Vinatex to Invest VND3.5T for Cotton Cultivation in Vietnam Central Highlands The Vietnam Textile and Garment Corporation (Vinatex) said it will finance VND3.5 trillion (US$207.1 million) for central highlands provinces of Dak Nong, Dak Lak and Gia Lai to develop the cotton cultivation area. Vinatex will provide local cotton growers with seeds, tools, technical support and commit to purchase the products with a priority price. Vietnam needs about 200,000 tons of cotton for its textile and garment production each year, said a Vinatex official. However, the domestic cotton industry meets less than 2 per cent of the demand. Vinatex has targeted to raise the productivity of the cotton sector to 40,000 tons of raw cotton by 2015 and 60,000 tons by 2020 in order to ensure security of materials for the textile and garment sector and meet 10 per cent-15 per cent of the country’s demand in the future. (New Hanoi, VNS) more news … [Read more...] about Vinatex to Invest VND3.5T for Cotton Cultivation in Vietnam Central Highlands
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Jilted lover stabs rival to death in Vietnam Central Highlands
A 51-year old man in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, who allegedly killed his rival in love and severely injured the woman he loved last Saturday, turned himself in a day later, local police said. Nguyen Van Tranh told them the woman’s plan to marry his rival was what drove him to attack them. Tranh, a married man with five children, said he had regularly visited the house Tran Thi Lieu, 42, a widow living near his house, and helped her with her daily activities for the last three years. But Ha Van Vinh, a widower and also aged 51, began to turn up daily at Lieu’s house since last month and managed to win her affection. The two men had met at her house Saturday evening, and both refused to be the first to leave. Lieu waited until 10 p.m and then asked Tranh to leave, but he agreed to leave only if Vinh did too. She then threw Tranh’s shoes out of the door, making him furious. He went into the kitchen, grabbed a knife and chased after her, slashing her in … [Read more...] about Jilted lover stabs rival to death in Vietnam Central Highlands
Vietnam Central Highlands City Seeks to Open Air Route to Singapore
Vietnam Central Highlands City Seeks to Open Air Route to Singapore Authorities in the central highlands province of Lam Dong paid a visit to Singapore to discuss the opening of direct flights between Da Lat city and the ASEAN country. The three-day visit, starting on June 1, is also aimed to call for Singaporean investors in tourism and to boost sales of farm produce to the country. Currently, Da Lat receives flights from Hanoi and the central city of Da Nang. (Vietnam Agriculture) more news … [Read more...] about Vietnam Central Highlands City Seeks to Open Air Route to Singapore
“Vietnam Central Highland in the 1950s of Twentieth century” exhibition opens
(Cinet)- As many of 34 photos about ethnic minority groups and custom in the Central Highlands taken by French photographer Jean - Marie Duchange are on display at an exhibition in Hanoi, on July 10. The photos were taken during his visits to the Central Highland region from June 1952 to July 1955 and were selected from nearly 200 photos that his daughter Évelyne Duchange and granddaughter Nadège Bourgoin presented to the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. Museum Deputy Director Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Duy Thieu spoke highly of the photo collection, saying they help visitors know more about daily lives of ethnic minority people in the Central Highland region, as well as their architectural art, traditional customs and religious rituals. … [Read more...] about “Vietnam Central Highland in the 1950s of Twentieth century” exhibition opens
Police search for armed bank robber in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
Police are searching for the male suspect in a failed bank heist at an Agribank branch in the Central Highlands city of Buon Ma Thuot on Wednesday. The man fled after firing a homemade gun at a security guard, lodging the bullet in a mirror attached to a concrete column. “The robbery occurred at noon on Wednesday. A man broke into the bank, fired his gun and fled. We have pinpointed his location to a local coffee farm and are working to have him arrested,” said Major General Tran Ky Roi, police chief of Dak Lak Province. According to Nguyen Van Du, director of the Agribank branch where the attempted robbery occurred, the man had arrived at the bank at around 10:55 am on a motorbike, dressed in all black, wearing a mask over his face, and talking on a mobile phone. The bank’s executives were holding a meeting on the second floor of the building at the time. When a security guard approached the man and asked him to remove his mask before entering bank, the man … [Read more...] about Police search for armed bank robber in Vietnam’s Central Highlands