Thua Thien Hue

Update news Thua Thien Hue

Phuoc Tich ancient village fails to lure tourists

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 600-year-old village of Phuoc Tich in central Thua Thien Hue Province has lost half its natural beauty according to locals, and the rest is under threat from road and dyke works.

Catholics build graveyard for aborted fetuses

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nestled on a hillside in central Thua Thien Hue Province, a cemetery home to 45,000 graves plays host to many stories unfamiliar to most other cemeteries.

Floating community grounded by poverty

 VietNamNet Bridge – Boat people have been a part of life in many South-east Asian countries for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. Their distrust of land dwellers is often a shared emotion,

Rare book given to Hue museum

VietNamNet Bridge – A rare book about An Nam was given to the Hue Royal Antiques Museum in the central province of Thua Thien Hue yesterday, by an overseas Vietnamese couple, Bui Thi Cam Ha and Le Thai.

Aquatic weeds improve Thua Thien soil fertility

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of hectares of barren land in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue have become fertile in recent years after farmers used aquatic weeds to fertilise the soil.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 12/3

 US support for disadvantaged people in Thua Thien Hue; KOICA-funded water supply system comes into use; Mekong invests in schools, dormitories; Limit on university enrolment quotas