November 17, 2011
A part of Dung Quat oil refinery in the central province of Quang Ngai. The refinery is the mainstay of the Dung Quat Economic Zone. Coastal economic zones have developed strength in numbers, but failed to pull their weight. They are characterized by sluggish development, low occupancy rates, modest investments and very small contribution [...]
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August 2, 2011
Traditional boat racing in Ninh Thuan Province's Ca Na Beach. Photo by Van Truong. A "coastal villages festival" began Sunday in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan Province to promote the sea tourism industry, Nguoi Lao Dong reported. The festival, part of the National Year of Coastal Tourism in the South-Central Regions program, gathers the [...]
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July 9, 2011
The Mekong Delta’s famed coastal crab preparation has caught on in major cities Rice porridge with ba khÃa is among the popular dishes in the Mekong Delta. The wetland-dwelling ba khÃa (three-striped crab) is most popular in the southern coastal provinces of Bac Lieu and Ca Mau where locals consider the creature a familiar [...]
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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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June 10, 2011
Australia and Germany provided US$63.7 million to the extended Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems Program (CCCEP) in Vietnam. The funds will be used to restore mangrove forests, build advanced sea dikes and educate coastal residents about sustainable cultivation techniques. Under an agreement signed Friday, the program will be implemented in the Mekong Delta provinces [...]
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May 23, 2011
The military-owned telecom giant Viettel will cooperate with 28 coastal provinces and cities to survey locations for establishing tsunami warning systems this week. The surveys are scheduled for three days starting Monday from the northern province of Quang Ninh to the southernmost province of Ca Mau. Surveyed locations will be those that are less [...]
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April 1, 2011
Wind turbines in the south-central province of Binh Thuan Now is the right time for Vietnam to seriously think about changing the status of wind power from an alternative to a more mainstream source of energy, experts say. Authorities in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan last week approved the construction of a US$250 million [...]
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March 11, 2011
Natural gas storage tanks burn at a facility in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, Japan March 11, 2011 The biggest earthquake on record to hit Japan struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-meter tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, ships, cars and farm buildings. The Red Cross in Geneva said [...]
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December 7, 2010
Salt farmers working in a field in the central coastal region. Scientists say that today’s severe and unpredictable storms have significantly impeded traditional salt harvests. A close-up look at losses and damages to shrimp and salt farmers in Ha Tinh and Ca Mau provinces aims to persuade international donors for a national program in [...]
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January 22, 2010
The PM approved plans for a system of coastal roads stretching from the Nui Do and Mui Ngoc ports in Quang Ninh to the Ha Tien border in Kien Giang, totaling 3041 kilometers. A coastal road in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province (photo: VNExpress). The coastal road system will be based on current roads, plus [...]
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