December 30, 2011
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged to provide US$3.8 million in non-refundable aid to a project to control drug-resistant bacteria in Vietnam. The project will be carried out from 2012 to 2017 in Hanoi, Thai Binh, Nha Trang, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho. Under the project, JICA will transfer technologies to [...]
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December 19, 2011
Mysterious motorbike fires, explosion draw attention to the lack of qualified mechanics and potentially dangerous modifications Wreckage of a motorbike that caught fire on December 12 in Hanoi Five-year-old Nguyen Khanh Van died on Tuesday (December 13), becoming the latest victim of a series of unexplained motorbike accidents where the vehicles have caught fire, [...]
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November 22, 2011
A child being treated for hand, foot and mouth disease in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam’s Health Minister on Saturday visited areas in central Vietnam affected with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). During her visit at Ninh Thuan, Nguyen Thi Kim Tien called for washing hands clean with soap and inspected HFMD treatments at [...]
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November 14, 2011
Workers at a ship yard of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, or Vinashin. Many in Vietnam hope the government will pursue reforms that are broad enough and deep enough to fix debt-ridden state banks and rein in inefficient state enterprises (SOEs) such as Vinashin, which embarrassingly defaulted last year. After four years of economic instability, [...]
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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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October 9, 2011
Hanoi-based Goethe Institute will host several languge courses and a conference on European Language Days on Oct 14-15, to feature the region’s linguistic diversity.  This event is organized by several European cultural institutes and embassies, including the British Council, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, Institute Cervantes and the Representation of Wallonie-Bruxelles as well as [...]
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September 1, 2011
Residents look at a map of the planned nuclear power plant in Ninh Thuan Province’s Thuan Nam District. After scientists detected new faults near the site, experts have urged that the plans be deferred. Two fault lines hitherto uncovered have provoked myriad calls for Vietnam’s nuclear power plans to be deferred on safety considerations. Serious [...]
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August 23, 2011
Investing in GMOs is the worst decision Vietnam could make at this time, putting its food sovereignty at risk, independent scientists say A Thai organic farmer pretends to be dead after eating GM corn during a protest against the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to Thailand outside the Government House in Bangkok in [...]
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August 19, 2011
Vietnam’s technology ministry has asked that a seismic study be undertaken at the proposed site of the country’s first two nuclear power plants in the central province of Ninh Thuan, the Institute of Geological Sciences said Wednesday. The Ministry of Science and Technology asked for the study after scientists warned about tsunami and earthquake risks to the project’s location, [...]
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August 13, 2011
By Danielle Nierenberg and Philip Newell* Whether fishing on the coast or farming in the fields, the people of Vietnam depend on an abundant supply of water. But as water becomes increasingly scarce, sustainable agriculture will be a key way to improve yields over the long term. In order to avoid massive water shortages, [...]
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