WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Central Highlands of Sri Lanka was added to the World Heritage List by the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee (WHC) at its 34th Session in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia.

Text of report in English by state-run Vietnamese news agency VNA website [Unattributed article from the "Society" page: "Central Highlands to become nation's largest hydro-power centre"] Dac Lac (VNA) -The Central Highlands is expected to become the country's largest hydro-power centre by 2010, as it will have hydro- power plants of a combined capacity of 5,000 MW, equal to one third of the current capacity of the national power grid.

Electricity and Energy Minister, Dr. Hassan Younis, affirmed that the hydro-electric power generating projects are working at their full capacity to benefit from the high River Nile inundation and irrigation water discharge.

Text of report in English by Vietnamese news agency VNA website Hanoi (VNA) -The Prime Minister has allowed the Vietnam Coal and Minerals Group (TKV) to established joint stock companies with foreign investors holding maximum 40 per cent of stake.

Text of report in English by Vietnamese news agenc