December 4, 2009
The river bed is dry and cracked on parts of the Red River photographed Thursday afternoon in Hanoi. North Vietnam is facing draught in large areas as rivers and lakes are drying out, a senior irrigation official said Thursday. Dam Hoa Binh, deputy head of the Irrigation Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural [...]
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June 3, 2009
Severe droughts and encroaching seawater into lowland areas are among the adverse effects of several poorly conceived hydroelectricity plants built along a river system in the central region. Construction is carried out on the Dak Mi 4 Hydroelectricity Plant in Quang Nam Province. LookAtVietnam – Severe droughts and encroaching seawater into lowland areas are among [...]
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June 2, 2009
Construction is carried out on the Dak Mi 4 Hydroelectricity Plant in Quang Nam Province. Severe droughts and encroaching seawater into lowland areas are among the adverse effects of several poorly conceived hydroelectricity plants built along a river system in the central region. Over the weekend, the Da Nang Peopleâs Committee reported to the Ministry [...]
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May 24, 2009
After the victory at Dien Bien Phu, soldiers traded their guns for shovels to rebuild the city and till the fields. An overview of Dien Bien Phu City.LookAtVietnam – After the victory at Dien Bien Phu, soldiers traded their guns for shovels to rebuild the city and till the fields. Fifty-one years have passed since [...]
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May 16, 2009
Visitors to Da Lat now see a Xuan Huong Lake threatened by garbage and filth after the city last year contracted a local resident to take care of the site who has since allowed the lake to deteriorate dangerously. One of the four ponds around Xuan Huong Lake in Da Lat. LookAtVietnam – Visitors to [...]
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May 14, 2009
One of the four ponds around Xuan Huong Lake in Da Lat. Visitors to Da Lat now see a Xuan Huong Lake threatened by garbage and filth after the city last year contracted a local resident to take care of the site who has since allowed the lake to deteriorate dangerously. The lake, which is [...]
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April 21, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The management committee of the East-West Highway project in HCMC last Friday urged the contractors of the project to immediately unblock the sewers along the Tau Hu-Ben Nghe Canal to prevent severe flooding. 60% of the sewer system along the canal was blocked for the construction of the highway, resulting in a much [...]
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April 14, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Farmers wanting to irrigate vital winter-spring crops face severe water shortages as the Hong (Red) River level falls during dry weather. From late next month, rivers in the northern and central regions could have small floods, which would peak in August and September.The river was running at 1.92m yesterday, said Dang Duy Hien, [...]
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