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Fishermen in Nhan Trach Commune, Quang Binh Province have enjoyed bountiful catches after Tet. Quang Binh fishermen enjoys bountiful catches For the fishermen in Nhan Trach, the first fishing trip after Tet Holiday is meaningful and signifies their luck for the new year. Most fishing boats in Nhan Trach are small so they often have a quick trips overnight and return in the early morning. The beach was busy with all the boats and activity. Pham Nguyen said his crew were able to bring back 700kg of anchovies. "We’re all really happy to have such a good trip after Tet. We'll be able to earn about VND20m (USD866). We just hope for good weather and bountiful trips," he said. Anchovies used to make fish sauce Another fisherman, Pham Tan, said they caught nearly a tonne of anchovies. As they reached the shore, they could see the traders already waiting along the beaches. Anchovies and baby shrimp can be sold for VND30,000 (USD1.30) or VND20,000 per kilo respectively. Both of them can be used to make fish sauce and shrimp paste. According to the fishermen, if they have a bountiful trip with baby shrimp they will have good herring scad and cutlass fish trawls too. Nguyen Van Nghi, chairman of Nhan Trach Commune People's Committee said they have over 100 fishing boats. They are mostly nearshore fishing boats so they only work seasonally. Bountiful anchovies trips also mean local fish sauce manufacturing facilities will have good materials and an optimistic outlook. …

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Fishermen in the southern central province of Phu Yen are enjoying big catches of shrimp and fish after Tet Holiday. These days, many fishing boats in Song Cau Town arrived at local wharves with bountiful catches, particularly acete shrimp, providing local fishermen with a daily income of VND4-8 million (USD173.91-347.82). The buckets of fresh acetes are brought ashore from boats to sell to traders. According to fishermen, the acetes shrimp often appear in Phu Yen in the first lunar month. Local people leave home from 5-6 am and they can catch 5-700 kilos in the morning. Le Van Du’s boat caught nearly 500 kilos in a morning. At present, a kilo of acetes is sold for VND8,000, so with 500 kilos of acetes, Du’s family can earn VND5 million per day. The favourable weather and calm sea is the major cause of the successful catches this year. If the weather is fine, people in Phu Yen can catch acetes until the end of the first lunar month. Pham Hoai Lam who works at Dan Phuoc fishing port, said that around 50-60 boats docked the port every day. Each boat transports 800-900 kilos of acetes which are then quickly bought by traders. At this time of the year, many fishermen in Phu Yen also enjoyed the good catches of large head hair tail belt fish. Phan Van Oanh, a local resident, said that his boat with six people on board caught three tonnes of belt fish in three days, earning them VND60 million. …

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A delivery man magically caught a three-year-old girl falling from the 12th floor of an apartment building in Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi late on Sunday afternoon. The incident occurred at the apartment building at 60B Nguyen Huy Tuong Street in Thanh Xuan District at around 5:30 pm on Sunday, Major Nguyen Minh Thang, deputy head of the police division in Thanh Xuan Trung Ward, confirmed later in the evening. Three-year-old N.P.H. climbed over her flat’s balcony on the 12th floor of block 12A and hung there for a few seconds, according to a resident’s recorded video. Residents at the apartment building screamed for help when they noticed the toddler’s situation. Footage by a resident records a young girl climbing over the railing and falling from the apartment building at 60B Nguyen Huy Tuong Street in Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi on February 28, 2021. At that time, Nguyen Ngoc Manh, a 31-year-old delivery man dwelling in Dong Anh District who was waiting for a customer at the location, heard the residents’ cry and came to H.’s rescue. “I looked around and looked up, then I saw a baby climbing the railing on the upper floor," Manh recounted. "Seeing that, I immediately opened the car door and tried to climb onto the metal roof [right on the ground floor of block 12A] to catch her in case she falls. “After I just climbed onto the roof of about two meters high, I saw the baby falling. "At that time, I slipped, but tried to extend my hands forward to reach out. “Luckily, the baby fell into my arms. Both the baby and I fell down and slammed into the metal roof." CCTV footage records a man catching a toddler falling from the apartment building at 60B Nguyen Huy Tuong Street in Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi on February 28, 2021. According to Manh, blood was flowing out of the toddler’s mouth after the fall. He immediately brought her to the ground before some residents rushed the toddler to hospital for emergency treatment. The …

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