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Vietnam asks big emitters to aid at-risk nations

Vietnam has proposed the 10 largest carbon dioxide emitters among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries set up a support program for the five nations most vulnerable to rising sea levels. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan delivered the proposal at the 14th United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCCCOP14) in Poznan... Read more

Nation’s rubber acreage to increase to 700,000 ha

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam ’s rubber-growing acreage is to be expanded to 700,000 hectares by 2010, up from the current acreage of 522,000 hectares.  The additional land will include 100,000 ha in the Central Highlands and 15,000 ha each in the southeastern region, the central region and the northwestern region. These figures were announced... Read more

Vietnam ranked high among disaster-prone nations

Historic flooding left at least 22 people dead or missing in Hanoi in late October Vietnam ranked sixth out of 10 countries most affected by weather catastrophes from 1998 to 2007, according to Germany-based NGO Germanwatch. Vietnam, India, and Bangladesh were the countries with the highest frequency of extreme weather,... Read more

Nation’s cultural heritage faces extinction

VietNamNet Bridge - Writer Nguyen Ngoc looks at the impact of economic development on culture and traditional heritage. Writer Nguyen NgocVietNamNet Bridge - Writer Nguyen Ngoc looks at the impact of economic development on culture and traditional heritage.To preserve ‘The Vietnamese living treasures of humanity’ might be too aspirational a name and... Read more

Surgeon gives hope to nation’s kids

VietNamNet Bridge - Paediatrics has been an area of medicine slow to develop in Vietnam, but thanks to the efforts of one man and his collegues, hundreds of sick children can look forward to a healthy future. Dr Nguyen Thanh Liem (centre)operates on a child with intestinal problem. VietNamNet Bridge - Paediatrics has been an area of medicine slow to develop in... Read more

Nation’s universities lack qualified lecturers

VietNamNet Bridge – As the country suffers from a shortage of qualified professors, a recent proposal by the Department of Science and Technology under the Ministry of Education and Training to allow only associate professors and professors as guest lecturers has puzzled university leaders. “Many have complained that lecturers at universities are... Read more

Coastal nations vulnerable to climate change, says UN

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Bangladesh are among the countries worst affected by climate change because of rising sea levels near their coastlines, according to the UN’s inter-governmental committee on climate change. In the last 50 years, the mangrove forests in Viet Nam have almost halved in size, shrinking to 209,740ha from 408,500ha in 1943.Nguyen... Read more

Five Southeast Asian nations strengthen links

Leaders from Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand agreed to strengthen economic, trade, investment and agriculture cooperation, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said. They agreed to “improve the investment environment to facilitate firms’ involvement in projects,” he told the... Read more

Buddhists join nation’s fight against HIV/ AIDS

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 100 Buddhist dignitaries from 40 provinces and cities nationwide gathered in Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 24 for a conference on the Buddhist Leadership Initiative programme convened by the Vietnam Fatherland Front. The Buddhist Leadership Initiative is a programme of cooperation between the United Nations Children’s Fund... Read more

Five nations elected new members of UN Security Council

Austria, Japan, Mexico, Uganda and Turkey were elected new non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council on Friday. Liu Zhenmin, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, fills in his ballot paper at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States, Oct. 17, 2008. The United Nations General Assembly held the 28th... Read more

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