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Photos capture northern beauty

Photos capture northern beauty

Land and country: Images by Vietnam News Agency photojournalists showing the landscapes and ethnic categories of the northern mountainous region take presctiption display in the exhibition The Color of Mountainous Region. Community: A photograph shows ethnic women in a festival.

ADB to lend $80 million for road upgrades

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Vietnamese Government yesterday signed a loan agreement of US$80 million to fund road upgrades in six remote provinces in the northern mountainous region.

Ban fails to halt pollution from unlicensed gold mines

Ban fails to halt pollution from unlicensed gold mines

Despite the Prime Minister's decision to suspend granting mineral exploration licences, illegal gold mining is continuing in the northern mountainous provinces of Bac Kan and Cao Bang, resulting in serious pollution.

General elections wind up in success

General elections wind up in success

The elections of deputies to the 13th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2011-2016 term had finished in all cities and provinces nationwide by the midnight of May 22.

People nationwide cast votes on elections day

People nationwide cast votes on elections day

The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang is a leading locality in the country with 99.78 percent of its voters having cast their ballots to elect deputies to the 13th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2011-2016 term by 17hrs on May 22.

ADB extends rural loans of 210 mln USD

ADB extends rural loans of 210 mln USD

The ADB was committed to three loans worth 210 million USD to help rural Vietnam.

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.

Cold snap prompts fears for stock

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked municipal and provincial People's Committees to take drastic measures to protect livestock from the prolonged icy weather.

Two more cold spells to hit northern region

Two more cold spells to hit northern region

Two consecutive cold spells will hit the northern region this week with the temperatures dropping to between 5-8 degrees Celsius

Two more cold spells to hit northern region

Two more cold spells to hit northern region

Two consecutive cold spells will hit the northern region this week with the temperatures dropping to between 5-8 degrees Celsius

From Politics
NA talks about changes to work law

NA talks about changes to work law

Employees harvest whitened-leg shrimps in the Hung Bien Ocean Items Co Ltd within the central province of Quang Binh. The draft amended Work Code, that was talked about through the NA yesterday, is anticipated to make sure workers' proper privileges including salaries, overtime and maternity leave. — VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hung HN — The Nation's Set up talked about a variety of concerns associated with work issues throughout a session which was

PM greets mind of Lao inspectorate

HN — Pm Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday confirmed that Viet Nam always supported co-operation between its relevant agencies and also the Inspection Commission from the Lao Individuals Revolutionary Party Central Committee and also the Government Inspectorate of Laos. Dung made the statement while finding the commission mind, Inspector-General Bounthong Chitmany.Dung stated co-operation would concentrate on training human assets within the sector in addition to swapping encounters within the combat and protection