Police raid illegal iron ore mine in north-central Vietnam
Officers nabbed nine suspects and confiscated multiple trucks
China deploys 16 rescue teams to save stricken gold miners
China has deployed 16 professional rescue teams and dozens of medical personnel to try to save 12 miners trapped underground for 10 days after an explosion in a gold mine in northern China’s Shandong province, state media reported
Residents losing land to sand thieves in Ho Chi Minh City (pics)
Locals in a Ho Chi Minh City district are fighting a losing battle against illegal sand miners, as the act has triggered alarming land subsidence and caused large land plots to “evaporate”