Since the Dung Quat Oil refinery – the first in Vietnam - was put into operation in 2009, it has served as a booster for the Dung Quat Economic Zone and the central province of Quang Ngai as a whole to lure both domestic and foreign investments.

The central province of Quang Ngai’s potential and strengths were nudged closer to foreign investors at a conference jointly held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the provincial People’s Committee in Hanoi on October 25.

The central province of Quang Ngai has called for investment and cooperation from US businesses in energy, oil refining and industrial environment treatment technology, and to join the second phase of the Dung Quat Refinery upgrading and expansion project.

VOV.VN - A group of 16 US student volunteers have planned to build six charity houses for poor and disadvantaged households in Quang Ngai, a province in central Vietnam.

An open sea swimming tournament, Ly Son Cross Island, will see the participation of nearly 250 athletes on the Ly Son Island in Quang Ngai Province on May 28.

Dung Quat oil refinery in the central province of Quang Ngai will be expanded to raise its capacity to 171,000 barrels per day, up from 148,000, with a total investment of US$1.26 billion.

VOV.VN - The central province of Quang Ngai solemnly held a ceremony on March 16 to commemorate 504 innocent Vietnamese people killed in a massacre by US soldiers in My Lai village during the US-waged war in Vietnam 55 years ago.

A press conference was held in the central province of Quang Ngai on March 15 to announce the content of the agreement on the right to use a foreign photographer's works on the Son My massacre.

Officials of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of central Quang Ngai province had a meeting on March 8 with photographer Ronald L. Haeberle, who took pictures of the Son My massacre on March 16, 1968.

VOV.VN - Fishermen based in the central region who worked during the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, returned to shore over the past few days with a bountiful catch due to a spell of good weather and fewer fishing boats being out at sea during the festive period.