December 18, 2009
PM Nguyen Tan Dung has asked local governments to check and update their development plans based on the scripts of climate change in Vietnam. The Government Office has issued the PM’s instructions at a meeting with the National Steering Board for Confronting Climate Change. Accordingly, the PM asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) [...]
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December 5, 2009
Since November the water level in the Red River has reduced to a record low level for the last 107 years, said a senior official from the National Hydrometeorologic Forecast Centre. The lowest level that experts measured is 0.76m on November 18. The water level later reached 1.3m on the morning of December 3. Tinh said that [...]
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November 25, 2009
With the agreement of 77.48 percent of deputies, the National Assembly has approved the resolution on the construction of the first nuclear power plants in Ninh Thuan province. The model of the nuclear power plant in Ninh Thuan. Nuclear power and unanswered questions The NA also ratified the Lai Chau hydro power project. Specifically, the NA agreed to [...]
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November 22, 2009
Long ago, deer would graze in the mountain and fields near the water of the Da River. It was because of this everyday sight that the valley was named the “Valley of Deer”. Tourists are able to relax near the tranquil waters in Thung Nai. VietNamNet Bridge – Long ago, deer would graze in the [...]
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November 16, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – With five hydro-power projects that seriously harm the Song Thanh nature reserve already, Quang Nam province has refused four other projects for problems with investment and feasibility. A big hydropower plant which is being built in the upstreams of Thu Bon river. Quang Nam Vice-Chairman Dinh Van Thu argued that the five projects [...]
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November 11, 2009
Questions are mounting following water discharged from the reservoir of Ba Ha hydro-power plant after typhoon Mirinae. The serious floods that followed covered a vast area, causing serious damages to Phu Yen province. The Ba Ha hydropower plant (photo: VNExpress). On November 2, when storm No. 11 or Mirinae hit the central province of Phu Yen, [...]
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November 10, 2009
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai Climate change was more a cause of the central regionâs devastating floods than the reckless discharge of water by hydro power plants, a deputy prime minster told reporters Tuesday. Many people had attributed the recent floods to power plants, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said, but in fact [...]
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November 10, 2009
Despite protests from environmentalists, the construction of the A Cho hydro-power plant will commence in early 2010 in the Dakrong nature reserve in the central province of Quang Tri. The map showing the site where the A Cho power plant will be built inside the Dakrong nature reserve. The Dakrong Hydropower JS Company will build [...]
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November 9, 2009
National Assembly members demanded the government tighten control over hydro power plant projects on Friday after discharge by a plant in the central region worsened flooding during typhoon Mirinae. Nguyen Dinh Xuan, a member of the National Assemblyâs Science, Technology and Environment Committee, said inspections needed to be carried out to see if reservoirs at [...]
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August 11, 2009
A quiet consultation between the US and the four Mekong River ‘downstream countries’ last month has attracted considerable attention. Here Saigon Businessmen’s Weekend analyzes the unusual event. The Cai Rang floating market on the Mekong River (Can Tho city). For two reasons, the meeting organized on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministerial Meeting in late [...]
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