Following the Am Hon altar ceremony, many Hue City residents prepared offerings to honor those who perished during the fall of the Hue imperial capital in 1885.
A 70-year-old man died after burning undergrowth caused a fire to spread through an acacia and melaleuca forest in Que Son commune; authorities initially suggest the victim suffocated from smoke while attempting to control the blaze.
The owner of a buffalo herd discovered 11 of his 12 buffaloes dead in the upstream area of Ta Trach lake, with authorities initially suspecting a lightning strike.
Covering furniture with tarps, sealing doors, and moving meal tables to the kitchen are how many Hanoi families cope with the dust from urban land clearance projects.
Hundreds of households in Co Do commune, Can Tho city, are forced to keep their doors shut year-round, using screens for protection as dust from rice mills covers homes, trees, and roads.
