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Fish festival brings fortune in Nghe An

A series of cultural festivities are being held across the central coastal province of Nghe An during the first month of the lunar new year, of which the fish-worshipping festival at Con Temple in Quynh Luu District is one of the highlights.

Nghe An residents in conflict with wild elephants

Together with Dak Lak and Dong Nai, Nghe An is one of three localities in Vietnam with the highest wild elephant populations. However, their natural habitat is shrinking.

A selfmade, confident woman on crutches

At the age of 36, Nguyen Thi Dai Trang from the central province of Ha Tinh, has obtained many things other people dream of -  a good business and a happy family with two beautiful daughters.

Male teachers stay the course on a difficult road

VietNamNet Bridge – Since its establishment in 1982, no female teacher has worked at a primary school in the central province of Nghe An because the working conditions are very difficult. 

Squeezing the last drop of value from an orange

 VietNamNet Bridge – An unnamed stream runs sinuously around an orange garden owned by five households in Pha Village.

Nghe An: Mining companies fail to perform environmental rehabilitation

At the peak of the ‘mining fever’, Quy Hop District in the central province Nghe An had hundreds of sites operational. Now, due to high production costs and consumption difficulties, many mining companies have shut down

Nghe An concerned about mass buying of leeches

Authorities from the rural district of Que Phong in the central province of Nghe An have asked all commune officials to ensure that locals don’t breed leeches in their jurisdictions.

Mud poured in Nghe An sea causes water colour change

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ships pouring black mud into the Nghe An Province coast were licenced and poured the waste to the right place, 

Wastewater pollutes rivers in Nghe An

 VietNamNet Bridge – Garbage and wastewater pollution from factories is threatening the Lam River and its arms in the central province of Nghe An.

Bus destroyed after fire in Nghe An

 VietNamNet Bridge – A passenger bus was destroyed after it caught fire on Thursday afternoon when it was travelling across central Nghe An Province.

Central police bust million-dollar gambling ring

Three men involved in an online soccer gambling ring that engaged in transactions worth some VND900 billion (US$39.6 million) were recently arrested by the police in central Nghe An Province.

A challenging waterfall awaits discovery

 VietNamNet Bridge – We understand where the Seven-Storey Waterfalls gets its name from as soon as we see it.

A beautiful stream that imparts beauty

 VietNamNet Bridge – We cannot be sure when it started, but a rumour about the Khe Xanh Stream has attracted visitors from all over the country to Bac Son Village in Nghe An Province.

Le Dynasty’s historic canal recognised as National Relic

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Le Dynasty’s canal running through central Nghe An Province has received the title of National Relic.

Nghe An: People live in cave to hide from heat

 A cave in the central province of Nghe An has become a cool hideaway for hundreds of people escaping the summer heat.

Hard times in a school without female teachers

VietNamNet Bridge – Every day the 41 male teachers at Tri Le 4 primary school in Tri Le Commune, Nghe An Province take turns teaching at six hamlet schools. From the commune’s center to the hamlet schools, they have to drive 40 kilometers,

Wildlife on alluvial grounds of Red River caught and sold to restaurants

VietNamNet Bridge - Bao meo (Prionailurus) that appear on the middle alluvial grounds of the Red River are often caught and sold to wildlife specialty restaurants.

Sunflowers brighten up the lives of Vietnamese youths

Located on former Ho Chi Minh Trail track in Nghia Dan District in the central province of Nghe An, the Vietnamese dairy firm TH True Milk sunflower field has become popular among young people seeking a stunning landscape since 2010.

Social protection centre heads steal $35,000 from patients

VietNamNet Bridge – Heads of a social protection centre in the central province of Nghe An embezzled nearly VND800 million from its mentally ill and elderly patients over the last five years, officials said yesterday, Nov 2.

Raising up wild boars on an herbal diet

VietNamNet Bridge – After serving in the army for years, Tran Phuc Dat returned in 1988 and joined the Youth Union in Tan Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District, Nghe An Province.