Sunday, May 09, 2021, 09:00 GMT+7
People visit Da Lat Market in the namesake city in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam during the holiday marking Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1). Photo: Duc Tho / Tuoi Tre
Here are today’s leading news stories:
COVID-19 Updates Vietnam’s Ministry of Health documented 15 local COVID-19 infections in Hanoi, Dak Lak, Lang Son, Ha Nam, and Bac Giang on Sunday morning, raising the country’s tally to 3,230, with 2,602 recoveries and 35 deaths. Nearly 330 people having direct and indirect contact with patient No. 3,141, who went to Da Lat during the holiday last weekend, have tested negative for the novel coronavirus once as of Sunday morning.
Sunday, May 09, 2021, 13:06 GMT+7
Trees on Tran Quoc Toan Street in Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam have either been chopped down or relocated for a street expansion project. Photo: M.Vinh / Tuoi Tre
A slew of old trees on Da Lat City’s Tran Quoc Toan Street, which is notorious for traffic jams on weekends and at rush hour, have been either chopped down or uprooted to make space for a project to expand the street.
As witnessed by a
Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper correspondent, contractors from the expansion project showed up on Saturday to relocate the trees on a section of Tran Quoc Toan Street, which stretches from Ong Dao Street to Lam Vien Square in Da Lat, located in Vietnam s Lam Dong Province.
Wednesday, May 05, 2021, 11:43 GMT+7
Huynh Thi Quoc Tri (right) poses with a farmer joining her clean farming project, which she initiated in central Vietnam six years ago. Photo: C.K. / Tuoi Tre
After several years of trial and error, Huynh Thi Quoc Tri has successfully equipped rural farmers, including ethnic minority households in central Vietnam, with the skills they need for a transition to clean farming.
Tri, in her mid-40s, is proving that success is always achievable, regardless of the hardship life presents.
Over the past six years, she has worked hard to pass down clean agriculture technology to farmers in Don Duong District, located in Lam Dong Province, and its neighbors of Gia Lai and Kon Tum in the Central Highlands.
Monday, May 03, 2021, 12:25 GMT+7
People wait to buy tickets at the entrance of Datanla Waterfall in Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam, May 2, 2021. Photo: Duc Tho / Tuoi Tre
Many tourists flocked to Da Lat City in Vietnam’s Central Highlands for a four-day holiday weekend just to find themselves stuck in exhausting traffic jams and endless queues at local attractions.
Da Lat, located in Lam Dong Province, welcomed approximately 125,000 visits on Reunification Day (April 30), International Workers’ Day (May 1), and May 2, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.
The number of tourists during this year’s holiday, which ends on Monday, jumped threefold versus the same period of 2020 and 2.5 times more than 2019.