The People’s Committee of the North Central province of Quang Tri on November 22 coordinated with Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGATI) to organize the ground breaking ceremony of Quang Tri 1 thermal power plant.
More than 62,000 people in the central provinces of Vietnam have infected with deadly dengue fever in ten months of the year, a threefold increase compared to the same period last year. Worse, eight people died of the disease.
After making landfall in the Central provinces of Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa last night, typhoon Nakri weakened into a tropical low pressure system and a low pressure zone this morning, according to the National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Center.
Typhoon Matmo, which was centered in the coastal waters in the South-Central region at 8pm on October 30, has started unleashing heavy rain in some areas.
The sweltering summer traditionally starts in May and last until August annually, so recent heat waves in the northern and central regions of Vietnam are just the prelude of the scorching heat season this year, according to the National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Center.
The fishing boat of Mr. Nguyen Trung Dom in Tuy Hoa city, the central province of Phu Yen docked at Dong Tac fishing port bringing ashore 21 tunas including a 367 kilogram bluefin tuna on May 18.
All of those pigs in Dien Thai commune, Dien Chau district of the central province of Nghe An were positive for virus ASF, according to test results announced by the Regional Animal Health Agency No.3 on May 5.
Hot and muggy condition has been spreading in the central region of Vietnam with outside temperature hitting 40 degrees Celsius sometimes for the past couple of weeks; upsetting the life of locals who have been desiring a rain, causing water shortage and facilitating salt intrusion.
With the threat of coastal erosion, Vietnamese Prime Minister has approved VND1,800 billion ($77.4 million) from the state budget to provide central provinces from Nghe An to Binh Thuan.
