Vietnam News Reports
A day in the control station of the Saigon River Tunnel
TUOI TRE NEWS UPDATED: 11 / 03 / 2016 16:27 GMT + 7
The‘ nerve-center’ of the Saigon River Tunnel, the largest under a river across Southeast Asia, works around the clock to ensure the seamless operation of the passageway and drivers’ perfect safety. The Saigon River Tunnel, also known as Thu Thiem Tunnel which links Districts 1 and 2 in Ho Chi Minh City, was put into operation five years ago. The 256-kilometer Saigon River snakes through Ho Chi Minh City and some of its neighboring towns. Drivers may find the relentless buzz emitted by huge reactive fans along the Saigon River Tunnel quite annoying. Traffic inside the passageway flows in two directions, each lane has six fans, spanning 1.25 meters in diameter and 3.25 meters in length, according to Doan Van Tan, deputy director of the Saigon River Tunnel Management Center. Full story: http:// tuoitrenews. vn / features / 37832 / a-day-in-the-control-station-of-the-saigon-river-tunnel
Vietnam boy burns $ 1,500 worth of bills using hair dryer
TUOI TRE NEWS UPDATED: 08 / 17 / 2016 16:45 GMT + 7
Pham Dinh Hau always turned to his hair dryer whenever his money got wet, but last weekend was the last time he would do so. On August 13, Hau, from the northern province of Hung Yen, got caught in a heavy rain, and a number of banknotes collectively worth VND32 million( US $ 1,500) were soaked. The man told Tuoi Tre( Youth) newspaper on Tuesday it was not the first time his money had been wet, and his hair dryer, set at the lowest heat level, had always fixed the issue without any problem. For that reason, Hau had his 12-year-old brother perform the task. Unfortunately, having never done it before, the young boy dried the banknotes with the highest heat setting on the device.“ My house was filled with a burning scent after only ten minutes,” Hau told Tuoi Tre. Full story: http:// tuoitrenews. vn / fun / 36551 / vietnam-boy-burns-1500-worth-of-bills-using-hair-dryer
Foreigner introduces paddle board taxi service to flooded Hanoi street
TUOI TRE NEWS UPDATED: 05 / 26 / 2016 11:42 GMT + 7
After heavy rains deluged Hanoi earlier this week, a foreign man introduced a new means of transportation to give locals a lift across the city’ s inundated streets. Photos and video clips of the man on a paddle board coasting along a flooded street went viral on Wednesday, after motorbikes and cars became almost useless after the road turned into a river. In the video, the man excites locals stuck on the street by paddling along with a banner that reads‘ thuyen om,’ or paddle board taxi.‘ Xe om,’ or motorbike taxis, may be useful during the dry season, but once streets turn into rivers, a‘ thuyen om’ does not seem a bad choice. Full story: http:// tuoitrenews. vn / society / 35003 / foreigner-introduces-paddle-board-taxi-to-flooded-hanoi-street
First bike race through Sa Pa’ s remote mountainous region set for Friday kick-off
TUOI TRE NEWS UPDATED: 11 / 03 / 2016 15:02 GMT + 7 A mountain bike through the remote mountainous region surrounding Sa Pa District in the northern province of Lao Cai will commence on Friday. The three-day‘ Vietnam Mountain Bike Marathon’ race promises a truly pioneering ride against a backdrop of the highest peaks in Indochina and Hoang Lien National Park deep in the far north... Full story: http:// tuoitrenews. vn / sports / 37828 / first-bikerace-through-sa-pas-remote-mountainous-region-set-for-friday-kick-off
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