Quang Nam

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Dam bosses keep eye on drought

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hydro-electricity plants will adjust their operations to provide enough water for agriculture production and domestic use in the lowlands of Thu Bon-Vu Gia rivers.

Home-stay service - a new experience for tourists

VietNamNet Bridge – Holiday-makers will have a chance to experience the daily life of local people in My Son Village, Duy Phu Commune, Duy Xuyen District, central Quang Nam Province through a new community tourism model.

Festival honoring values of heritages

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors will be free to visit Hoi An Ancient Town and the My Son temples (Quang Nam provinces) during the Festival that will take place from June 21 to 26.

Three bodies found in 400 meter deep gold pit

The cause of death of the three gold miners in Quang Nam province is believed to be suffocation due to lack of oxygen. Every day, the locals still risk their lives to seek gold in gold pits left from the French colonial period.

Mangrove trees protect villagers from hard times

VietNamNet Bridge – All their neighbours were cutting down trees, attracted by the prospect of making money quickly. But people in one village refused to let their forest be destroyed.

Posthumous Gold Star Order bestowed on late acting president

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Committee of the central province of Quang Nam held a ceremony yesterday, April 15, to posthumously honour late Acting President Huynh Thuc Khang with the Gold Star Order.

Quang Nam veal recognised as Vietnamese specialty

 VietNamNet Bridge – Barbequed Cau Mong veal from Dien Ban District in Quang Nam Province has been recognised by the Viet Nam Records Organisation as a national specialty.

Quang Nam tries to save ethnic culture

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rapid modernisation and modern lifestyles are threatening the survival of the ancient Cham culture and other ethnic traditions in central Quang Nam Province,

Da Nang to bring hydro-power plant to the Congress

Deputy Chief of the National Assembly delegation of Da Nang - Huynh Nghia – has confirmed to report to the National Assembly the issue related to Dak Mi4 hydropower plant, which did not discharge water to save the downstream region from drought.

Hydropower plants asked to discharge water to mitigate droughts

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hydropower plants in the central province of Quang Nam have been urged to discharge water to prevent severe droughts in the area.

Hydro plant compensates residents over damages

 VietNamNet Bridge – Investors of the Tranh River 2 Hydropower Plant in central Quang Nam Province are compensating locals for the damages the plant has caused.

North-south Honda 67 ride to roll next month

Gold mining company Besra is arranging a north-south trip entitled “The Great Honda 67 Ride Vietnam” next month from Hanoi to HCMC to raise funds for healthcare support for underprivileged women and infants

Quang Nam police destroys marijuana farm

The cannabis farm of a peasant in Trung Luong village in Tam Ky Tay commune, Nui Thanh district, Quang Nam province has been destroyed by the Nui Thanh district police forces on March 19.

My Son tourism village opens

VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Quang Nam officially opened the My Son community tourism village near the World Heritage Site of the same name on March 14.

Hoi An: World’s favourite destination

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ancient Hoi An town wins the hearts of tourists with its laid-back lifestyle and the sincerity, plainness and enthusiasm of its residents.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 6/3

  Quang Nam war massacre marked commemorated in Quang Nam; Australia, Vietnam cooperate on AO/dioxin victims’ struggle for justice; Vietnamese killed in fishing ship fire in South Africa

400 year-old pottery village in Hoi An

Pottery artworks simulating the British icon – Big Ben, the Sydney Opera of Australia, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris ... are unique products of the pottery village of 400 years old, which is located in the middle of Hoi An. 

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 25/2

  Nam Giang District to host Gong festival; Festival highlights cosplay culture; Vietnam, Korea artists hold painting exhibition; Cat Ba seeks UNESCO World Heritage recognition

Boat trip to Kim Bong wood carving village

 VietNamNet Bridge – Drifting for over 30 minutes from a small port on Thu Bon River in Quang Nam Province, I started my discovery to Kim Bong wood carving village in Cam Kim Commune on the opposite side of Hoi An ancient town.

Prime Minister directs to rescue Quang Nam’s ethanol plant

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the State Bank of Vietnam to coordinate with the related agencies to help Dong Xanh JSC remove difficulties for the Dai Tan ethanol plant in Quang Nam province.