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Workers recover the roadway of Nguyen Huu Canh Street in Ho Chi Minh City s Binh Thanh District after flood control project completes. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre
While many inundation mitigation projects in Ho Chi Minh City are being completed in haste to wrap up before the rainy season arrives, several others are not seeing a solid completion date.
As reported by the Southern Regional Hydrometeorological Center, the rainy season in Ho Chi Minh City and other southern provinces will commence in late April or early May.
Last year, the city reported 15 unresolved inundation flashpoints, which gives local residents reasons to be worried about this year’s situation.
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Tourism on track in Son Doong, the world’s largest cave
By AFP January 21, 2021 | 09:20 am GMT+7
Visitors tour Son Doong cave in central Vietnam s Quang Binh Province in January, 2021. Photo by AFP.
Vast rock formations the size of multi-story buildings loom above Ho Minh Phuc, as he picks a path through the gloom inside the world s largest cave.
Phuc, who once earned a living through illegal logging, is a porter for the small tour groups that explore Vietnam s Son Doong - a cave so large it has its own ecosystem and weather patterns.
Home to flying foxes and a 70-meter rock formation resembling a dog s paw, the cave is an otherworldly wonder that has reshaped the lives of the surrounding community since it opened for boutique tourism in 2013.