Calling home

A short story by Trương Anh Quốc

More efforts made to locate missing fishermen

A vessel from the Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre of Region 1 has located the remains of a missing fisherman whose boat was sunk recently.

Sun Group opens new cruise port

Real estate and construction Sun Group on April 28 opened a new cruise port to serve as a safe, convenient and high-class gateway for visitors coming to take a tour of Hạ Long Bay.

Sun Group opens new cruise port Real estate and construction Sun Group on April 28 opened a new cruise port to serve as a safe, convenient and high-class gateway for visitors coming to take a tour of Hạ Long Bay.

Three people die after boat sinks on artificial lake

Three people aged from 18 to 20 drowned on Tuesday and another girl is in a critical condition in hospital after their boat overturned and sank on Đa Tôn Lake – an artificial lake in Tân Phú District, the southern province of Đồng Nai.

Tanzania buries ferry disaster dead as toll hits 224

Tanzania declared the whole nation was in mourning on Sunday as the first dozen bodies were buried from a devastating ferry capsize on Lake Victoria that left people 224 dead.

No electricty, no roads, no hope: A village neglected

Big infrastructure projects like hydropower plants are meant to make people’s lives better, but the opposite is true in Quảng Nam Province.

Highlands people bet their lives to secure livelihood

The rainy season has arrived in Việt Nam’s Central Highlands, and people living along the Ea Rớt River in Đắk Lắk Province, again, risk their lives using handmade rafts and cables to cross the river.

Bãi Xép, a village full of heroes

In Bãi Xép, a small, peaceful village on the south-central coastal of Bình Định, a handful of fishermen have taken on the task of rescuing container ships foundering in heavy seas.

12 dead in Nigeria boat capsize

 Twelve people were killed when a passenger boat capsized in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos on Sunday, the government said, blaming the accident on overcrowding.