May 6, 2011
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Vietnam sign a loan package during the annual ADB meeting in Hanoi The Asian Development Bank and the State Bank of Vietnam on Thursday signed a US$1.38 billion financial assistance package to enhance the country’s clean water access, conserve threatened forests and ease traffic gridlock. The total cost of [...]
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May 4, 2011
An Afghan mother, who lost relatives in Afghanistan’s wars is pictured in 2010 cradling a child at a mass grave on the outskirts of Kabul. Afghanistan is the worst place in the world to be a mother and Norway is the best, an annual report released Tuesday said. “Afghanistan has the highest lifetime risk of [...]
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January 23, 2011
Scientists urge for urgent action as more than one-fourth of water wells in the Red River Delta are contaminated with the carcinogenic chemicals A resident in Vietnam’s Red River Delta shows skin lesions caused by arsenic poisoning. Scientists have warned against an “alarming” contamination of arsenic and other toxic chemicals in the Delta’s groundwater. [...]
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February 3, 2010
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Tuesday signed an agreement to loan Vietnam US$45 million for giving people in the central region access to clean water and sanitation. Vietnamâs government and project beneficiaries, meanwhile, would contribute $5 million to the six-year project starting from this year, an ADB press release said.The Central Region Rural Water Supply [...]
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January 21, 2010
The agriculture ministry aims to supply clean water to 85 percent of population this year but an official is worried the country will face water shortage if the government does not protect the resource. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said it would try to ensure that 70 percent of houses in rural areas [...]
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January 21, 2010
Vietnam seeks WIPO assistance; French Ambassador honoured for educational contributions; Dominican party names office after Ho Chi Minh; Vietnam, Algeria promote friendship, cooperation Vietnam seeks WIPO assistance Vietnam hopes to receive more assistance from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), especially to finalise its legal system on intellectual property (IP) and train IP officials.State President [...]
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January 2, 2010
Ho Chi Minh City will provide clean water at prices almost double existing rates from March this year to meet higher demand, the municipal administration has affirmed. The new prices will be raised by around 10 percent every year until 2013, the city Peopleâs Committee announced at a press briefing last week.The lowest price, for [...]
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December 22, 2009
Around 96 percent of the people in inner Hanoi have tap water while six wards in Hoang Mai and three wards in Long Bien have no access to treated water yet. Nguyen Nhu Hai, the general director of the Hanoi Clean Water Company, asserted that, after raising water charges as of January 1, 2010, the [...]
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December 20, 2009
Hanoi will expand the supply of clean water to all its downtown area residents as well as a few outlying districts next year, but they would have to accept higher prices. LookAtVietnam – Hanoi will expand the supply of clean water to all its downtown area residents as well as a few outlying districts next [...]
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December 16, 2009
While HCM City is trying to reduce its water loss water pipes and tanks have repeatedly been reported broken at many drainage and water supply projects in the city. While HCM City leads in Vietnam for the water loss ratio – around 40 percent – water pipe breakages have occurred frequently. According to Nguyen Van [...]
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