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Monday, April 28, 2014 09:31 A joint venture between South Korea’s LOTTE and Japanese investors has gotten the in-principle approval of Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities to build a US$2-billion Smart Complex of shopping mall, hotel, office and apartments.    The “Smart Complex” will be established in the Corea Area (Area 2A) , of Thu Thiem New urban area in District 2.   LOTTE JV hopes to build the complex as a key Landmark of Thu Thiem, which will become an international financial center of HCMC like China’s Pudong District, as well as in the Southeast Asia.    Covering 10 hectares, the Smart Complex will consist of high-class shopping mall, hotel, office buildings, service residence and residential apartments.    The project’s Master Plan is expected to be completed within this year, and then it will be conducted in phases to be in line with the progress of infrastructure development in Thu Thiem.    T...

VietNamNet Bridge – The market is about 30 km north of Qui Nhon city, Binh Dinh province and it opens from 3-4am. A special feature of the Go Gang market is that it opens from 3am and closes at about 4-5am. The second special point is that it only sells conical hats and materials to make conical hats.  The transactions take place under the lights of oil lamps. The market is not noisy or bustling as ordinary markets. After making 10-20 conical hats, local women take their products to the market.  Every day, a woman can make from 7-10 products and they sell them for VND10,000/unit ($0.5). This traditional job does not bring about high income but it is a good job during harvest time. At the conical hat market, the buyers and sellers seem to know each other very well. After sell conical hats, women buy materials right at the market to make new products. Go Gang conical hats are then transported to other regions and even to Laos and Cambodia. ...

25th April 2014 VietNamNet Bridge – Thirty red-headed cranes have returned to the Tram Chim National Park in the southern province of Dong Thap to “settle down” there, thanks to efforts to conserve the biodiversity. Thousands of birds flying in the blue sky over the green forests and rivers is the scene millions of travelers have witnessed when visiting the land of Dong Thap. The natural conditions there remain nearly primitive, with no human intervention. These are a part of the outcome of the biodiversity conservation project co-implemented by Coca-Cola and WWF (World Wildlife Fund) over the last several years. The water levels in the different areas of the national park have been adjusted in a reasonable way so as to preserve the biodiversity in environments with different conditions.  Special attention has been paid to develop co nang (Eleocharis atropurpurea), the main food source of red-headed cranes. The cranes are currently on the brink of e...

Compagnie Carabosse, a group of French fire exhibitionists, lit up the Truong Tien Bridge in Hue with 4,000 oil lamps, Friday night, as part of an international festival that's underway in the imperial city.

(Thanh Nien new, Monday, April 21, 2014) A helicopter tour around the world-famous Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the north-central province of Quang Binh will begin operating at the end of this month.  Three trips for 60 tourists will depart on April 26 or 27, Saigon Tiep Thi  (Saigon Marketing) newspaper quoted the tour operator, Oxalis Adventure Tours Company, as saying.  The company said the helicopter will fly around the 85,700 hectare (211,769-acre) park before flying over the Garden of Edam – a jungle housed inside Son Doong, the world's largest cave. The helicopter will also alight at the entrance of En (Swift) Cave, so tourists can explore the cave which goes 1,645 meters back into a mountain.  According to Oxalis, En cave is a feeder to Son Doong and was once named one of the most captivating caves on earth by National Geographic .  A half-day tour costs VND3 million (US$140) per tourist, while...

VietNamNet Bridge – On 9th-10th February 2014, the second horse fighting festival was held in Bang Hanh commune of Bac Quang district, Ha Giang province, with 20 selected pairs. The mat is inside the circular line. A beautiful mare was put on for two male to vie with each other. The horse that gets out of the line twice is considered the loser.  

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VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty ancient mango trees of over 220 years old in the central province of Phu Yen have been named the heritage trees of Vietnam. These trees are located on the campus of a Buddhist temple named Tu Quang or Da Trang in Can Luong village, An Dan commune, Tuy An district. A ceremony was held on the morning of February 9 at the temple to celebrate the title. At the ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Dieu, vice president of the Vietnam Association for Conservation of and Environment (VACNE) presented the certificate of the Vietnam Heritage Tree to the temple managers. On this occasion, the temple welcomed thousands of pilgrims. According to official documents, the mango trees were planted by a Buddhist monk named Phap Chuyen in 1793. The mangos were very delicious so they were offered to the kings. Today, the mango trees of over 220 years old still yield fruits annually.

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