on April 5 when farmers dredged the pond for raising fish. Weighing about 60 kg, each bomb is 80 cm long and 30 cm in diameter. The site was blockaded until the bombs were moved to a safe place for detonation the next morning. Post-war bombs and mines have remained a daily threat to people and a headache for the Vietnamese Government. It is estimated that more than … [Read more...] about Quang Ninh, Hoa Binh tackle war-left bombs