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VietNamNet Bridge – Farmland has been lost, and forests and coastal sand banks have been devastated in Thua Thien-Hue Province because of projects that developers have yet to implement.
Travel News 23/8
Chinese visitors return to Da Nang; Promotional tours increases; Bac Giang to host sixth festival for ethnic minorities; Viet Nam makes HuffPo list of cheapest tourist destinations; Hue offers heritage site discounts to lure visitors
Limestone mine creates sinkholes
VietNamNet Bridge – Limestone mining is responsible for sinkholes
that are destroying rice fields in Phong Xuan Commune, a senior official
in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue said on Tuesday.
Streptoccoccus suis kills 58-year-old man
VietNamNet Bridge – The Preventive Health Centre in central Thua
Thien-Hue Province has announced the first human fatality caused by a
new case of Streptococcus suis bacteria that affects pigs.
Tourism comes to quiet fishing village
VietNamNet Bridge – Families living near the country's largest lagoon
have made a living from fishing for generations. Today, community-based
tourism offers them the chance to earn more money and also preserve
their resources.
Thua Thien-Hue welcomes nearly 41,000 foreigners during Tet
VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Thua Thien-Hue
received about 60,000 tourists, including 41,000 foreigners, during the
first three days of the Lunar New Year (Tet).
Century-old Dong Ba Market remains true to roots
VietNamNet Bridge – Despite competition from modern supermarkets,
Dong Ba Market in Hue City, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue,
remains as bustling as ever.
One more solar panel project faces ill fate
VietNamNet Bridge – A sizeable solar panel project in Thua Thien-Hue
Province is now facing the possibility of being shelved as the foreign
partner has withdrawn from what will become the third such large-scale
project in the country facing the axe.
Rare giant muntjacs discovered in Saola reserve
VietNamNet Bridge – Staff of the Saola Nature Reserve in the
central province of Thua Thien-Hue have discovered the existence of
giant muntjacs (Muntiacus vuquangensis), a rare animal species, in the
area.
Central region’s tourism services resume after storm
VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists can now return to the ancient town of
Hoi An, Danang and Thua Thien-Hue after a typhoon earlier whipped the
central region and ground travel services to a halt.
Experts warn preservation of traditional architecture ‘urgent'
VietNamNet Bridge – The communal house in Viet Nam is traditionally
the soul of the community, thus thoughtful preservation of these old
houses is essential to keeping traditional cultural values alive and
well.
Truck blaze closes Hai Van Tunnel in 20 minutes
VietNamNet Bridge – A lorry carrying tractors burst into flames just
1.1km inside the Hai Van Tunnel at 6:50am in the central city yesterday
morning, June 20, closing the tunnel for 20 minutes.
Central national park reopens to visitors
VietNamNet Bridge – After nearly three years' infrastructure
upgrades, Bach Ma (White Horse) National Park in Thua Thien-Hue Province
reopened to visitors in late April.
Large whale with 90 wounds strands on Hue coast
On May 11, fishermen of Thua Thien-Hue province
discovered a whale had floated to Binh An sea near the port of Chan May,
about 1 km from the coast.
Thua Thien-Hue: Commune chair apologizes to local man
The chairman of Huong Vinh commune, in Thua Thien – Hue province, had to go to the home of a local
resident to offer apology to this man for taking harsh behaviors against
and illegal capturing him.
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 8/4
ADB helps Thua Thien-Hue develop green urban areas; Over 100
illegally-traded air guns seized; HCM City looks to combat rising child
obesity; Red Cross projects secure local partnership
SPORTS IN BRIEF 14/3
SGXT fail to make AFC progress; Hue to host short-course swimming
champ; Dac Lac reign supreme in national kickboxing cup; Ha Nam's women
take control of football tourney
Former party official accused of falsifying wartime achievements
A rare case of denouncement was brought up in
Thua Thien-Hue Province by a group of veterans who accused a former
party leader of lying about his wartime record to gain the status of
"Hero of the People's Armed Force".
‘Azakooh’ festival proposed as national intangible heritage
The People’s Committee in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has proposed to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to recognize the ‘Azakooh’ festival and ‘Zeng Weaving’ in A Luoi District as national intangible heritage.
