December 20, 2010
South Korean marines patrol on Yeonpyeong Island December 19, 2010. South Korea held live firing drills in a disputed area on Monday despite threats of war from Pyongyang after an emergency UN Security Council meeting failed to agree on how to defuse the crisis. The drill, delayed from the weekend by bad weather, lasted almost [...]
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November 12, 2010
Dr. Vu Van Bang with his “geo-radiation” detecting device “Water must be here,” said Dr. Vu Van Bang. He said it simply, with confidence. He had faith in the device he was holding, one that he had devised himself after what he says is 15 years of geological research in Poland. The device measures what [...]
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June 29, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – From Ca Mau in the far south to the Red River Delta in the north, Vietnam’s aquifers are being exploited unmethodically and not controlled properly. As the water table falls, salt water and contaminants seep in. Underground water is becoming exhausted in the Central Highlands and southwestern region. Photo: drilling well in the [...]
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June 28, 2009
Underground water has been exploited unmethodically and not controlled properly. This resource is becoming exhausted. Underground water is becoming exhausted in the Central Highlands and southwestern region. Photo: drilling well in the southern province of Binh Phuoc.In the Mekong Delta, thousands of wells have been drilled to serve shrimp breeding lagoons and fields but the [...]
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June 9, 2009
Unquenchable thirst: A farmer pumps water from his Chu Se District well in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. Underground water levels have decreased remarkably over the last decade due to the reckless drilling of wells for agricultural, household and industrial use, experts warn. A recent report by the Center for Water Resources Technology [...]
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May 18, 2009
LookAtVietnam – An emergency exercise to deal with cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus was held for the first time at Noi Bai International Airport yesterday though the flu has not been reported in the country. The 10 suspected cases were rushed to an isolated area and brought to North Thang Long Hospital in Ha [...]
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October 13, 2008
Russia on Sunday test-fired several types of missiles, including intercontinental ones, as part of a month-long war game, local media reported. Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev (R) visits a Russian aircraft carrier in the Barents Sea, Oct. 11, 2008. (Photo: chinanews.com.cn)President Dmitry Medvedev watched the launching of the RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk [...]
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