January 15, 2012
The location in Ninh Thuan Province's Ninh Phuoc District chosen for Vietnam's first nuclear power plant to be built in 2014. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has reaffirmed Vietnam’s determination to build a nuclear power plant because the country is due to experience serious power shortages in the next decade. “We are determined to develop [...]
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January 3, 2012
A dried part of the Ba Ha River below a hydropower dam in Phu Yen Province An inspection by officials in Phu Yen Province in south central Vietnam on Tuesday found rivers are dying and locals’ lives are lagging as a result of hydropower dams. The three hydropower plants in the province, put on the Ba [...]
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January 2, 2012
Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant in the central province of Quang Nam Further scientific study has confirmed that the operations of a hydropower plant have caused underground explosions and minor earthquakes in the central province of Quang Nam, Saigon Tiep Thi reported Friday. The report quoted conclusions made by the Vietnam Academy of Science Technology as saying that the tremors in [...]
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January 2, 2012
Despite the tough economic climate, many foreign companies are continuing to expand operations in Vietnam in hope that their strategy will pay off when the recovery happens. BlueScope Buildings Vietnam, formerly known as BlueScope Lysaght Vietnam, inaugurated a US$4 million steel plant in Hanoi two weeks ago. The plant, located in the Quang Minh [...]
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December 9, 2011
Japan’s lower house on Tuesday approved bilateral civil nuclear accords with Vietnam, Jordan, Russia and South Korea, the Kyodo News reported. The House of Representatives passed the accords, which will be effective in January 2012 if they are approved by the House of Councilors during the ongoing parliamentary session. The session will end on [...]
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December 5, 2011
Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant in the central province of Quang Nam. Initial official surveys have concluded that a hydropower reservoir’s operation has caused continuous tremors that have terrified locals in the northern province of Quang Nam since the end of last year. However, at a meeting with local authorities on Thursday, Tran Tuan Anh, [...]
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December 2, 2011
Leaves as well as other parts of the lolot plant have therapeutic properties and can fix an upset tummy, ease pain and inflammation, cool the body, local herbalists say. Mediterranean people use vine leaves to make a parcel of minced lamb whereas the Vietnamese use lolot leaves to wrap around meat, though never lamb as [...]
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November 26, 2011
Skin ulcers on a person in central Vietnam. The condition has not been named and its cause is suspected to be plant protection chemicals. Dermatologists suggested that strange skin ulcers affecting many people in central Vietnam is caused by plant protection chemicals.  The conclusion was made by experts at the Vietnam Central Dermatology Hospital after [...]
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November 25, 2011
Russia agreed to lend Vietnam as much as $9 billion to fund the construction of the Southeast Asian nation’s first nuclear power plant as the countries deepen their economic ties. “The total loan value will be between $8 billion and $9 billion, depending on prices of materials at the time we start construction,” Phan [...]
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October 15, 2011
Unprecedented move against Chinese contractor not easy, but ‘wise’, local firm says Vietnam’s state-owned Construction Corporation No.1 has decided to end its contract with a Chinese supplier due to poor performance at a major hydropower project in the Central Highlands. Beijing IWHR Corporation was terminated from the contract to supply and install the main [...]
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