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Vietnam floating market struggles to stay above water

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A resident of a house boat yawns as he swings on a hammock on the vessel in a canal off the Song Hau river at the floating Cai Rang market in Can Tho, a small city in the Mekong Delta AFP/Roberto SCHMIDT

CAN THO: Fixing weighing scales used to be good business on Vietnam’s floating Cai Rang market, but the last repairman on the river now makes just a few dollars a month as modernity pushes traders to land.

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Quảng Ninh to get new port, industrial complex

VIETNAMNEWS – Update: September, 08/2017 – 14:00

An overview map of Deep C Industrial Zone. — VNS Photo

HCM CITY – Tiền Phong Industrial Zone JSC and Russia’s Seaport of Azov on Friday agreed to transform 100 hectares in Quảng Ninh Province into a hub for industrial manufacturing and port operations.

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The race to rescue Cambodian children from orphanages exploiting them for profit

Guardian- Despite good intentions, Australians and others from western countries are often propping up Asian orphanages that separate children from families. Now there’s new efforts to tackle some of the consequences of ‘voluntourism’

A family in Battambang, Cambodia, supported by the Cambodian Children’s Trust which works to keep families together and stop children going to orphanages.

A family in Battambang, Cambodia, supported by the Cambodian Children’s Trust which works to keep families together and stop children going to orphanages. Photograph: Tara Winkler

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Statue recalls the glories of the Lý Dynasty

VIETNAMNEWS – Update: September, 10/2017 – 09:00


Piece of history: The original statue of the Việt people from 900 years ago. — VNS Photo Phạm Hoàng Văn

To many first-time visitors, Hà Nội seems to be a young city not only because of so many young people out on its streets, but also because of new buildings and supermarkets, shops and restaurants, colleges and libraries. Thousands of new buildings have sprung up in the past 20 to 30 years.

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Irrigation channel unused amidst drought

Viet Nam News – Update: September, 07/2017 – 09:00

Parts of the irrigation channel are covered with grass from years of non-use, rendering it unusable. — Photo nhandan.com.vn

ĐẮK LẮK — An expensive irrigation system in Ea Súp District of the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk has been lying idle, while local crops are parched.Total investment for the project behind Ea Súp Lake in the Ea Súp District hit VNĐ 25.3 billion ($1.1 million), with the construction handled by the state-owned Irrigation Construction and Management Board No.8 (under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development).

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Myanmar: The perilous journey of Rohingya refugees [in pictures]

Al Jazeera – Recent upsurge in violence has forced about 146,000 Rohingya to cross into Bangladesh, according to UN estimates.

About 146,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from violence in Myanmar since August 25, according to United Nations estimates.


Rohingya refugees walk on the muddy path after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh. [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

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Catfish exporters need to unite as exports face trade barriers

Last update 12:00 | 06/09/2017 –  vietnamnet

VietNamNet Bridge – Analysts say that Vietnamese catfish exporters are willing to ‘fight to the death’, but they refuse to band together to discuss solutions to settle common problems.

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Duong Ngoc Minh, called the Catfish King, chair of Hung Vuong JSC, deputy chair of VASEP (Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers ) and chair of the Fresh Water Fish Committee, was absent at the annual conference of VASEP which took place on August 28 in HCMC.

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UN Environment Head: Asia must lead charge for pollution-free planet

VOA – September 07, 2017 10:00 PM – Reuters

FILE - People wear protective masks during a polluted day in Shanghai, China, Jan. 19, 2016.

FILE – People wear protective masks during a polluted day in Shanghai, China, Jan. 19, 2016.

BANGKOK — Asia-Pacific — home to more than half the world’s population and some of its fastest-growing economies — is a key battleground in the fight against pollution, one of the biggest threats to the planet and its people, the U.N. environment chief said.

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EVN reaches coal agreement

VIETNAMNEWS – Update: September, 08/2017 – 15:53

Tây Nam Đá Mài Coal Mine of Việt Nam National Coal – Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (Vinacomin) in northern Quảng Ninh Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đạt

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN) and its coal supplier Việt Nam National Coal – Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (Vinacomin) have finally reached an agreement on coal selling prices for power production.

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Garment workers in Thanh Hoá strike

VIETNAMNEWS –Update: September, 08/2017 – 17:53

Nearly 6,000 workers in Thanh Hoá Province are going on a strike, asking for more favourable labour terms. – Photo thanhnien.vn

THANH HOÁ – About 6,000 garment workers of S&H Vina company in Thành Tâm Ward, Thạch Thành District have gone on strike due to what they say inhumane conditions at the company.

The work stoppage began on Wednesday after a factory manager told workers not to sleep on sheets used to cover stock during their breaks. 

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