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In the News (Thu 16 Feb 12)

  
 :: Vietnamtourism.gov.vn :: - Bac Ninh old area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bac Ninh Province is situated partly on the lowlands and hills of North Vietnam, 30 km from Hanoi.
Bac Ninh Province is situated partly on the lowlands and hills of North Vietnam.
Bac Ninh is one of the cradles of Vietnamese civilization and a hub of numerous big cultures and religions.
www.vietnam-tourism.com /vietnam_gov/e_pages/Dulich/touspot/bacninhold.asp   (694 words)

  
 Bus Explodes in Vietnam
The investigation police of Bac Ninh province arrested and prosecuted Nguyen Van Thuan, 46, in Dai Bai commune, Bac Ninh province for the offence of ‘illegally making, storing, transporting, usage and trading of explosives,’ according to lieutenant colonel Nguyen Kien, vice director of Bac Ninh province’s police department.
She called on the authorities of the northern province of Bac Ninh to provide assistance to the victims and their families.
Bac Ninh province recently announced that it is to allocate VND 500,000 for each victim and pay all medical charges for their first 10 days in hospital.
www.geocities.com /hoan_kiem/06-2003/VN-bacninhbusexplodes.html   (620 words)

  
 Bac Ninh Province -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bac Ninh (in (A native or inhabitant of Vietnam) Vietnamese, Bắc Ninh) is a (The proper sphere or extent of your activities) Province of (A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945) Vietnam.
It is located in the north of the country, being situated to the east of the Vietnamese capital, (The capital city of Vietnam; located in North Vietnam) Hanoi.
Historically, Bac Ninh province and the neighbouring (Click link for more info and facts about Bac Giang province) Bac Giang province were united as Ha Bac province.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/bac_ninh_province.htm   (304 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bac Giang (in Vietnamese, Bắc Giang) is a Province of Vietnam.
Bac Giang is not far the Red River, but does not actually touch it.
Increasingly, the province is becoming known as a producer of fruit, particularly pineapples and lychees.
www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Bac_Giang_province   (234 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
There are 10 administration units at district level: Bac Giang town, son dong, luc ngan, luc nam, yen the, lang giang, yen dung, viet yen, tan yen, hiep hoa districts.
There are 6 administration units at district level: Bac Ninh town, que vo, yen phong, tien son, thuan thanh, gia luong districts 3.
There are 4 administration units at district level: Bac Lieu town, hong dan, vinh loi, gia rai districts - Ca Mau province (area: 5,204.41 sq.m, population: 1,067,925).
coombs.anu.edu.au /~vern/ban_do/province.txt   (631 words)

  
 Festivals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Festival is held from January 5 to 7, in honour of the founder of the weaving trade, and involves a contest in weaving on the lake, human chess.
The Festival is held from January 7 to 14, in honour of Duong Canh, a personality during the reign of' hung Kings and the genius of the village.
Ii is aimed at beseeching rains and reflects the religious beliefs of the agricultural population.
www.vnstyle.vdc.com.vn /myhomeland/festivals/January.html   (2364 words)

  
 VietSpace Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Held in Cua Ong Temple, Quang Ninh Province, in memory of Tran Quoc Tang, the third son of Tran Hung Dao, who defeated many enemies and brought peace to the region in the 13rd century.
The first celebration (on the 16th to 22th day of the 1st lunar month) is held in memory of the Buddhist monk Huyen Quang and the second one (on the 15th to the 20th day of the 8th lunar month) is held in memory of Nguyen Trai, a famous scholar from the 15th century.
Held in Quang Ninh Province, in memory of the establishment of the ancient fishing village of Tra Co, founded about 600 years ago.
vietspacetravel.com /festival.htm   (2260 words)

  
 Secrets of Vietnam Mummies
The discovery of mummified monks in the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Ha Tay has amazed scientists and researchers alike, prompting them to study the secret technique that has kept these bodies intact.
It was entombed in a brick tower of the pagoda for 200 years and was preserved during the period.
It was found in northern Thanh Hoa province and is preserved in the history museum in Ha Noi with its face intact but flened.
www.geocities.com /js778811/vietmummiesq122604F.htm   (441 words)

  
 Báo Điện tử - Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam
Bac Ninh aims to reach 15 per cent year on year development from 2001 to 2010.
The province also plans to finish the Bac Ninh Sports and Culture centre, with an investment of VND7 billion, by this year.
The province will help handicraft villages find markets for their products, and it will encourage local people and enterprises to invest in tourism advertisements.
www.vneconomy.com.vn /eng?param=article&catid=12&id=050221143811   (610 words)

  
 Culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The province’s economy is developing at a stable growth in all sectors.
Practising the spirit of thrift, the province will finance only part of the festival and the remainder will be mobilised from financial assistance from domestic and international enterprises.
The province is planning to register the Buon Ma Thuot trademark for its coffee to preserve its reputation and quality.
www.vov.org.vn /2005_02_20/english/vanhoa1.htm   (1383 words)

  
 AccessVietnam - Festivals in Vietnam
The festival of the ethnic groups living in the North around Cao Bang, Bac Kan and Lao Cai marks the beginning of the new harvest.
The biggest water festival of its kind is held fishermen in Ba Ria, Vung Tau Province.
Organized by the Khmers in the south of Vietnam, in Soc Trang Province.
www.accessvietnam.net /Festivals.html   (2292 words)

  
 Feature Articles - FESTIVALS IN KINH BAC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Lim festival in Bac Ninh Province, held on the 13th day of the first lunar month, however is the most popular.
The native village of the Ly Dynasty (1010-1225) is Bang Village (or Dinh Bang, Tien Son District, Bac Ninh Province).
Giong Festival, Phu Dong Village, Hanoi (formerly Phu Dong festival of Bac Ninh) Giong is a genie and legendary hero who defeated northern invaders in ancient times.
www.gocvietnam.com /fa_festivals_in_kinhbac.html   (1633 words)

  
 VietNam News
A quan ho singer performs at Lim Hill in the northern province of Bac Ninh.
Lan is one of the older generation of singers at the annual Lim festival of quan ho villages of Bac Ninh Province, which started yesterday.
Lan said she failed to persuade her granddaughter, who is a trader in Ninh Hiep market in the capital city’s suburb, to become a quan ho singer.
vietnamnews.vnanet.vn /showarticle.php?num=02FES220205   (958 words)

  
 Quang Ninh Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Quang Ninh is a mountainous and coastal province, with more than 80% of its area being made up of mountains and hills.
Climates: Quang Ninh’s climate is symbolic of the climate in the North Vietnam; featuring all four seasons.
Ethnologically, Quang Ninh is made up of 21 ethnic groups, but only 6 have a population of over 1,000.
www.vietnam-tourism.com /vietnam_gov/e_pages/Hanhchinh/64info/quangninh.htm   (1083 words)

  
 Bac Ninh Festivals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Description of the festival The annual Keo Pagoda Festival lasts three days during which lots of religious and traditional rituals and customs are held in celebration of the Buddhist monk who rendered great merits to the people and the country.
It was first organized in 1962, for the inauguration of the Avalokiesvara Bodhisattva statue in Hoa Nghiem cave at Thuy Son, west of Ngu Hanh Son Mountains.
The culture-tourism week and Sen Village Festival opened in Vinh City in Nghe An Province on May 15, drawing the participation of officials from the Ministry of Culture and Information and the Nghe An Culture and Information Department, and around 600 artists across the country.
vietnamstopover.com /festivals.asp?Title=Bac+Ninh+Festivals&...   (1504 words)

  
 Economics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The northern province of Bac Ninh is piloting the clustering of inter-regional craft villages as part of its master plan on industrial parks.
The village is a typical craft village in Bac Ninh province.
"The development of clusters of craft villages in Bac Ninh province is a result of policy implementation and an attempt to restore and develop the innate potential of traditional craft villages," Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Sy said.
www.vov.org.vn /2005_03_04/english/kinhte1.htm   (690 words)

  
 Vietnam detects one more suspected bird flu case   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The boy from Quang Binh province tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the virus, said Nguyen Tran Hien, director of the National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology.
On Thursday, Phan Nhu The, director of the general hospital in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue told Reuters poultry in the boy's village in the nearby province of Quang Binh had been infected by the H5N1 virus.
Yesterday, Than Nien News said a person from the northern province of Bac Ninh was admitted to the Institute of Tropical Disease in Hanoi in "relatively good" condition with suspected avian flu.
discuss.agonist.org /yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=21026   (2451 words)

  
 Thanhnien News
The northern provinces of Bac Ninh, Vinh Phuc, and Nam Dinh are consolidating efforts to improve their business environment to attract more foreign investment.
Of which, total investment into Northern provinces was slightly higher than that of Southern regions, the most advantageous area of the country in terms of foreign direct investment, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, Nam Dinh province, 100km west of Hanoi, a somewhat less advantageous province due to geographical conditions, is also trying to boost investment by carrying out site clearance for investment projects.
thanhniennews.com /print.php?catid=2&newsid=5774   (349 words)

  
 Dong Ho Village
Peasants of Ho Village in Bac Ninh Province north of Hanoi have a traditional subsidiary occupation: drawing pictures and printing them on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival.
Many of the wooden engraving plates were burned, chopped up as firewood or thrown away by the colonialist troops in their raids on Bac Ninh Province.
However, since the liberation of Vietnam in 1954 and especially since the unification of the country in 1975, there has been a resurrection of this art in Ho Village, and new groups of artists have formed in other places.
www.angelfire.com /vt/hongnam/dongho.html   (831 words)

  
 Agricultural programme harvests improved life for Vietnamese farmers
The agricultural extension programme to develop maize has been carried out in most of the provinces, particularly in the northern, Central Highlands and south-eastern regions.
Nguyen Van Tue, director of the Bac Ninh province Agricultural Extension Centre, said many farmers in the province have built high-yield rice crops thanks to the programme.
In addition, approximately 500,000 households are involved in a cow raising programme with assistance from nearly 6,000 veterinarians.
www.thepigsite.com /LatestNews?AREA=LatestNews&Display=9144   (689 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Construction of an information technology (IT) park began in the northern province of Bac Ninh on Tuesday.
The park, estimated to cost 297 billion VND, is expected to attract around 50 businesses with a combined investment of over 100 million USD for the development of software, IT application, research, education, IT and telecommunications equipment.
Bac Ninh province's five IZs, including Dong Quang, Phong Khe, Vo Cuong, Chau Khe and Dinh Bang, are full as they attracted 463 business and production establishments with a combined capital of 525 billion VND and 1.3 million USD.
www.vnagency.com.vn /NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=32&NEWS_ID=96876   (202 words)

  
 Quan ho singers deemed living legends   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
originated in the 16th century along the banks of the Hong (Red) River in Bac Ninh Province.
The nominees had to come from one of the 49 original hubs of quan ho and have belonged to a troupe before 1940.
The six artists slated for recognition are: Nguyen Thi Nguyen, 83; Nguyen Thi Khieu, 103; Nguyen Thi Be, 84; Nguyen Van Thi, 97; Ngo Thi Nhi, 81 and Vu Thi Chich, 84.
vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn /2004-01/15/Stories/15.htm   (404 words)

  
 Asia Times - News and analysis from throughout Southeast Asia
VRC director Vu Xuan Hong said the Ministry of Transport was preparing to approve investment for the first stage of the project between Ha Long and Cai Lan this year.
Nguyen Tran Thuat, deputy director of the VRC's railway project management unit, said the project would be divided into four sections: Ha Long-Cai Lan in Quang Ninh province, Co Thanh-Chi Linh in Hai Duong province and Lim in Bac Ninh province to Co Thanh and Yen Vien, on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Thuat estimated at least 400 families will be relocated in the provinces of Bac Ninh, Hai Duong and Quang Ninh, with compensation packages costing around VND178 billion ($11 million).
www.atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/FC25Ae03.html   (346 words)

  
 IWDA -- Projects in Vietnam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In the first phase, 1220 loans were made in three years, with a repayment rate of 97.2%.
This project, now in its second year, works with two communes in the Bac Ninh province, one of the main vegetable supply regions for the markets of Hanoi.
Women and men vegetable producers in Bac Ninh Province are learning safer pest management through the Safe Farming Project, October 2000.
www.iwda.org.au /work/vietnam   (671 words)

  
 Nhac Su   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Indian and Chinese influences are evident in the carvings of musicians at the base of the large columns of the 11th century Van Phuc pagoda in Bac Ninh province.
The musical instruments included the "trong bong" similar to the Indian "damaru" drum and the zither similar to the chinese seven string "kin"...
On the columns at Van Phuc Pagoda in Bac Ninh - XI century
kicon.com /PhamDuy/NhacSu/thoiky2-1.html   (76 words)

  
 Vietnam this week 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Canon Vietnam has signed a contract to lease land in Que Vo Industrial Park, Bac Ninh Province to build the world's largest laser printer factory.
Bird flu outbreaks have been reported in 254 villages in 245 of the 64 provinces and cities in Vietnam, and the Mekong Delta is the hardest hit.
The document governs foreign firms which have an employee stock ownership plan, which is defined as a trust set up by a company to make staff its partial owners.
www.saigontimesweekly.saigonnet.vn /issue05/vietnam_this_week1.htm   (937 words)

  
 Vietnam Railways
Ninh Xa Ward - Bac Ninh Town - Bac Ninh Province
Bac Le Bac Le Hamlet - Tan Thanh Village - Huu Lung District - Lang Son Province
Bac Thuy Village - Chi Lang District - Lang Son Province
www.vr.com.vn /English/gaeng/tuyendongdang.htm   (262 words)

  
 Water Actions - Viet Nam - ADB.org
This article reflects the views of the author and not necessarily the views or policies of the Asian Development (ADB), or its Board of Directors or the governments they represent.
This year's spring rice season has stimulated an unusual level of interest and activity in many of the poorest communes of Bac Ninh Province.
With support from a grant financed by the Japanese Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR), almost five thousand farming households have embarked on a campaign to lift their agricultural income.
www.adb.org /water/actions/VIE/poverty-reduction-bacninh.asp   (786 words)

  
 Welcom to us website!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
With 54 ethnic groups, most of whom live in remote areas and follow age-old customs.
"Quan Ho" is a special folk song of Kinh Bac Province, now called Bac Ninh Province.
Lim is the simple name of Lung Giang Commune of Tien Son District in Bac Ninh Province.
www.nguyenquynhtravel.com   (397 words)

  
 Festivals
DAU PAGODA FESTIVAL (Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province)
THUA PAGODA FESTIVAL (Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province)
The Festival is held on April 8, to commemorate 4 Lady Geniuses: Cloud, Rain, Thunder and Lightning.
www.vnstyle.vdc.com.vn /myhomeland/festivals/April.html   (138 words)

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