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By Ngoc Thanh  &nbspJuly 20, 2019 | 08:59 pm GMT+7 This is how two men of Ninh Hiep Village, Hanoi's Gia Lam District, catch rice field rats for food rich in protein. Rice field rats being caught for food in northen Vietnam The two men set up traps in rice fields to catch rats in early July after the land was plowed following the harvest season. These traps have a serrated rim and a diameter of five to six centimeters, which are used to catch two types of field rats - vole and rhizomyinae. Traps are placed in higher mounds near the fields, where rats often stay after the harvests. Villagers said that since field rats use only one path to go in and out of their holes, they would set up traps on that path that will clamp shut on the rats' legs. "June and November are the best months to catch field rats since they are fatter from eating rice. Across the fields, the villagers use dogs to sniff out the holes and dig them up. However, that method requires a lot of … [Read more...] about A rich rodent yield from a rice field in northern Vietnam

The arrests were made after managers of convenience stores on Le Loi Street in District 1 complained with local police, saying a gang of youth armed with stones and some sharp objects broke into their stores several times, taking both money and goods. Investigation found the suspects had attacked employees at local stores for robberies in at least three occassions this month. Three teenagers arrested for series of Saigon convenience store robberies On July 9, they came to one shop at 1:30 a.m., used a glass bottle to threaten an employee and took VND2.1 million ($90). Three days later, they returned and took VND1.8 million. On Wednesday night, the gang, armed with flick-knifes, carried out another robbery but it is not known how much they robbed. The three detained suspects, Pham Nguyen Ngoc Tien, 17, Tran Van Thang, 16, and Vo Nguyen Thanh Phuc, 13, said they took money to buy drugs and play online games. Last year, police in Saigon also detained 11 people, most of them … [Read more...] about Three teens arrested for Saigon convenience store robberies

By Phan Anh  &nbspJuly 20, 2019 | 09:00 am GMT+7 Chinese nationals are detained in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam, for using mobile signal repeaters illegally, July 18, 2019. Photo by Vietnam News Agency. Five Chinese nationals were detained in the northern province of Quang Ninh on Thursday for using a set of mobile signal repeaters without approval. Complaints from locals and businesses had led the authorities to investigate mobile signals in the area being disrupted, police said Friday, as cited by Vietnam News Agency. They found that the Chinese, who were residing in a house in Mong Cai Town near the border, had installed and used a set of mobile signal repeaters, disrupting signals in the area. Police have seized three antennas, two repeaters, 13 wireless phones, chargers and wires. The five nationals said they had come to Vietnam to work in trade, and that they were working for the Thanh Dat Trading Company, which is headquartered in HCMC. Authorities are trying … [Read more...] about Vietnam detains five Chinese using mobile signal repeaters

"Over the last several days, the Chinese survey ship, Haiyang Dizhi 8, and its escorts have conducted activities in the southern area of the East Sea that have violated Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and Continental Shelf as established in the provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea [UNCLOS], to which Vietnam and China are signatories," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said. The East Sea is internationally known as the South China Sea. Hang said Vietnam has contacted China on multiple occasions via different channels, delivered diplomatic notes to oppose China's violations and staunchly demanded that China stop all unlawful activities, withdraw its ships from Vietnamese waters and respect Vietnam's sovereign rights and jurisdiction over its waters, which would serve the interests of bilateral relations as well as regional stability and peace. Vietnamese authorities at sea have employed a range of of appropriate measures to exercise … [Read more...] about Vietnam demands China withdraw all ships from Vietnamese waters

The festival is to take place in the former imperial capital of Hue nearly a month earlier than its previous editions. Artists from 20 countries in the world will be invited to perform at the event, making it a biggest gala to date. The participating countries have been chosen from five continents: South Korea, China, Israel, Singapore and the Philippines (Asia); France, Belgium, Russia, England, Italy, Denmark and Hungary (Europe); the U.S., Colombia, Mexico, Haiti, Cuba and Chile (Americas); Australia (Oceania); and Egypt (Africa). Hue Festival 2020 will include street carnivals, ao dai (Vietnam’s traditional dress) shows, international food festivals and many art performances. The event will be a good opportunity for international visitors to see how the heritage town has come a long way from being the imperial capital of Vietnam’s last ruling dynasty (1802-1945) to a rising tourism star in the central region, Hue officials said. Hue, the capital of Thue … [Read more...] about Hue Festival to make an earlier entrance next year