The border guard force of the northern province of Dien Bien, in coordination with the security force of Muong May district in the Lao province of Phongsaly, on June 15 arrested three Lao drug traffickers, seizing 20kg of opium.
A project partly funded by a World Bank loan is being carried out in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang, aiming to help more than 26,000 farming households adopt sustainable agricultural production practices.
At Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, each ethnic group in Vietnam has its own culinary specialties that reflect the culture of their people and are used as offerings to worship their ancestors.
Police in the northern port city of Hai Phong on August 20 busted a drug trafficking ring led by Bui Thi Thu Trang, born in 1984, arresting more than 20kg of drugs of different kinds.
The traditional Vật Cầu Nước or mud ball wrestling festival is an important celebration in Vietnam. It reminds people of their need for weather benefiting the culture of rice.
Traffic police nationwide stepped up cracking down on traffic rule and law offences from January 16 to February 15 and ensured traffic safety and social order during the seven-day Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).
Rich or poor, Vietnamese at home or abroad carefully cook traditional dishes to put on the home altar to worship their ancestors during Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Thai police have seized a total of 7.4 million speed pills and 20 kilograms of crystalline methamphetamine (ice) in the northern province of Lambang in the last two days.
Police in the northern mountainous province of Son La arrested a
four-member drug gang armed with a gun and a grenade on October 1,
confiscating 161 heroin cakes in Vietnam’s largest illegal drug haul so
far.
The Ngo boat race of Khmer people in the Mekong delta, which has been
upgraded to become a festival this year, concluded in Soc Trang province
on November 17, after four days of various cultural activities.
Bearing inside them a lively and thrilling beauty, a solemn
philosophy, these stones have long been endowed with the spirit of
heaven and earth. Through time, collecting gemstone has become an
elegant and obsessive hobby among the capital's citizens.
Residents of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are working hard to reap full
benefits of the annual flooding season which brings in fertile silt,
plenty of fish and other marine creatures.
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