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  More boat sinks off Malaysia

  (10:37:03 AM 20/06/2014)

  Nine people are still missing after a boat carrying 27 Indonesians sank in Sepang waters off the Malaysian state of Selangor on June 19.

  Tags: More, boat, sink off, Malaysia
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  Soc Trang Province ready for first ‘Ngo’ Boat Race Festival

  (09:08:31 AM 16/11/2013)

  The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang has already prepared for the first ‘Ngo’ Boat Race Festival of the ethnic Khmer people to be held from November 14-17, according to Tran Thanh Nghiep, Vice Chairman the People’s Committee.

  Tags: Soc Trang, first ‘Ngo’ Boat Race Festival
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  HCM City to offer Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe boat tours this September

  (12:46:42 PM 26/06/2015)

  Formerly the "smelly" canal, Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe, which runs through the five major districts in central Ho Chi Minh City, has been revived and is about to become the ideal place for visitors to enjoy boat trips.

  Tags: HCM City, Nhieu Loc -, Thi Nghe, boat tours , this September,
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  Vietnamese farmers make solar-powered boat

  (11:12:28 AM 14/07/2015)

  Farmers in the Mekong River Delta have invented boats that can run smoothly with no noise or pollution to the environment, and are especially suitable to serve ecotourism.

  Tags: Vietnam, solar energy, MST,
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  Octogenarian repairs boats for six decades in Saigon

  (17:06:16 PM 15/08/2014)

  In the past there were dozens of boat-repair enterprises in District 8’s Kenh Doi in HCM City, but today, only Nguyen Van Hai, 83, offers the service to fishermen and boat enthusiasts.

  Tags: Octogenarian, boat repair
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  Life in the poorest “oasis” in Vietnam

  (16:00:26 PM 22/03/2014)

  About 100 households in a commune of Luc Ngan district in Bac Giang province have lived without electricity, travel by boat and had no means of communication for many years.

  Tags: Dong Mam, oasis, luc ngan, bac giang, reservoir
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  Boating along O Lau River

  (21:29:22 PM 23/02/2015)

  To make a boat tour along the O Lau River, we departed at a wharf in Hoi Ky Village in Thua Thien-Hue Province, where bamboo clumps mirrored in the clear water. We slowly sailed past My Xuyen carpentry village and Phuoc Tich ceramic village, which is famous for its centuries-old wooden houses.

  Tags: O Lau River, boat tour, Phuoc Tich ceramic village, Tam Giang Lagoon,
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  Photos: The road to Perfume pagoda in the autumn

  (14:30:08 PM 29/11/2014)

  Around 60km southwest of Hanoi, Perfume Pagoda is one of the largest and unique religious sites in Vietnam. It comprises a complex of pagodas and Buddhist shrines built into the limestone cliffs of Perfume Mount, scattered alongside the mountain up to the peak. To reach the well-known pagoda, visitors must go by boat on the Yen stream.

  Tags: Photos, The road, Perfume, pagoda, the autumn, Yen stream
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  Australian fined for killing great white shark

  (16:18:33 PM 13/02/2014)

  An Australian man who killed a great white shark by ramming it with his boat and beating it with a pole has been fined A$18,000 ($16,000; £9,000).

  Tags: Australia, killing, great white shark, local ecosystem,
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  Orange object not MH370 life raft: Vietnam aviation authority

  (08:14:48 AM 11/03/2014)

  Vietnamese navy boat HQ 637 has salvaged a floating object near the purported crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane but found out it is not a life-raft as earlier suspected, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

  Tags: air craft, MH370, Malaysia, Vietnam