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Digging the blues in Vietnam

Tuesday 27 June 1995 23:02 BST
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Digging the blues in Vietnam

Hanoi - Up to 10,000 sapphire hunters have flocked to the Truong Xuan district in Vietnam's central highland. Most days 2,000 to 3,000 are digging away on a 4,000-hectare site. AFP

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