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 11, 2011
Police officers prepare to carry out a raid in Pimlico, London, August 11, 2011. Prime Minister David Cameron vowed Thursday to hunt down the street gangsters and opportunistic looters he blamed for Britain’s worst violence in decades, and acknowledged that police tactics had failed at the start of the rioting. "The fightback has well and [...]
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July 24, 2011
With hydropower running amok in this country, local critics of neighboring dam projects are throwing stones in a glass house A view of the Cat Tien National Park, where two planned hydropower projects, if built, would encroach on around 140 hectares of forest. Conservationists fear that the two planned dams would totally transform the [...]
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July 16, 2011
A dam on the Dong Nai River A group of scientists who made a field trip to the area near Cat Tien National Park where two hydropower projects are planned said Thursday environment impact assessments for them could have been made up. The scientists from the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology’s Institute of Tropical [...]
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July 12, 2011
Tran Van Thanh (left) and a group of foreign experts during a field trip in the Cat Tien National Park. (Photo: Sai Gon Tiep Thi) The director of the Cat Tien National Park, a UNESCO listed biosphere reserve, says he is determined to stand by opinions contrary to state agencies pushing for the development of [...]
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December 7, 2010
It is not rocket science, really. If we don’t think things through, carry out careful, thorough studies, and implement plans properly, we will end up wasting a fortune. Worse still, we will lose opportunities that may never come again. Last year, Ho Chi Minh City spent nearly VND2.7 billion (US$139,000) on a program promoting [...]
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December 4, 2009
A Vietnam Airlines share sale was planned for 2008, based on a 2007 Vietnamese government statement. Vietnam may next year revive long-stalled plans to sell shares in companies including Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam and Vietnam Airlines Corp., Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc said. State-owned enterprises are âcrowding out capitalâ [...]
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October 3, 2009
Coal mining in the northern province of Quang Ninh. A plan to dig up the Hong (Red) River Delta for massive amounts of coal has drawn reaction from experts who say the plan is unfeasible and would cause an environment disaster if implemented. âExploitation of the deltaâs coal basin would sink the whole region and [...]
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August 19, 2009
LookAtVietnam – A lot of non-state high schools are weeping because they cannot enroll enough students as state-owned schools lured most already. Some high schools have enrolled only a half of the number of students they planned to have. Some other schools have been allowed by government management agencies to enroll students for 8th grade [...]
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July 24, 2009
Southern helicopter firm increases fleet; US consultants for Vung Ang thermo-power plant; Sembcorp to build big township and IP in Vietnam; Shares rise following credit reassurances Vietnam’s Southern Service Flight Company has increased the size of its fleet with a long-range passenger transport helicopter just delivered by Eurocopter, the helicopter manufacturer said in a statement [...]
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