There are 113 big and small mine areas and 117 ore points, such as: coal, tin, lime stone, ashlar paving stone, tile clay, cement clay, phosphoric and some other mineral resources. Regarding fuel mineral, there is fat coal at Khe Bo coalmine with exploitation output of about 30-40 thousand tons. Brown coal is distributed at Viet Thai (Nghia Dan district) and Don Phuc (Con Cuong district) coalmine with reserves of approximately 1 million tons. Regarding metal mineral, the province has black metal mineral, precious colored metal mineral and non-metal mineral. In regard of black metal mineral, there are two iron ores in Van Trinh (Nghi Loc district) and Vo Nguyen (Thanh Chuong district) with total reserves of over 1.8 million tons. In regard of precious colored metal mineral, there is tin, which is concentrated in Quy Hop, Que Phong district. The Quy Hop district enjoys 10 tin ores according to investigation data. Gold can be exploited in many areas included mineral sand gold, original … [Read more...] about Nghe An’s Mineral resources
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World Biosphere Reserve in Western Nghe An
(VEN) - The Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Vietnam said that the Nghe An Province People's Committee and the Pu Mat National Park recently held a ceremony to announce UNESCO's decision to acknowledge the biosphere reserve in western Nghe An Province as part of the world network of biosphere reserves. This is the sixth among eight Vietnamese world-class biosphere reserves. The Pu Mat National Park is a center of the world biosphere reserve in the west of Nghe An following UNESCO's recognition in July 2007. The reserve covers 1,303,285ha (the largest in Southeast Asia) and is divided into three zones - the core zone on 191,922ha, the buffer zone on 503,270ha and the transitional zone on 608,093h in nine districts of Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Con Cuong, Thanh Chuong, Quy Hop, Quy Chau, Que Phong, Tan Ky and Anh Son in Nghe An Province. This is a green corridor linking the Pu Mat National Park, the … [Read more...] about World Biosphere Reserve in Western Nghe An
Nghe An: police seize 24.5kg of heroin
VietNamNet Bridge ' Police of the central province of Nghe An and drug-related crime investigation police have smashed one of the biggest drug trading rings in Vietnam, which transported narcotics from Laos to Nghe An. After a long time of investigation, at 11.30am of July 31, police arrested Vu Duc Manh, 48, from Nam Dinh city and Nguyen Thi Nhung, 36, from Nghe An province, at the Vinh City railway station, Nghe An province. … [Read more...] about Nghe An: police seize 24.5kg of heroin
Nghe An’s Minerals Resources
The province has many different minerals distributed over the districts. These are high quality minerals; main and admixture materials are closely located in addition to the convenience in transportation, creating favourable conditions for the manufacturing of cement, ceramics, fine grains, ashlar tiles, and handcrafts. Construction stones: Construction rocks are distributed quite evenly over the districts with good quality and various types, of the total capacity of five bil tons. * Riolite rocks: distributed largely in Do Luong, Hung Nguyen, Nghi Loc, Nam Dan, Thanh Chuong. This type of rocks has high-pressure resistance (>1,000 Kg/cm2), and suitable for construction. Some areas with high capacity are My Son, Nhan Son (Do Luong), Hung Yen, Hung Tay (Hung Nguyen); Nghi Cong Nam, Nghi Yen, Nghi Lam, Nghi Van, Nghi Kieu (Nghi Loc); Thanh Ngoc (Thanh Chuong) with the total capacity of 262 mil m3. * Granite rocks: distributed in Tan Ky, Quy Hop, Con Cuong, Anh Son. The most … [Read more...] about Nghe An’s Minerals Resources
Nghe An: First Mong ethnic village recognized as cultural village
(Cinet)- Muong Long village, the mountainous border commune of Tri Le, Que Phong district, the central province of Nghe An, was recognized as a cultural village 2008. This is the first Mong ethnic village in the province which has been recognized as a cultural unit. This resulted from the continuous effort of the people in the village in responding to the campaign “to unite all people to build a cultural life in inhabitant area” in the village. Thanks to the campaign, people of the village have gradually reevaluedated and changed certain procedures and implement civilized lifestyles for weddings, funerals and festivals. 48 out of 62 families in the village were recognized as cultural families. All children in the village go to school. … [Read more...] about Nghe An: First Mong ethnic village recognized as cultural village