With just a week to go for the three-day New Year holiday break, several four and five-star hotels and resorts in popular tourist hotspots are reporting high bookings. - VnExpress International
Quang Ninh Province, the biggest producer of coal in Vietnam, is proposing that waste rock discarded in exploitation be used as material for the ground filling process in construction projects. - VnExpress International
Quang Ninh Province, the biggest producer of coal in Vietnam, is proposing that waste rock discarded in exploitation be used as material for the ground filling process in construction projects. - VnExpress International
Man spends decades growing trees, says bequest to future generations
By Minh Cuong February 27, 2021 | 08:00 pm GMT+7
At 81, Trieu Tai Cao no longer has the physical strength to trek through the forest tended by his family.
But every day, even in the cold of the northern winter, he stands by the front door of his house to gaze at the forest with pride and happiness.
The trees were all planted by him and his family over 50 years, and his life has been dedicated to growing and protecting them.
Cao belongs to the Dao ethnic group, and lives in Tan Dan Commune in Ha Long Town of Quang Ninh Province, home to the world-famous bay.
Thousands sign up for Covid-19 testing in northern infection hotspot
By Minh Cuong February 20, 2021 | 10:30 am GMT+7
Quang Ninh Province, currently Vietnam s second biggest Covid-19 hotspot, collected almost 12,700 samples in just four days after it offered to test on demand.
All the samples so far have tested negative.
People wait for their turn to get the Covid-19 testing service at Quang Ninh Province Hospital, February 19, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Minh Cuong.
The province launched the service on Tuesday to enable people to travel after the Lunar New Year holidays ended.
The seven-day
Tet break, which ended that day, saw people all over the country go home to their extended family to celebrate the new year, increasing the chances of the disease’s spread.