The bangs were heard at around 10 p.m. from the warehouse of a tank brigade in Dak Doa District of the province. People said they could still hear the noise after running several kilometers away. “After terrible explosions, fire and smoke shot up. At some point, they looked like fireworks,” a woman said, her voice shaking. She lives around three kilometers or nearly two miles away. Soldiers in nearby camps were also evacuated. Small explosions were still heard at 1:30 a.m. on January 11. An official said later in the morning that the incident has been dealt with and there were no casualties. People have returned to their homes and the cause of the explosions is being investigated.
(Cinet)- On May 14, photo exhibition entitled “Life and people in Vietnam and Japan” officially opened in Ho Chi Minh city. The exhibition held by the Union of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam - Japan Friendship Association to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Vietnamese-Japanese diplomatic ties . According to, 70 photos depicting the beauty of life and Vietnamese and Japanese people by famed Japanese photographer Teruyo Iwahori and her Vietnamese counterpart Dao Hoa Nu. The event will run until May 17.... [read more]
According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), Russia was ranked the first out of all top countries sending citizens to Vietnam with 250,000 arrivals in 2013, presenting a year on year of 71 percent.It is the second consecutive year that Russia is ranked the first position of the top leading countries sending a great number of tourists to Vietnam.By Hanh Xuan – Translated by Kim Khanh... [read more]
“We always consider Vietnam, the country of President Ho Chi Minh as our second homeland”, said Major General Somvang Thammasit, Director of the Laos People Police Academy at a meeting between two high-ranking delegations of Vietnam Ministry of Public Security with 800 officers and of Laos Department of Security in late last month. Major General Somvang Thammasit had been in Vietnam for ten years and he could speak Vietnamese as the Vietnamese. He had expressed great thank for the great help of Vietnam’s Government, people and people’s police and stressed that a large amount of knowledge he learnt from Vietnam…... [read more]
Huynh Nghiep Tan, from the secondgeneration of the Chinese people living in Vietnam, vice head of adragon dance club in Tan An city, said China’s placement of its drillingrig Haiyang Shiyou – 981 in Vietnam’s waters is an illegal act.Tan added China needs to respect Vietnam’s sea and island sovereignty and the friendship between the two countries.He said he wants China to remove the drilling rig out of Vietnam’sexclusive economic zone and continental shelf, and Chinese ships tostop ramming against and firing water cannons at Vietnamese Coast Guardand Fisheries Surveillance Force vessels.He called on theChinese people in Vietnam and the…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge – Together with local people, the Hoa (Chinese people) community in southern Long An Province has expressed their annoyance about China’s illegal placement of an oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. Huynh Nghiep Tan, from the second generation of the Chinese people living in Vietnam, vice head of a dragon dance club in Tan An City, said China’s placement of its drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou – 981 in Vietnam’s waters is an illegal act. Tan added China needs to respect Vietnam’s sea and island sovereignty and the friendship between the two countries. He said…... [read more]
