Sedge weaving trade in decline
For many years, Xuan Hoa Street in the city of Tuyen Quang has been famous for sedge weaving, but recent economic hardship has caused the number of households continuing this practice to dwindle.
Tuyen Quang
Nation faces power cuts till end of year
Power shortages are expected to hit the remaining months of the year, according to the general director of Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN), Pham Le Thanh.
Northern region libraries promote kids' reading skills
As many as 20 libraries have been established for primary school students in northern Thai Nguyen and Tuyen Quang provinces at the beginning of the 2011-12 academic year.
Operating rules for reservoirs issued
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed a decision regulating operating procedures at major hydroelectric reservoirs during this year's rainy season.
Viet leads ‘Return to Roots' race
Despite inclement weather, cyclists battled hard yesterday to complete the second stage of the Return to the Roots race with young cyclist Dinh Quoc Viet of the Domesco Dong Thap...
Meeting marks 60th anniversary of 2nd Party Congress
A meeting to mark the 60th anniversary of the second National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam was held at the Kim Binh historical site in Chiem Hoa district of the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang on Feb. 19.
Seminar praises Tuyen Quang’s role in revolution
The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang made great contributions to the revolution of Vietnam.
Site of second Party Congress to be preserved
The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang has put into action a project to preserve the relic area where took place the second National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s (CPV).
Party, Government leaders visit revolutionary village
Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong yesterday offered New Year wishes to people in Kim Binh Commune in northern Tuyen Quang Province.
Big C promotes local goods in IZs in January
Big C supermarket will carry out itinerant sales to industrial zones in Ha Noi this month in response to the provincial authority's stimulus programme to boost consumption of Vietnamese goods in remote areas.
From Environment
Nutrious milk smugglers confiscated
THUA THIEN – HUE – Hue City's police turned away a smuggling ring and confiscated 10,000 US's Abbott milk-cans with labels transformed, the town investigative police confirmed with Viet Nam News today.Ton Nu Cam Dung was altering labels of Abbot's Ensure milk at her house with an Cuu Ward's Phan Chu Trinh Street. A lot more than 5,000 cans with yellow labels, 1,600 with blue labels and 500 without label were grabbed.Law enforcement also discovered 50 boxes of milk-cans that contains cans with changed
No funds to evacuate landslide areas
HCM CITY — The dearth of enormous sums of cash to maneuver citizens from landslide – and natural disaster-prone areas causes it to be hard for local government bodies to satisfy the Government's target.Families residing in 100s of landslide-prone areas and 60 river valleys threatened by surges were set to become gone to live in safe areas and assisted with moving, based on the Secretary of state for Agriculture and Rural Development.Pham Khanh Ly, deputy director from the ministry's Department of
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