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Rescue Operations Underway Following Landslide - Vietnam

Rescuers work at the landslide site in Vietnam's northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, on May 16, 2025 At least five workers were killed and three others injured on Friday following a landslide at a hydropower plant construction site in Lai Chau, according to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA). (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

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Rescue Operations Underway Following Landslide - Vietnam

This photo taken on May 16, 2025 shows the landslide site in Vietnam's northern mountainous province of Lai Chau. At least five workers were killed and three others injured on Friday following a landslide at a hydropower plant construction site in Lai Chau, according to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA). (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

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Rescue Operations Underway Following Landslide - Vietnam

This photo taken on May 16, 2025 shows the landslide site in Vietnam's northern mountainous province of Lai Chau. At least five workers were killed and three others injured on Friday following a landslide at a hydropower plant construction site in Lai Chau, according to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA). (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

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Rescue Operations Underway Following Landslide - Vietnam

A pair of boots is seen at the landslide site in Vietnam's northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, on May 16, 2025. At least five workers were killed and three others injured on Friday following a landslide at a hydropower plant construction site in Lai Chau, according to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA). (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

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Rescue Operations Underway Following Landslide - Vietnam

Rescuers arrive at the landslide site in Vietnam's northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, on May 16, 2025. At least five workers were killed and three others injured on Friday following a landslide at a hydropower plant construction site in Lai Chau, according to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA). (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

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Rescue Operations Underway Following Landslide - Vietnam

Rescuers arrive at the landslide site in Vietnam's northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, on May 16, 2025. At least five workers were killed and three others injured on Friday following a landslide at a hydropower plant construction site in Lai Chau, according to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA). (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

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Rescue Operations Underway Following Landslide - Vietnam

Rescuers arrive at the landslide site in Vietnam's northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, on May 16, 2025. At least five workers were killed and three others injured on Friday following a landslide at a hydropower plant construction site in Lai Chau, according to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA). (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

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Bridge Collapse Leaves Four Dead and Five Injured - South Korea

Rescue personnel work at the site of a bridge collapse in Anseong, South Korea, February 25, 2025. Four workers were killed and six others were injured Tuesday after a bridge collapsed in South Korea's highway construction site, according to the fire authorities. The structure, comprising four or five plates placed on top of the bridge, collapsed at the highway construction site in Anseong, some 65 km south of Seoul, at around 9:49 a.m. local time (0049 GMT). Photo by Sun Yiran/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bridge Collapse Leaves Four Dead and Five Injured - South Korea

Rescue personnel work at the site of a bridge collapse in Anseong, South Korea, February 25, 2025. Four workers were killed and six others were injured Tuesday after a bridge collapsed in South Korea's highway construction site, according to the fire authorities. The structure, comprising four or five plates placed on top of the bridge, collapsed at the highway construction site in Anseong, some 65 km south of Seoul, at around 9:49 a.m. local time (0049 GMT). Photo by Sun Yiran/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bridge Collapse Leaves Four Dead and Five Injured - South Korea

Rescue personnel work at the site of a bridge collapse in Anseong, South Korea, February 25, 2025. Four workers were killed and six others were injured Tuesday after a bridge collapsed in South Korea's highway construction site, according to the fire authorities. The structure, comprising four or five plates placed on top of the bridge, collapsed at the highway construction site in Anseong, some 65 km south of Seoul, at around 9:49 a.m. local time (0049 GMT). Photo by Sun Yiran/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bridge Collapse Leaves Four Dead and Five Injured - South Korea

Rescue personnel work at the site of a bridge collapse in Anseong, South Korea, February 25, 2025. Four workers were killed and six others were injured Tuesday after a bridge collapsed in South Korea's highway construction site, according to the fire authorities. The structure, comprising four or five plates placed on top of the bridge, collapsed at the highway construction site in Anseong, some 65 km south of Seoul, at around 9:49 a.m. local time (0049 GMT). Photo by Sun Yiran/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bridge Collapse Leaves Four Dead and Five Injured - South Korea

This photo taken on February 25, 2025 shows the site of a bridge collapse in Anseong, South Korea. Four workers were killed and six others were injured Tuesday after a bridge collapsed in South Korea's highway construction site, according to the fire authorities. The structure, comprising four or five plates placed on top of the bridge, collapsed at the highway construction site in Anseong, some 65 km south of Seoul, at around 9:49 a.m. local time (0049 GMT). Photo by Sun Yiran/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bridge Collapse Leaves Four Dead and Five Injured - South Korea

Rescue personnel work at the site of a bridge collapse in Anseong, South Korea, February 25, 2025. Four workers were killed and six others were injured Tuesday after a bridge collapsed in South Korea's highway construction site, according to the fire authorities. The structure, comprising four or five plates placed on top of the bridge, collapsed at the highway construction site in Anseong, some 65 km south of Seoul, at around 9:49 a.m. local time (0049 GMT). Photo by Sun Yiran/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workforce shortage jeopardizing Australian infrastructure projects: report

STORY: Workforce shortage jeopardizing Australian infrastructure projects: report SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 12, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of construction sites STORYLINE: Major Australian infrastructure projects are under threat from massive workforce shortages, a government report has warned. Infrastructure Australia on Tuesday published its annual market capacity report, revealing a shortfall of 229,000 public infrastructure workers. According to the report, the shortfall - as well as a shortage of construction materials - is jeopardizing infrastructure projects worth 230 billion Australian dollars (151 billion U.S. dollars) over the next five years, Australia's green energy transition, and a government plan to build 1.2 million new homes. "With so much construction activity underway, the industry is finding it increasingly difficult to source key building materials and workers - particularly engineers, skilled trades a

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4 dead, 5 missing following central China landslide

STORY: 4 dead, 5 missing following central China landslide DATELINE: July 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescuers working at the landslide site STORYLINE: Four people died, and five are missing after a landslide hit a highway construction site in central China's Hubei Province on Saturday, local authorities said on Tuesday. The death toll rose by two on Tuesday, said the rescue headquarters. Two missing people were found on Tuesday, and one was retrieved but showed no vital signs. Rescuers were still trying to recover the other, who was initially believed dead. The first two bodies of the missing people were recovered on Sunday and Monday. The landslide struck a construction site in Yueshan Village in the Tujia Autonomous County of Wufeng in Yichang City at approximately 4 p.m. Saturday. Nine people -- all construction workers -- were initially reported missing, and five more were injured. Rescue workers are using more than 500

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2 dead, 7 missing following central China landslide

STORY: 2 dead, 7 missing following central China landslide DATELINE: July 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue sites STORYLINE: Two people were killed and seven are missing after a landslide hit a highway construction site in central China's Hubei Province on Saturday, local authorities said on Monday. The landslide struck a construction site in Yueshan Village, which is located in the Tujia Autonomous County of Wufeng in Yichang City, at approximately 4 p.m. Saturday. Nine people -- all construction workers -- were initially reported missing, and five were reported injured. According to the rescue headquarters, one missing person was retrieved at 5:05 p.m. Monday, but showed no vital signs. The first death was reported on Sunday. Hundreds of rescue workers are using more than 500 rescue devices and heavy machinery to continue search operations for the seven people who are still missing. Rescue official Wang Mougang said the rescue eff

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1 dead, 7 missing in central China landslide

STORY: 1 dead, 7 missing in central China landslide DATELINE: July 9, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:01 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue sites STORYLINE: Local authorities said Sunday that one person has been confirmed dead while seven others are still missing after a landslide hit a highway construction site in central China's Hubei Province on Saturday. Rescue teams have identified the location of another person, who was previously reported missing, and are currently carrying out a rescue operation. Another five people were reported injured in the landslide. The landslide struck the construction site in Yueshan Village, Tujia Autonomous County of Wufeng in Yichang City, at around 4 p.m. Saturday. The Ministry of Emergency Management has activated a level-four emergency response to geological disasters and sent a working group to the site to guide emergency handling. More than 390 rescue workers are conducting search operations at the site. A total of 17 nearby local resi

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HUNGARY-RAILWAY-CONSTRUCTION-BRI-COOPERATION

(230511) -- BUDAPEST, May 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bartha Gyorgy Janos works at China Railway Electrification Engineering Group (Hungary) Kft. in Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 22, 2023. Bartha Gyorgy Janos works as a deputy director of office at China Railway Electrification Engineering Group (Hungary) Kft. He joined the Hungary-Serbia railway project in January 2020 as a translator and interpreter. As the work expands, Gyorgy now leads a translation team of five members. The translation work at the project includes much knowledge on railway specialties, which made Gyorgy feel fulfilled. The project may help Hungary become a logistic hub in Central and Eastern Europe, according to Gyorgy. At the offices, construction sites, or even out in the fields, experts, workers from different parts of the world joined together for their common goal that is to build and upgrade the railway linking Budapest in Hungary to Belgrade in Serbia, a major project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), symbolizing deep cooperation betwe

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5 killed in construction accident in Türkiye's Izmir

STORY: 5 killed in construction accident in Türkiye's Izmir DATELINE: Dec. 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident STORYLINE: At least five workers were killed, and two others injured on Friday after the collapse of a construction crane in Türkiye's western city of Izmir, according to the local media. The NTV news channel reported that the crane, belonging to a skyscraper construction site in the Bornova district, fell towards the building, with some pieces falling off onto the construction containers where the workers stayed. Emergency services were dispatched to the area, while the cause of the accident was not immediately clear. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Istanbul, Türkiye. (XHTV)

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Fatal accident off Japan's southernmost island

TOKYO, Japan - File photo take in April 2005 shows Okinotori Island, Japan's southernmost territory. Five construction workers have died and two remain missing after a floating pier they were building overturned on March 30, 2014, and they fell into the sea off the island, the land ministry said.

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Tunnel flood at refinery

OKAYAMA, Japan - Divers resume their search on Feb. 8, 2012, for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction the previous day at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture.

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Tunnel flood at refinery

KURASHIKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 8, 2012, shows divers resuming their search for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction the previous day at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture.

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Tunnel flood at refinery

KURASHIKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 8, 2012, shows divers resuming their search for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction the previous day at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture.

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Tunnel flood at refinery

OKAYAMA, Japan - Divers search for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012.

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Nishimatsu agrees on redress fund with former forced laborers

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Yicheng, one of five Chinese victims of forced labor during World War II, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2009, after Nishimatsu Construction Co. agreed to set up a 250 million yen trust fund to compensate the five and 360 former co-workers.

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Nishimatsu agrees on redress fund with former forced laborers

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Yicheng (L), one of five Chinese victims of forced labor during World War II, shakes hands with a lawyer representing Nishimatsu Construction Co. during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2009, after Nishimatsu agreed to set up a 250 million yen trust fund to compensate the five and 360 former co-workers.

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China participates in five events at WorldSkills Competition 2022 in France

STORY: China participates in five events at WorldSkills Competition 2022 in France DATELINE: Oct. 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: BORDEAUX, France CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of WorldSkills Competition 2022 in France STORYLINE: The Chinese team is competing in five events at the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition in France, which takes place from Oct. 19 to 22 in Bordeaux, France. The five events are digital construction, nursing, industrial design (CAD), mobile robotics, plastering and dry construction. Zhang Lei, technical representative of the Chinese team, told Xinhua on Wednesday that China has participated in the WorldSkills Competition six times in a row and that participation in the international craft competition would help encourage skilled workers to improve their professional abilities and promote the spirit of craftsmanship. Known as the "Olympics of Crafts and Trades," WorldSkills is an international competition held every two years that pits young professionals

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EGYPT-NEW ALAMEIN--ICONIC TOWER PROJECT

(220801) -- NEW ALAMEIN, Aug. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers operate at the construction site of the T01 Iconic Tower of the Alamein Downtown Towers Project in New Alamein, Egypt, July 31, 2022. China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) on Sunday started the construction of the main structures of five residential skyscrapers in New Alamein City on Egypt's Mediterranean northern coast. The Alamein Downtown Towers Project is another significant new city development cooperative project between China and Egypt after the Central Business District (CBD) project in the new administrative capital of Egypt. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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5 feared trapped after under-construction building collapses in Indian capital

STORY: 5 feared trapped after under-construction building collapses in Indian capital DATELINE: April 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of collapsed building 3. various of Delhi fire service and NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) team 4. various of rescue operation 5. various of Delhi police and local people 6. various of ambulance STORYLINE: At least five laborers are feared trapped under the rubble of an under-construction building that collapsed Monday in Satya Niketan locality in the Indian capital New Delhi, officials said. "We rushed fire tenders to the spot. People here are telling us five workers are trapped underneath the debris," an official of Delhi Fire Service told media, adding that rescue work is underway. India's National Disaster Response Force personnel have also been brought to the spot to find the trapped ones, officials said. The rescuers have pressed in heavy machinery like earthmovers to remove the rub

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Nishimatsu agrees on redress fund with former forced laborers

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Yicheng, one of five Chinese victims of forced labor during World War II, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2009, after Nishimatsu Construction Co. agreed to set up a 250 million yen trust fund to compensate the five and 360 former co-workers. (Kyodo)

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Nishimatsu agrees on redress fund with former forced laborers

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Yicheng (L), one of five Chinese victims of forced labor during World War II, shakes hands with a lawyer representing Nishimatsu Construction Co. during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2009, after Nishimatsu agreed to set up a 250 million yen trust fund to compensate the five and 360 former co-workers. (Kyodo)

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Tunnel flood at refinery

OKAYAMA, Japan - Divers resume their search on Feb. 8, 2012, for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction the previous day at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Tunnel flood at refinery

KURASHIKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 8, 2012, shows divers resuming their search for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction the previous day at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Tunnel flood at refinery

KURASHIKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 8, 2012, shows divers resuming their search for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction the previous day at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Tunnel flood at refinery

OKAYAMA, Japan - Divers search for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012.(Kyodo)