The farms, which produce 97 percent of China's lavender, now sport a sea of purple, and have turned into a major tourist attraction with an annual festival, as the plant has reached full bloom. Located in the Ily Valley, Huocheng has a similar climate condition of that in Provence, France, which has become the largest lavender producer in the world. Huocheng, however, takes home the title of second place, and currently has 1,400 hectares of lavender farms. The region has also been called oriental province. In recent years, many nearby farmers have moved from planting traditional crops, such as growing corn and wheat, to filling their fields with lavender. The move has become the result of the growth in the lavender business, which has become bigger and more profitable.
The fatalities, up from 36 reported on Tuesday, were recorded in Quang Nam, Nghe An, Dak Lak and Gia Lai provinces, while the missing were reported mostly in Quang Nam and Binh Dinh provinces, according to the committee.
The extra precautions follow two recent terrorist attacks in the city. A man detonated a bomb in the city's subway system on Dec 11; injuring only himself. And an Islamic State-inspired attacker drove down a bicycle path on Halloween, killing eight people before he wrecked his truck and was shot by police.
The film has also been shown at 15 film festivals in other countries.
The expert called BRICS an ideal platform for increasing the level of accessibility of integration for developing countries.
The family and hospital have clashed over what led to Ma's death.
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The ferry left Niigata Port on Japan's main island at 11:30 am local time, carrying 121 passengers and four crew, and was expected to reach its destination on Sado Island at 12:30 pm local time.
The executive said Hyundai is confident of China's future growth and ongoing reform and opening-up.
The fight over ICE detentions goes to the core of each party's view on immigration. Republicans favor rigid enforcement of immigration laws and have little interest in easing them if Democrats refuse to fund the wall bordering Mexico. Democrats despise the proposed wall and, in return for border security funds, want to curb what they see as unnecessarily harsh enforcement by ICE.
The figures are daunting: Hong Kong's GDP growth forecast for this year has been revised down to as low as minus 7 percent, the jobless rate has hit a 15-year high of 5.9 percent, while starting pay for graduates is falling.