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The best time to admire golden rice terraces in Y Ty in the northern province of Lao Cai is from September to October. However, from May to June when local people pour water into their rice terraces and transplant seedlings,
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Four arrested in a ring of illegal immigration organizers in Lao Cai Province, Vietnam. Photo: Thanh Tuan / Tuoi Tre
Police in northern Lao Cai Province said on Friday that they had broken a racket that had helped about 200 illegal migrants cross the Vietnam - China border over the past year.
The ring was uncovered after police in Lao Cai the capital city of the province, in collaboration with the provincial traffic police, caught 16-year-old Bui Thi Ngoc from the north-central Vietnamese province of Nghe An illegally crossing the border from China to Vietnam on April 13.
At the police station, Ngoc admitted that she had previously paid a group VND12 million (US$522) to get support for illegally leaving Vietnam for China, where she planned to work in prostitution.
Red River s clear colors blamed on dams, pollution
By Gia Chinh February 25, 2021 | 08:09 am GMT+7
With the Red River turning a surprisingly clear blue-green shade in its upstream sections, the absence of its usual muddy, pinkish color is being blamed on dams and polluting factories.
The Red River flowing through Lao Cai has been surprisingly clear for about a week, February 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Ngoc Trien.
For a week now, the Red River section that flows through Lao Cai Province has become so clear that there are some shallow areas towards the banks where the river bed can be seen at a depth of one meter. While this looks like a welcome development, experts say this is happening because of withheld alluvium and pollution caused by factories on the river banks.