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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December 10, 2011
A file photo taken last July shows trucks and heavy machinery taking part in road work at the Xayaburi dam construction site in Xayaburi Province, Laos. Construction of the US$3.8-billion Xayaburi dam will be suspended pending further impact studies to be done by Japan, the four countries that share the lower reaches of the [...]
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November 26, 2011
Vietnam will be the first of four member nations to take over gauging stations on the Mekong River from the Mekong River Commission (MRC)’s Secretariat next January, the government’s website reported Wednesday. According to the website, the stations belong to the project of Hydrological Cycle Observing System that the Secretariat introduced at a national [...]
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November 22, 2011
Japanese experts check Thu Thiem Tunnel before it was officially open to traffic under the Saigon River on Sunday  The longest cross-river tunnel in southeast Asia, Thu Thiem, was opened to traffic across the Saigon River in southern Vietnam on Sunday. A big ceremony with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which has invested in the project [...]
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November 21, 2011
Pu Mat National Park and the Pu Huong and Pu Hoat nature reserves are the core zones of the UNESCO-recognized Western Nghe An Biosphere Reserve, at 1.3 million hectares the largest such reserve in Southeast Asia. The park, whose name means high slope in the language of the Thai tribe, is located in the [...]
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November 19, 2011
The fact that Bangkok is struggling with the worst flooding in at least half a century should be a major wake up call for Vietnamese authorities. Ho Chi Minh City is almost in the same position as the Thai capital. Just like Bangkok, the southern metro is located downstream of a big river, the [...]
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November 14, 2011
A local worker prepares before moving the 1,500 ton Van Linh Pagoda on Cam Mountain in An Giang Province 20 meters backward and simultaneously turning it 90 degrees. They call him a genie, but Do Quoc Khanh waves it off, saying there is no magic to his work. “As soon as all the procedures [...]
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November 6, 2011
Riverside The Deck restaurant is a romantic place to get away from exciting Ho Chi Minh City. The Deck is one of the best restaurants in town for escaping from the noise and motorbikes of Ho Chi Minh City. It’s a place where patrons are welcome to take their time, and there are few spacious [...]
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November 6, 2011
A pipe discharges wastewater into a river in Dong Nai. Vietnam southern industrial hub Dong Nai has invested more than US$301,800 into environment protection projects until 2015.  The money will also be used to reduce environmental pollution at industrial zones and urban areas in the province.  A Vietnam News Agency report on Friday said [...]
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October 23, 2011
Thailand's prime minister warned Saturday the kingdom will endure weeks more flooding, telling anxious Bangkok residents to prepare for possible metre-deep water as the inundation spread. Thai troops on Sunday reinforced vulnerable barriers along Bangkok’s Chao Phraya river after a sudden rise in the water level set back efforts to contain the worst floods in [...]
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