среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Hanoi axes millennium fireworks after deadly blast

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has canceled dozens of fireworks displays planned across the capital for Hanoi's 1000th anniversary celebration, two days after four people were killed in a pyrotechnics accident while preparing for the event, officials said Friday.

The government had planned fireworks in 29 different sites Sunday as part of celebrations of the millennial anniversary of Hanoi's founding, a much-promoted event intended to stoke national pride and demonstrate how far the country has advanced beyond its long history of war.

The official Communist Party website said Friday that fireworks would be canceled.

The notice did not mention this week's blast at My Dinh …

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