Duyệt theo từ khóa ‘The District’

Washington, after 200 years, may get vote in Congress

It has taken a little over 200 years, but Washingtonians finally sense that their quirky status as citizens without voting representation in the U.S. Congress might just be coming to an end.

HCMC slow to relocate dilapidated apartment block residents

Families in a run-down apartment building in Ho Chi Minh City have faced potential danger for years but local authorities continue to delay their resettlement.

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Strong gusts uproot trees in city. Heavy storms with strong gusts brought down trees and caused damage to many houses in Ho Chi Minh City on May 5.. At the T-junction of Phan Van Tri a…

Illegal mining bleeds Dong Nai

Rich with sand, stone and soil, the southern province of Dong Nai is being drained of its natural wealth because of illegal exploitation.. According to the local Natural Resources and Environme…

Rangers fail to protect forest, waterfall threatened

– Forest rangers in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa have proved totally ineffective in stopping loggers from damaging a nearby waterfall, a main attraction of the provinces popular tourist park.

Early spring arrives on Con Co island

Tending vegetables on the island. .- Whenever the lunar New Year (Tet) festival comes, we have the chance to visit and bring Tet gifts to people stationed on Con Co island in the centr…

’One stop, one stamp’ lacks IT

Though the city has made progress in reforming public administration at the district level under its “one stop, one stamp” mechanism, more needs to be done to improve the system.. …

Isolation ends in Muong Te District

Life has returned to normal in Muong Te District, Lai Chau Province after construction workers repaired the sole road whose breakage has rendered the district inaccessible for nine days.. The w…

Students help fight dengue fever

A group of student volunteers from the Ca Mau Community College has been helping residents in the province fight dengue fever since its outbreak early last month.

Lai Chau village cut off for 4 days by heavy rain

Some 50,000 people in the remote Northern district of Muong Te may face food shortages after heavy downpours made access to the area close to impossible.