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Almost 20 years ago, Vu Tri Long, now 50 years old, was listed as a poor man in Village 5, Song Cau Town, Dong Hy District in the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked authorities of the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen to make more efforts for greater socio-economic achievements in the coming time.

Four people died and one got injured after they, riding the same scooter, ploughed into the median strip of a main street in Thai Nguyen city, the northern province of Thai Nguyen, on August 25.

A delegation from the Indonesian Army Command and General Staff College visited Vietnam’s Military Region 1 on August 7.

The garment-textile sector will gain significant benefits but, at the same time, face several challenges brought about by the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) once it takes effect, experts said at an online conference on August 2.

The Thai Embassy in Vietnam on July 28 organised some charitable activities in the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Thailand’s King Rama X.

Nearly 200 maps, photos, documents and objects on Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos are being displayed at an exhibition opened in Dai Tu district in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on July 23.

The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the People’s Committee of the northern province of Thai Nguyen on July 12 held a ceremony to start the Vietnam Summer Camp 2019.

The Lao State has recognised significant contributions of collectives and individuals in Vietnam’s northern Thai Nguyen province to training human resources for the Lao northern provinces of Luang Prabang, Phongsaly, Luang Namtha, and Oudomxay.

Export revenues of the northern province of Thai Nguyen hit 13.9 billion USD in the first six months of the 2019, a year-on-year rise of 12 percent and equivalent to 50.4 percent of the yearly plan, reported the provincial People’s Committee.

Apart from long-established tea brands like Tan Cuong and La Bang, the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen boasts a once-famous tea – Song Cau.

The US Air Force Band “Final Approach” staged nearly 20 stellar art performance items at an exchange with the Thai Nguyen University in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on June 8.

The Hessen State Ministry for Science and Art (HSMSA) and the German World University Service (WUS) on May 28 granted scholarships to 21 outstanding Vietnamese students studying in several educational institutions in the northern provinces of Thai Nguyen and Tuyen Quang.

An exhibition was opened in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on May 10, giving visitors an insight into the historical and legal evidence proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

Busts of the founder of modern Vietnam President Ho Chi Minh and the Philippines’ national hero Jose Rizal were unveiled at Thai Nguyen University in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on May 2.

Mai Van Tinh, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Steel Corporation (VNSTEEl) and Dau Van Hung, former General Director of VNSTEEL were detained by for investigations into their alleged legal violations in the second phase of the production expansion project of Thai Nguyen Steel and Iron Corporation (Tisco).

A get-together was held in University of Education under Thai Nguyen University on April 12 to celebrate the traditional New Year of Laos – Bunpimay.

A delegation of the Ivory Coast Government on March 27 visited the Thai Nguyen University of Education in the northern province of Thai Nguyen to study the university’s experience in training teachers as well as its education-training strategy amidst international integration.

The northern province of Thai Nguyen is striving to develop Thai Nguyen city as a catalyst for its development, at the cost of 100 million USD, including 1.8 trillion VND (77.5 million USD) in loans from the World Bank.

The northern province of Thai Nguyen is now home to 22,000 ha of tea plantations, with Tan Cuong tea accounting for around 30 percent. The province is now working hard to preserve and improve this kind of tea plant, which have been grown for 70 years, towards producing high quality tea leaves.