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Two people were killed and three others were injured in a landslide, triggered by torrential rains between Sunday and Monday, in Hoang Su Phi District, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang. A suspension bridge is collapsed due to torrential rains in Xin Man District, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Tam Vu Manh Ha, secretary of the district’s Party Committee, said the heavy rainfall had cause economic damages and loss of human lives. Many houses reportedly collapsed due to the rains, he said. A section of provincial road No 177, connecting Hoang Su Phi District to Bac Quang District, was blocked by hundreds of cubic metres of land and rocks after torrential rains, he said. In Xin Man District, another landslide hit a section of provincial road No 178, linking Coc Pai Town to Na Chi Commune, while some bridges were destroyed after the downpours. Nguyen Duc Vinh, head of the provincial Agriculture and Rural Development … [Read more...] about Landslide kills two, injures three in Ha Giang

Police in the central highlands province of Lam Dong have arrested three men in the biggest forest destruction case recorded so far in the area. A pine forest is poisoned in Lam Dong Province Deputy head of Lam Dong Provincial Department of Public Security, Dinh Xuan Huy, announced on May 29 that three local men including Ngo Van Diem, 35, Nguyen Van Loi, 23, and Duong Van Hong, 53, had been arrested while some others are being summoned in their investigation. According to the police, Diem, who currently owns 3,500 square metres of farmland in the area, hired some people including Loi and Hong to poison the pine forest to steal 2,500 square metres for farming. The killers drilled the holes and pumped herbicide into the trees which then gradually died. Loi and Hong were paid VND500,000 ($22) a day or VND30 million ($1,304) a hectare for the poisoning work. The killers drilled the holes and pumped herbicide into the trees which then gradually died.  A total of 10 … [Read more...] about Three arrested for poisoning pine forests in Lam Dong province

At the opening ceremony (Photo: VNA) Quang Ninh (VNA) – Nearly 100 chess players from cities, provinces and units joined a national championship that opened in Ha Long city, the northwestern province of Quang Ninh, on November 17. Competitors come from Hanoi, Thai Nguyen, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Nghe An, Da Nang, Binh Dinh, Ninh Thuan, Lam Dong, Ben Tre, Dong Thap, Binh Duong, Kien Giang, Ho Chi Minh City and the Vietnam People’s Army. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Culture and Sports Nguyen Thanh Tung said the tournament is annually held by the Vietnam Chess Federation, through which the best players will be chosen for the national team to compete in regional and global championships as well as honour them with the title of chess master for 2019 – 2020. The competition will last until November 24./. VNA … [Read more...] about Nearly 100 chess players join national championship

At the Rong May Glass Bridge ecological tourism site (Photo: VNA)   Lai Chau (VNA) – The Sun Gate Group on November 16 inaugurated the first stage of Rong May Glass Bridge ecological tourism site, as part of Thac Trang (White Falls) tourism project, in Son Binh commune, Tam Duong district, the northwestern mountainous province of Lai Chau. With beautiful scenery and mild climate all year round, the tourism site also connects the centre of Sa Pa tourism area with Tac Tinh waterfalls, Tien Son cave, Pu Sam Cap cave and community-based tourist areas of Thai, Mong, Dao, Lao, Lu ethnic minority groups. Chairman of the Tam Duong district People’s Committee Tu Huu Ha said the site will contribute to local socio-economic development and job creation to local workers. The site, built at a total cost of 1 trillion VND (43.4 million USD) in January 2018, will operate for up to 50 years with facilities such as a hotel, an elevator system and a … [Read more...] about First stage of Rong May Glass Bridge tourism site opens in Lai Chau

Excessive groundwater exploitation is one of the main causes of land subsidence in the Mekong Delta region, the local media reported, citing sources at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. A view of Cao Lanh City of Dong Thap Province in the Mekong Delta region. Excessive groundwater exploitation is one of the main causes of land subsidence in the region Chairing a thematic forum on June 18, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha said that the Mekong Delta region is under increasing pressure from climate change. “Besides this, land subsidence, coast encroachment and landslides are increasing at a rapid pace,” Ha told the forum on water management, flooding, saline intrusion and responses to erosion and subsidence in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. Meanwhile, Nguyen Huu Thien, an ecological expert, told Thanh Nien newspaper on the sidelines of a conference on the evaluation of the two-year roll out of the Government’s … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta sinking sparks concern