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My Son Sanctuary (Photo: VNA) Quang Nam (VNA) – More than 100 objects and photos, including 100 year-old images, featuring the preservation and development of the UNESCO-recognised My Son Sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam are on display at an exhibition that opened on November 21. The exhibition aims to mark Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23) and 20 years since the sanctuary won the recognition of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Once the religious and political capital of the Champa Kingdom, My Son Sanctuary is located in a hilly landscape in Duy Phu commune, Duy Xuyen district, about 70 km southwest of central Da Nang city and 40 km from Hoi An city. It comprises eight groups of 71 monuments built throughout the 7th to 13th centuries.  The first construction of My Son dated back to the 4th century under the reign of Bhadravarman for the worship of God Shiva-Bhadresvara. But later on, the temple was … [Read more...] about Exhibition highlights preservation of My Son Sanctuary

The Government will provide an advance to pay for the repatriation ofthe bodies of victims found dead last month in a containerlorry in Essex, the UK, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son. Talking with reporters on November 21 on the sidelines of the National Assembly’s eighth session, Son said that the advance payment aims to support the victims’ families to repatriate the dead in a safe and prompt manner. The provinces where the victims were from are tasked to work with the families of the victims to repay the money to the Government, said Son. The Deputy FM added that relevant parties have discussed with the UK side about whether to bring the ashes or the bodies of the victims home, as well as flights and necessary procedures. If any enterprises wishing to support the families in the work, they should work directly with the localities and the families, he added. According to an official document released the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the fee to bring a … [Read more...] about VN Gov’t to provide advance for repatriation of UK lorry victims

The city's high-rises could barely be seen from 500 meters away on Thursday morning. Vision was limited by the haze, especially at the My Thuy roundabout in District 2, which was the most polluted spot in the city according to several air monitoring results. The air pollution has been visible to the naked eye since Thursday last week. The Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded by IQAir AirVisual, a Switzerland-based air quality monitoring facility was an average 154 across different locations in HCMC on Thursday morning. AQI levels above 100 are considered unhealthy. Weather expert Le Thi Xuan Lan said the southern part of Vietnam was entering the dry season with occasional rains in certain locations, so the humidity in the air was not high. The gray blanket covering the city over the past few days, therefore, was air pollution, she said. "Haze is happening more and more frequently, although at different levels. This never happened in the past," Lan said. She said the reason was that the … [Read more...] about Haze envelops Saigon again as air pollution reaches hazardous levels

Cao Tung Son, Director of the Center of Environmental Monitoring under the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment, said at a press conference Wednesday that traffic was responsible for the most part of the pollution considering the large number of vehicles on the city’s roads. There are 37 traffic jam hotspots in the city that generate a huge amount of emissions, he said. Data from 19 traffic locations show that more than 50 percent of the pollutants are suspended dust. High concentrations of pollutants above the safety level are regularly recorded at Cat Lai in District 2, Huynh Tan Phat - Nguyen Van Linh intersection in District 7 and intersections connecting the city to its western and eastern neighbors. Among them, My Thuy roundabout in District 2 was the most polluted spot in the city. The environmental monitoring center used air quality monitors at 30 spots for 10 days every month for the last nine months at two time frames: 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. and 3 to 4 … [Read more...] about HCMC choked by exhaust fumes, factory smoke and construction dust

Friday's Tale An apology rejected By Son Nguyen Thursday,  Nov 21, 2019,20:37 (GMT+7) An apology rejectedBy Son Nguyen The culprit made an apology when questioned by the police over his brutal attack on a nurse at HCMC-based Children’s Hospital No. 1 last Saturday, but the belated remorse has been grossly rejected, not just because of the absence of sincerity in his admission to wrongdoing, but rather the painful attack on both the victim and the society. Attacks on health workers have emerged a chronic disease that needs to be given stronger prescription beyond easy-going apologies. The incident has been front-paged in the mainstream media over the past few days, and stirred public anger given the severity of the brutal act against the nurse. According to Thanh Nien, a man and his wife took their nine-year-old son to the hospital for asthma checkup, and the doctor instructed health workers to give the kid nebulizer … [Read more...] about An apology rejected