August 14, 2011
Activists worry multinational corporations that produced Agent Orange could perpetrate another ecological disaster through genetically modified organisms Agent Orange victims Chu Quang Duc (C), 27 years old, and his father Chu Quang Chien (R) who served in Vietnam’s central Quang Nam – Da Nang area from 1971-1975 during the Vietnam War, attend a computer [...]
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November 9, 2009
Int’l community hails Vietnam’s contribution as UNSC President; Vietnam, India boost cooperation in national defense; Vietnam supports UN call for compliance with int’l law Int’l community hails Vietnam’s contribution as UNSC President A senior diplomat has highlighted international recognition of Vietnam’s successful presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in October.Pham Vinh Quang, Deputy Head [...]
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November 3, 2009
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Thuong Kon Tum Hydropower Plant project in Kon Tum Province Vast areas of forests are being sacrificed in the central region and the Central Highlands to build hundreds of hydropower plants, and experts are warning of serious environmental and social consequences. A total of 60 large-scale hydropower plants of between [...]
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September 26, 2009
Thousands of readers have commented on VietNamNet’s recent reports on a huge coal mining project under consideration for development in the Red River Delta. A coal mining site in Quang Ninh province.LookAtVietnam – Thousands of readers have commented on VietNamNet’s recent reports on a huge coal mining project under consideration for development in the Red [...]
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September 9, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The fourth meeting of the Viet Nam-US Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on issues related to Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin convened in Ha Noi on September 8. Photo: VNNThe meeting was organised by the US Embassy in Viet Nam and the Office of the National Steering Committee on Overcoming the Consequences of AO/dioxin in Viet [...]
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September 8, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The vice chairman of the NA’s Foreign Affairs Committee talked with VietNamNet ahead of the Vietnam-US joint conference on AO/dioxin from September 8-10. Mr. Ngo Quang Xuan.LookAtVietnam – While the US on occasion still disregards its responsibility in resolving consequences of AO/dioxin in Vietnam, it cannot be said that Vietnam-US relations have been [...]
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August 31, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Vietnamese Ambassador to the US talks about former US Lieutenant William Calley’s public apology on the mass killings in My Lai. Ambassador Le Cong Phung.LookAtVietnam – The Vietnamese Ambassador to the US, Le Cong Phung, talks to the Vietnam News Agency about former US Lieutenant William Calley’s recent public apology on the [...]
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July 27, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Sets of climate change adaptation maps for three areas in Mekong Delta’s Can Tho city are being created by the end of the month. Resident in Can Tho city’s Co Do district facing infiltrated seawater, a consequence of climate change. The city authority is putting together maps in order to deal with its [...]
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July 12, 2009
Russia asked to “legalise” illegal immigrant workers; Ha Giang children with deformities enjoy free surgery; VN seeks expertise in building law for the disabled; President praises volunteers’ contributions to nation; Vietnam calls for more int’l support to Somalia Bac Kan to stabilise people’s lives in flood-hit areasDeputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong has asked Bac [...]
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June 17, 2009
Prompted by news of the Government’s agreement that a US Navy ship can search for remains of American servicemen missing in action (MIA) in Vietnam’s coastal waters, we asked NA Deputy Ngo Quang Xuan to comment on US-Vietnam relations. Vietnam repatriated remains of American servicemen missing in action to the US at the Da Nang [...]
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