July 1, 2011
Environmentalists are hopeful the first international study of dioxin contamination around Bien Hoa Airbase will pave the way for a US-funded cleanup International and local researchers conduct sediment sampling around the Bien Hoa Airbase. The first-ever international study has confirmed continued dioxin contamination at the airbase and called for an immediate stop to fish [...]
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June 14, 2009
A technician checks equipment on a lake inside the presidential palace in Hanoi on Thursday. Researchers have begun testing mechanical “SediTurtles” they say will protect a legendary Vietnamese turtle while cleaning the historical lake in which the creature lives. Experts showed off the German-developed sediment-eating machines this week as part of preparations before an expected [...]
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June 13, 2009
Researchers have begun testing mechanical “SediTurtles” they say will protect a legendary Vietnamese turtle while cleaning the historical lake in which the creature lives. Vietnamese and foreign technicians work at a lake inside the presidential palace in Hanoi on June 11, 2009 as they began testing a German water cleaning technology named SediTurtles after a [...]
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