January 18, 2012
After decades spent on reclaiming wasteland, farmers reacted violently to authorities seeking to revoke land Police officials and soldiers checking for mine at on the farmland of Doan Van Vuon in Hai Phong City’s Tien Lang District. Vuon’s relatives reportedly set mines and shot at police officials and soldiers revoking their farmland under a [...]
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January 9, 2012
Authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh have asked that Ha Long Bay boats be painted white, saying the change befits the bay’s recent international recognition. A report Friday in VnExpress said, under the decision issued on Thursday by Quang Ninh’s People’s Committee, all tourist boats, except dragon boats, will be white with brown sails. [...]
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December 12, 2011
A panoramic view of Quang Ninh Province’s Ha Long Bay. Experts have called for improved services and preservation work as the UNESCO World Heritage Site gains further recognition as a natural wonder. A hike in admission fees for the Ha Long Bay, Vietnam’s foremost tourism site, has drawn a lot of flak, particularly over [...]
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December 5, 2011
Ha Long Bay, recently listed as one of the new seven wonders of the world, should have higher admission fees commensurate with its prestige, Tuoi Tre quoted a local official as saying Saturday. Do Duc Thang, deputy chief of the bay’s management board, made the statement two days after the Quang Ninh People’s Committee began charging nearly twice as much [...]
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November 15, 2011
Stem cells are viewed on a computer screen in August 2010 in Farmington, Connecticut. The first-ever trial using human embryonic stem cells to treat paralysis has been halted due to high costs and the company, Geron, said it will focus instead on new cancer treatments. The California-based biotech firm said it was also cutting 66 [...]
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September 20, 2011
Land-locked neighbor reveals plans to start construction of controversial dam months before regional meeting decides on the issue A handout photo released by the US-based environmental group International Rivers shows construction on the Xayaburi dam’s access road and work-camps has gone ahead despite commitments by the government of Laos in April to temporarily suspend [...]
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September 8, 2011
Vietnam is planning to restrict the use of motorbikes on some of the major streets in its major cities during fixed time periods. The government has asked the transport ministry to make a plan to do this in all big cities as it struggles to deal with the country’s worsening traffic situation. In a recent [...]
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July 17, 2011
Expectations that lower global prices would benefit consumers have been belied A worker pumps petrol to a motorcycle at a gas station in Hanoi. Vietnam raised retail fuel prices in late March and has left them unchanged since. When the government decided in March that local petroleum prices will be adjusted in line with [...]
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July 12, 2011
The Vietnamese government will provide subsidies to wind power projects and make purchases at fixed prices as it strives to develop the renewable energy industry. Â A decision approved by the Prime Minister on June 29 requires the country’s power monopoly Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) to buy all the power output of wind power [...]
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July 4, 2011
The Ministry of Health has issued a new decision setting the safe limit for plasticizer Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) content allowed in food products, the Vietnam Food Administration (VFA) announced Friday. Under the decision, the safe level of DEHP in solid and liquid products in Vietnam, not including bottled drinks, is 1.5 mg/kg. Nguyen Cong [...]
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