January 22, 2012
Vietnam will continue to take the US as a leading development partners, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Thursday in meeting with John McCain and other US senators on a Southeast Asia visit. He said Vietnam and the US in the coming time need to boost further cooperation in commerce and investment, and asking [...]
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November 19, 2011
A foreign tourist wades down a flooded street in the tourist town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam in 2009. Vietnam on Wednesday agreed to a declaration in Bangladesh about continuing the Kyoto protocol with 18 other climate- vulnerable countries. Â The Dhaka Declaration following a ministerial meeting filled the leadership [...]
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October 31, 2011
 Indian Sikh devotees pay their respects during Diwali at the Sikh Shrine the Golden Temple in Amritsar on October 26, 2011. As the global population hits seven billion, experts are warning that skewed gender ratios could fuel the emergence of volatile "bachelor nations" driven by an aggressive competition for brides. Many demographers believe the [...]
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September 18, 2011
Visa hassles makes globetrotter out of humiliated ‘third world’ citizen Kashi Samaddar recently received a Guinness World Record as the first person to visit the then 194 sovereign countries In 1893, Mahatma Gandhi encountered an act of racism in South Africa that galvanized his campaign against discrimination and shaped his response of non-violent resistance. [...]
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September 3, 2011
Company sends goons to beat up protesters Nguyen Van Tuan was attacked by truck drivers on August 29 after he and others at Da Nang City’s Hoa Lien Commune blocked vehicles from entering a construction site. A survey by Nielsen found environmental concerns in Vietnam has shifted from climate change to environmental pollution. The [...]
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August 13, 2011
By Danielle Nierenberg and Philip Newell* Whether fishing on the coast or farming in the fields, the people of Vietnam depend on an abundant supply of water. But as water becomes increasingly scarce, sustainable agriculture will be a key way to improve yields over the long term. In order to avoid massive water shortages, [...]
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August 7, 2011
Farmers in the Mekong Delta, a region highly vulnerable to climate change impacts A Finland-sponsored project launched Thursday will help deal with climate change impacts in Mekong Delta provinces, news website VnExpress said Friday.  Finland ambassador Pekka Hyvõnen said the embassy will donate nearly 161,000 euros (US$228,000) for the two-year project.  The funds [...]
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June 22, 2011
A five-year study found that Vietnam spends up to 3 percent of its gross domestic product on mitigating the effects of environmental pollution A woman skims rubbish out of a polluted river in Hanoi. A national environmental report has warned that increasing environmental pollution will hinder Vietnam’s economic growth. Dang Thi Thanh Loan’s sore [...]
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June 17, 2011
The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) has announced a two-day conference and exhibition this fall focusing on green business solutions for Vietnam. The GreenBiz 2011, co-organized by the Investment and Trade Promotion Center in Ho Chi Minh City and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will take place on September 15-16 [...]
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June 11, 2011
Nguyen Tan Phong, a technical officer, stands near the mangrove forest in Vam Ray. (Photo: Tuoi Tre) A pilot project aimed at using mangrove forests to mitigate erosion in a coastal village in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has come to a fruitful end. The three-year project conducted in Hon Dat District’s Vam Ray Village has [...]
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