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At least six Thai police officers were wounded in an unusual explosion in a border area between Thailand and Malaysia in the southern province of Narathiwat on May 5.

Eighteen women whose husbands and children laid down in the fight for national liberation and protection in the southern province of Binh Phuoc were honoured with the “Heroic Vietnamese Mother” title on May 5.

A new outbreak of avian influenza A/H5N1 was reported in the southern province of Vinh Long on April 15, bringing the number of outbreaks in the country within the past 21 days to four.

Many low and narrow bridges in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province are posing potential risks of accidents for vessels and affecting the development of local waterway transport.

Localities across the country are preparing seedlings in service of dispersal tree planting and concentrated afforestation, according to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The 23rd festival of “don ca tai tu”, the musical art recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage, took place in the southern province of Long An on February 12-13.

The Binh Duong southern industrial hub has devised a working plan to implement its programme on preventing and minimising child labour for the 2017-2020 period.

The southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on November 21 reported a second Zika virus infection case.

The southern province of An Giang and the Cambodian provinces of Takeo and Kandal sealed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in youth affairs for 2016-2018 on October 11.

The southern province of Binh Duong ran a trade surplus of more than 3.4 billion USD in the past nine months, a record level for the period in recent years.

The southern province of Dong Nai is likely to attract double the targeted 1 billion USD foreign direct investment (FDI) this year.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong asked the southern province of Ben Tre to adopt short and long term plans to tackle saltwater intrusion when inspecting works against the ongoing disaster.