Last update 11:46 | 14/10/2017 –  vietnamnet

VietNamNet Bridge – Residents of Cao Duong Commune in Hoa Binh Province call the stone quarries scattered around their modest homes “death valley”. The name reflects reality. Residents say at least six miners died this year while working at the mines, where employers exploit both stone and workers.

Local residents carry explosives to blast rock. — Photo Lang Quan – Tam Ninh

The image of workers standing precariously at the top of quarries, drilling without protective equipment, is a familiar one. So are residents carrying bags of explosives to the top of the mountain.

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vietnamnews – Update: October, 14/2017 – 08:00

Rapidly increasing water levels in Đáy River has submerged Yên Bằng Commune, Ý Yên District, in the northern province of Nam Định. VNA/VNS Photo Công Luật

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — At least 54 people died, 31 others were injured and 39 are missing due to heavy rains and floods triggered by a tropical depression hitting northern and central localities in recent days, according to National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention.

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Last update 14:29 | 14/10/2017 –  vietnamnet

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Xuan Mai, head of the Department for Labour and Population Statistics of the General Statistics Office, discusses with the Nong thon Ngay nay (Countryside Today) newspaper measures to reduce the rate of undocumented workers. 

Nguyen Thi Xuan Mai. — Photo baodautu.vn

What do you think about the presence of undocumented workers in Viet Nam?

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UN Dispatch

By: Mark Leon Goldberg on October 12, 2017

The US will downgrade its embassy there to an observer mission.

This is the rationale they gave.

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Last update 12:00 | 14/10/2017 –  vietnamnet

VietNamNet Bridge – The ways of manipulating the stock market are getting more sophisticated despite serious punishments. 

The State Securities Commission (SSC) in mid-September imposed a fine of VND550 million on Phan Sy Hai for violations of regulations.

Hai was found using 28 accounts, including three in his name and 25 in other names to manipulate the price of VMD shares of Vimedimex, a pharmacy company, in the months from January to April 2016.

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