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| A resident of HCM City’s Bình Tân District collects rubbish from Liên Phường Canal. — VNA/VNS Photo Xuân Dự |
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Long Bien – a bustling night fruit market in Hanoi
Situated at the foot of the Long Bien Bridge in Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Long Bien fruit and vegetable market is known as the largest wholesale market in Hanoi and northern Vietnam as a whole.
The 27,000-square-meter market is open daily from 11 p.m. until the small hours of next morning as people rush there to buy and sell fruits and vegetables. The market is where vegetables and fruits are distributed to retailers and street vendors.
The colorful and bustling sight of the night market captures the attention of foreign visitors to the capital.
Many local residents in neighboring provinces also flock to the market to earn a living by providing transport services for traders at the market.
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Fishing with long rackets on Hanoi’s Tich River
When the water level lowers in Tich River, the residents in Hanoi’s outlying district of Thach That will come out and submerge in the river with long rackets to catch the fish.
Catching fish with long rackets is considered a traditional culture of the people living by the river.
The locals often gather to catch fish in September or October in the lunar calendar.
During this time, the water level of the Tich River lowers greatly while fish in other lakes and rivers must go this way to reach the sea.
The fishermen often go in groups, cheering and attracting viewers to the river banks. The racket is made from bamboo. The handle is four metres long and the net can be 80cm wide. Tiếp tục đọc “Fishing with long rackets on Hanoi’s Tich River”
Go to Cam Ranh to explore the beautiful ‘Tam Binh’
VietNamNet Bridge – With pristine beauty and blue sea and fine white sand, in recent years “Tam Binh” has become an attractive destination, especially in hot summer days.
If you love the pristine beauty of the blue sea, without much human impact, “Tam Binh” is the right destination for you.
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Vietnamese women through the lens of female photographer
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Market women depict their lives through photos
VietNamNet Bridge – An installation of photos taken by women who sell goods at Bai Da Market on the outskirts of Ha Noi is now on display at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum.
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| Artful: The exhibition displayed photos taken by the women arranged in a space created by photographer Binh Dang and artist Duy Ly. |
The exhibition is the result of a project carried out by the Centre for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women and Adolescents (CSAGA) during the last two years.
Photos, videos and stories told by the women and things they use everyday, such as baskets and conical hats, are placed together to look like a market and depict the women’s lives with both happiness and sorrow. Tiếp tục đọc “Market women depict their lives through photos”
Protection forests ravaged in Northern Vietnam
Protection forest devastated in northern Vietnam
By Tuoi Tre News
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| A chopped down tree trunk in the middle of a protection forest in Nam Tha Commune in northern Lao Cai Province. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
Large areas of protection forest in northern Vietnam are being ravaged by human activity, believed to be the main cause of a recent increase in flash floods and landslides.
A probe by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper has revealed that vast areas of protection forest in the mountainous provinces of the north, crucial for protecting groundwater and soil, as well as preventing erosion, are being destroyed. Tiếp tục đọc “Protection forest devastated in northern Vietnam”
Việt Nam – Canada Joint statement
vietnamnews Update: November, 09/2017 – 09:20
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| Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau at the press conference held following their talks on Nov. 8. VNA/VNS photo Thống Nhất |
JOINT STATEMENT
BY THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM AND CANADA ON
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP
Canada and Viet Nam have decided to enhance their cooperation and friendship towards a comprehensive, substantive, effective, stable and sustainable relationship both bilaterally, regionally and internationally, to meet their interests and to contribute to maintaining peace, stability, cooperation and development in the Asia Pacific and the world, based on respect for the Charter of the United Nations, basic principles of international law, and their respective national law. Tiếp tục đọc “Việt Nam – Canada Joint statement”
Tourism projects worth 2.7 billion USD launched in Quang Ninh
VietNamNet Bridge – A series of projects worth a total 61 trillion VND (2.7 billion USD) will be built in the Van Don Special Administrative – Economic Unit, the northern province of Quang Ninh in 2018, according to Deputy Head of the management board of Quang Ninh economic zone Hoang Trung Kien.
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| A graphic image of the Sonasea Dragon Bay project (Photo: cafef.vn) |
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Sài Gòn thâp niên 1960 và 1970 (trước 4/1975)
Những thước phim hiếm hoi về Sài Gòn 100 năm trước
Tours offer glimpse of Hoi An countryside
VietNamNet Bridge – On the tourist routes of central Viet Nam, Hoi An ancient town offers a change of pace from the normal hustle and bustle of cities. The small town boasts mossy old churches, temples and wooden houses dotted along small lanes shadowed with green and flowery climbing vines.
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| Drifting: Riding a coracle is among the most popular activities. |
While many visitors stroll the ancient town, enjoy local cuisine and purchase souvenirs, they may miss out on seeing life in the traquil villages in the area, where locals plant vegetables and fish. Thanks to a crop of local tour companies, tourists may participate in homestays to join villagers in their work. Tiếp tục đọc “Tours offer glimpse of Hoi An countryside”
Why ‘natural disaster’ is a misnomer
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| Illegally felled logs that floated in floodwaters gathered in a village in Yên Bái Province. Massive, unchecked deforestation has compounded the impact of natural disasters in the northern province . — Photo laodong.vn |
However, it is patently obvious that human activities have exacerbated the devastation caused.
Many serious cases of deforestation have been uncovered in the province, but nothing much comes out of it. There is some public outrage, followed by “disciplinary actions” and “warnings” being doled out against some “bad seeds” officials. Tiếp tục đọc “Why ‘natural disaster’ is a misnomer”
Vietnamese college students dread bus trips due to pickpocketing
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| Pickpockets are most active when passengers board buses. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
The public bus is a popular means of transport among Vietnamese students for reasons of health, safety and cost-effectiveness. However, many have expressed concerns over growing pickpocketing.
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