October 22, 2011
BÃ Äá» (pumpkin squash) is considered as a natural brain tonic and it also helps prevent cancer and relieve constipation BÃ Äá» (pumpkin squash), a popular and cheap vegetable at any market and supermarket, contains three times more beta-carotene higher than liver, and five times more than a carrot. In the body, beta-carotene is transformed [...]
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October 21, 2011
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. At some point this month, October 2011, a child will be born and the world’s population will have reached seven billion. There is a good chance that this childbirth will take place in the Asia-Pacific region; home to 61 percent of the world’s population. If the child is born in the [...]
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October 10, 2011
Women plant forests in Vietnam. Vietnam’s environmental performance has been ranked 85th out of 163 countries by a World Bank report, which argues that many natural resources are under threat in the developing nation. With 59 points scored on the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), Vietnam is considered doing well in planting forests, water and pesticide [...]
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September 24, 2011
Designed by Nick Faldo, Ocean Dunes Golf Course in Phan Thiet is among favorite natural destinations for golf lovers. There are more and more golf courses in Vietnam, but not many keep the natural charms of their surroundings. The Ocean Dunes Golf Club, however, boasts a natural landscape with a lake, lotus ponds, sea views, [...]
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September 3, 2011
Company sends goons to beat up protesters Nguyen Van Tuan was attacked by truck drivers on August 29 after he and others at Da Nang City’s Hoa Lien Commune blocked vehicles from entering a construction site. A survey by Nielsen found environmental concerns in Vietnam has shifted from climate change to environmental pollution. The [...]
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August 14, 2011
Farmers work in a padi field at Khokana village, located south of Nepal's capital Kathmandu July 27, 2011. Atmospheric levels of methane, 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide (CO2) at trapping heat, stayed steady for two decades to 2006 on wider fertilizer use to grow rice or a surge in natural gas demand, according [...]
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July 29, 2011
Ho Chi Minh City will begin using 21 compressed natural gas busses August 15, a local transportation firm said Sunday.  Saigon Passenger Bus Company said that the buses will serve the Saigon – Binh Tay Route from District 1 to District 6.  The city last year began running two compressed natural gas buses on a [...]
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July 21, 2011
State oil and gas group PetroVietnam will establish a venture with a military firm under the defense ministry to produce ammonia that is expected to use natural gas from the East Sea as feedstock. The venture, 60 percent owned by PetroVietnam and 40 percent by the Hanoi-based General Army of Economic and Technology (Gaet), [...]
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June 29, 2011
UNESCO listed Cat Tien National Park as a world biosphere reserve. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is seeking the government’s approval to build two hydropower plants near Cat Tien National Park in the southern province of Dong Nai. Under the proposal, the Dong Nai 6 and Dong Nai 6A plants will encroach on [...]
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June 22, 2011
A five-year study found that Vietnam spends up to 3 percent of its gross domestic product on mitigating the effects of environmental pollution A woman skims rubbish out of a polluted river in Hanoi. A national environmental report has warned that increasing environmental pollution will hinder Vietnam’s economic growth. Dang Thi Thanh Loan’s sore [...]
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