September 18, 2009
VietNamNet continues its coverage of debate over the Red River Delta coal basin scheme with analysis by a leading geologist and a National Assembly deputy. Exploring 210-billion-tonne coal basin: big potential, high risk Doctor of Geology Nguyen Sy Quy, former Ministry of Industry expert and a member of the the Vietnam Union of Scientific and Technological [...]
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September 16, 2009
The Vietnam Coal and Mineral Group’s scheme to develop the Red River Delta coal basin has attracted the attention of the public for its huge potential and high risk. The Red River Delta is one of the two rice basket of Vietnam.LookAtVietnam – The Vietnam Coal and Mineral Group’s (Vinacomin) scheme to develop the Red [...]
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September 8, 2009
The death toll from a coal mine gas explosion in central China’s Henan Province Tuesday has climbed to 35 with 44 trapped underground, the local safety watchdog said. Rescuers get ready at the Xinhua No. 4 coal mine in Xinhua District of Pingdingshan City, central China’s Henan Province, on Sept. 8, 2009.(Xinhua/Zhao Peng)The deadly gas [...]
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July 16, 2009
Coal mining companies have been pumping untreated wastewater into the Vang Danh Stream, pictured here, for decades. Nguyen Tien Phuong, deputy director of Vang Danh Coal Mining Company, says his family doesnât dare drink even boiled tap water. He admits that his company has been blatantly discharging untreated wastewater directly into a nearby stream that [...]
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July 14, 2009
Parts of a coal-mining site in Dai Loc District, Quang Nam Province that used to be full of trees. Residents of a commune in the central province of Quang Nam are reduced to helpless anger as they watch surrounding forests destroyed illegally by a rubber company. To rub salt in their wounds, the company admits [...]
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