Posts Tagged ‘ concerned ’

Residents clash with polluters 

September 3, 2011
Residents clash with polluters 

  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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Experts doubt new agreement will ease East Sea tension 

July 23, 2011
Experts doubt new agreement will ease East Sea tension 

  As China and ASEAN inch closer to a goodwill declaration on the East Sea, experts doubt that it will ease tensions Vietnamese fishermen in the East Sea. Experts have called a recent agreement to implement a regional declaration of goodwill a step toward resolving growing tensions in the East Sea. Experts have called a [...]

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Slow and steady losing the race 

January 10, 2011
Slow and steady losing the race 

  New wounds open old fears about survival of legendary Hoan Kiem Lake turtle This photo taken on December 30 shows new injuries on the neck of the Hoan Kiem Lake turtle, according to Ha Dinh Duc, who has kept a close watch on the conditions of the giant soft-shell species since 1991 Vietnam’s only [...]

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Seeing red 

December 12, 2010
Seeing red 

  Vietnamese catfish producers and European importers are demanding the World Wildlife Fund re-evaluate its red-listing of the hugely popular export item A worker catches tra fish at a fish farm in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam Local catfish producers and government officials are calling a recent analysis of Vietnam’s most popular farmed fish “incorrect” [...]

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Joint-exploration could help ease East Sea disputes

December 5, 2009
Joint-exploration could help ease East Sea disputes

Vietnamese soldiers in a flag-saluting ceremony on the Truong Sa Archipelago Escalating tensions over the oil-rich East Sea could be eased temporarily by a joint-exploitation agreement and then resolved permanently under international laws, scholars said at a workshop in Hanoi Friday. The issue was discussed during the two-day event that attracted more than 150 scholars [...]

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East Sea security, development workshop closes

November 28, 2009
East Sea security, development workshop closes

An international workshop on co-operation on the East Sea wrapped up in Hanoi on November 27 with 25 speeches presented and four discussion sessions held. Addressing the closing ceremony of the workshop, Prof. Dr Duong Van Quang, President of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, said that scientific knowledge at the event will be a valuable [...]

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Ulterior motives hinted at in verdict against Labor Hero

November 27, 2009
Ulterior motives hinted at in verdict against Labor Hero

Labor Hero Tran Ngoc Suong at the Can Tho City People’s Court in August NA deputy, lawyer charge that land might have been the core issue; national prosecution office pledges to review case. The eight-year imprisonment verdict against a labor hero on slush fund charges has drawn strong criticism from very senior officials, and some [...]

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Wives distressed with no word from detained fishermen

August 5, 2009
Wives distressed with no word from detained fishermen

LookAtVietnam – The wife of one of the crew on a ship that was arrested by a Chinese patrol in the East Sea on Saturday said she was extremely concerned about her husband and would “die if anything happened to him.”  Do Thi Van, wife of captain and ship owner Nguyen Tan Lu whose vessel [...]

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Wives distressed with no word from detained fishermen

August 5, 2009
Wives distressed with no word from detained fishermen

Do Thi Van, wife of captain and ship owner Nguyen Tan Lu whose vessel was detained by a Chinese fishing patrol ship last Saturday, cries because she’s concerned about her husband The wife of one of the crew on a ship that was arrested by a Chinese patrol in the East Sea on Saturday said [...]

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Reeking industries torment HCMC, Dong Nai residents

July 28, 2009
Reeking industries torment HCMC, Dong Nai residents

Garbage piled up on the premises of the Dong Xanh Environment Joint Stock Company that processes waste in Dong Nai Province Bui Thi Khoi of Hoc Mon District in Ho Chi Minh City says her family members have to wear masks to sleep at night but the stench from a nearby leather tanning company is [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...