Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 13:29 GMT+7
Soldiers pull out a heavyweight bomb from the Thach Han River in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. Photo: Quoc Nam / Tuoi Tre
A 250-kilogram bomb discovered by a fisherman in central Vietnam’s Quang Tri Province was salvaged from the local Thach Han River by military officers on Tuesday.
In an attempt that took over three hours, the unexploded bomb disposal unit under the Quang Tri Military High Command, in cooperation with experts from the local Golden West Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-based nonprofit working on removal of unexploded ordnance (UXO), managed to pull the bomb out of the Thach Han river section in Quang Tri Town.
Monday, May 17, 2021, 16:18 GMT+7
Fishing boats operate off central Vietnam. Photo: Tran Mai / Tuoi Tre
Two fishermen have gone missing after their fishing boat was hit and sunk by a ship off the north-central Vietnamese province of Quang Tri on Sunday.
The fishing boat, whose captain was 36-year-old Ho Luong Thanh from north-central Quang Binh Province, encountered the accident at around 4:00 am.
Thanh and his four crew members fell into the ocean following the collision.
Three of them, including Thanh, drifted for about three nautical miles before being rescued by a nearby fishing boat.
The other two fishermen, namely Ho Van Thuy, 61, and Nguyen Khanh Huy, 32, remain nowhere to be found.
Vietnam-Laos border a potential Covid-19 spreader
By Duc Hung, Hoang Tao May 13, 2021 | 09:00 am GMT+7
Vietnamese citizens have been adopting all manners of ruses to sneak back home from Laos to avoid being quarantined – heightening considerably the risks of spreading the virus.
The Vietnam-Laos border runs 2,161 kilometers (1,342 miles) across 10 provinces in the north and central parts of the country. Both countries have applied border restrictions to contain the pandemic. Vietnam requires every person coming from abroad to be quarantined for 21 days and have all their personal information registered with the authorities. However, many Vietnamese have chosen to return home illegally.
Captain Do Manh Hung, a senior border guard at the Cau Treo International Border Gate in the central province of Ha Tinh, said illegal entrants normally take advantage of unmanned trails or their relationships with drivers to hide inside cargo trucks, passenger buses and trailers to get b
Sunday, May 09, 2021, 22:42 GMT+7
A health worker collects a nasal swab from a security guard for COVID-19 screening at a wet market in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Nhat Thinh / Tuoi Tre
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health reported a record daily spike of 92 local coronavirus infections on Sunday, including 15 in the morning and 77 in the evening.
Thirty-one of the cases were registered in Bac Giang Province, 15 in Bac Ninh Province, 17 in Hanoi, two in Hoa Binh Province, two in Hung Yen Province, 17 in Da Nang, two in Thua Thien-Hue Province, one in Quang Nam Province, one in Quang Tri Province, two in Lang Son Province, one in Ha Nam Province, and one in Da Lak Province.
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04/05/2021 12:05 GMT+7
Wind and solar power are sustainable energy sources that are prioritized for development.
But as solar power producers have to face oversupply at some points of time, wind power development in Vietnam also has to face many difficulties. Pioneering investors who expect to harvest sweet fruits are facing many risks. Red alert
Since Tet (lunar New Year), Mr. Nhan (the real name has been changed), a representative of a wind power investing firm, has been working day and night at his company’s wind power project in Khe Sanh in the central province of Quang Tri. This project is one of the last licensed by Quang Tri authorities. Compared with other wind power projects, it is now reached red alert in the construction pace.