November 21, 2011
Over 60 million euro (US$81.12 million) will be invested in Vietnam’s third satellite expected to be launched in 2016, the VnExpress newswire quoted a local official as saying Friday. According to Doan Minh Chung, chief of the Vietnam Space Technology Center, the 100-kilogram earth observation VNREDSat-1B will be produced by the Belgian-owned SpaceBel Group. [...]
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November 19, 2011
Méli-Mélo offers spa products representing the four elements: fire, earth, air and water I was strolling along the passageway leading to Le Fenetre Soleil café on Ly Tu Trong Street in Ho Chi Minh City when I spotted some cute-looking soap, candle holders and crystals through the window of a new shop. Full of [...]
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November 6, 2011
In this May 24, 2010 file photo released by Moscow’s Institute for Medical and Biological Problems and made available Wednesday, June 2, 2010, researchers test spacesuits on a simulated Mars surface during a training session at Moscow’s Institute for Medical and Biological Problems. Pale-faced but smiling, the crew of a long-duration isolation study emerged [...]
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November 3, 2011
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed agreements with Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda to provide Japan with rare-earth minerals used in hybrid cars and wind turbines and to cooperate on a nuclear project. Japan agreed to cooperate on exploration, mining and processing of rare earths, starting with the Dong Pao project in Vietnam’s Lai [...]
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April 21, 2011
Hanoi Environment Group (HEG) is holding a series of events in collaboration with the Australian Embassy in Hanoi to celebrate Earth Day. Thought-provoking films on climate change will be shown over four days April 19-22 between 7-9 p.m. every day at Cinematheque, 22A Hai Ba Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, the group said. After the [...]
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April 11, 2011
In the middle of a small valley in the northern province of Ha Giang, the Fairy Mountain in Quan Ba District rises gracefully from terraced rice fiel. The perfectly shaped twin peaks rise out of a patchwork of paddy fields, symbolizing Mother Nature’s bountiful gifts to the residents of Quan Ba District in the [...]
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March 28, 2011
Hanoi youth gathered at last year’s Earth Hour celebration. Millions of people are expected to switch off lights for an hour from 8:30 p.m. on March 26 to raise awareness about energy conservation during Earth Hour 2011. La Thuy Diem Hang is sure that this year’s Earth Hour will witness record participation in Vietnam. This [...]
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March 27, 2011
Lovers sit next to lit candles by Hoan Kiem lake during Earth Hour in Hanoi March 26, 2011. Lights went off around the world Saturday as landmark buildings and ordinary homes flipped their switches while the annual "Earth Hour" circled the planet in what was dubbed the world’s largest voluntary action for the environment. In [...]
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March 10, 2011
This March 26 at 8:30 p.m. millions of people throughout the country will shut off their lights. According to Earth Hour organizers, this year’s event, themed Beyond the Hour, will mark the start of a new phase for the voluntary blackout movement. This year, they’re sounding a global call to individuals, businesses and governments [...]
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December 13, 2010
Vietnamese and US representatives signed an MOU on scientific and technical cooperation in earth sciences and managing natural resources in Hanoi on Friday. The United States plans to implement a project to help Vietnam forecast impacts of upstream dams on the Mekong River on downstream areas, the Saigon Tiep Thi reported Saturday.  The project is part of a [...]
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