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A total of 980 billion VND (42.14 million USD) has been poured into a water supply project in Hai Lang district, the central province of Quang Tri.

A wide range of local staples are being showcased at an One Commune One Product (OCOP) fair which opened on Trinh Cong Son pedestrian street in Hanoi on October 10.

On October 12, 1960, the Liberation News Agency was established in the battlefield of Duong Minh Chau (Tay Ninh) - the base of the National Liberation Front of Southern Vietnam.

The central province of Quang Tri has mobilised a total of 65.63 trillion VND (2.82 billion USD) for building new-style rural areas over the past decade, the provincial steering board for national target programmes reported.

Police in the central province of Quang Tri’s Huong Hoa district on October 7 arrested a man illegally transporting five Java pangolins, which are in the list of endangered rare species and banned from trading.

The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on October 7 sentenced eight defendants to death and another to life imprisonment for trafficking 379 heroin bricks weighing over 132kg and 55kg of methamphetamine.

The Republic of Korea General Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City and the Korean Business Association in the southern province of Binh Duong presented 219 scholarships worth over 700 million VND (30,400 USD) to poor students with outstanding academic performance on October 7.

The Border Guard High Command in the central province of Quang Tri has been working with security forces from Laos’ Savannakhet province to arrest two Lao suspects for trafficking 215,000 pills.

A ceremony was held in the mountainous district of Huong Hoa, the central province of Quang Tri, on October 2 to announce and present the President’s decision on granting Vietnamese citizenship to Lao migrants living in border areas.

Nearly 300 explosive devices were successfully defused in Xy commune, Huong Hoa mountainous district, the central province of Quang Tri on September 25.

The People’s Committee of central Quang Tri province has approved in principle three wind power projects with a combined investment capital of nearly 5 trillion VND (215.6 million USD), online newspaper baodautu.vn reported.

Amata VN, a subsidiary of Amata Corporation, is studying the feasibility of establishing a fourth industrial park in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri.

The border guard, customs and police forces in the central province of Quang Tri have broken an international drug trafficking ring, arresting two Nigerian men and seizing 14.7kilogrammes of crystal meth.

Secretary of the Quang Binh provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council recently had working sessions with leading German firms operating in clean energy, especially in wind power, in Berlin, as part of investment promotion activities in Germany from September 13 – 17.

The National Assembly Standing Committee on September 16 agreed with the addition of the Irish government’s non-refundable aid worth 77.49 billion VND (3.36 million USD) into the State budget estimate for this year.

A ceremony was held on September 16 in Cam Hieu commune, Cam Lo district of the central province of Quang Tri to launch the construction of Cam Lo-La Son section on the major North-South Expressway.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has offered incense to commemorate fallen soldiers at Truong Son National Martyrs’ Cemetery and Road 9 National Martyrs’ Cemetery in the central province of Quang Tri.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 15 paid tribute to martyrs at the Quang Tri Ancient Citadel on the occasion of their death anniversary (September 16).

The central coastal province of Quang Tri has attracted many foreign investors in energy, from thermal, gas, to wind and solar power, which is a strength and a key industry of the locality.

Vietnam and Cuba agreed to boost the balanced development of bilateral trade and promote Vietnamese investment in the Caribbean nation during the 37th session of their Intergovernmental Committee that concluded on September 12.