October 15, 2011
Unprecedented move against Chinese contractor not easy, but ‘wise’, local firm says Vietnam’s state-owned Construction Corporation No.1 has decided to end its contract with a Chinese supplier due to poor performance at a major hydropower project in the Central Highlands. Beijing IWHR Corporation was terminated from the contract to supply and install the main [...]
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September 1, 2011
Residents look at a map of the planned nuclear power plant in Ninh Thuan Province’s Thuan Nam District. After scientists detected new faults near the site, experts have urged that the plans be deferred. Two fault lines hitherto uncovered have provoked myriad calls for Vietnam’s nuclear power plans to be deferred on safety considerations. Serious [...]
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June 6, 2011
Vietnam needs some 3,000-5,000 field-trained experts by 2020. The country is scheduled to build 14 nuclear power plants, each of which needs at least 300 field-trained engineers. Vietnam hopes to resolve its power shortages by developing a series of nuclear plants. Since the Fukushima debacle, a number of safety concerns have arisen. But Dr. Tran [...]
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May 25, 2011
Ngoc Linh ginseng has traditionally been used by ethnic people in the eponymous Vietnamese mountain area as a miraculous, life-saving plant that can treat many serious diseases. A vast area of Ngoc Linh ginseng (Panax vietnamesis) has been successfully developed after cultivation began 13 years ago in Kon Tum Province. Tran Hoan, Chairman of Kon [...]
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March 28, 2011
Vietnamese lawmakers urged the government to carefully consider the risks involved in the country’s plan to build eight nuclear power plants.  The request came during a National Assembly meeting held Saturday in Hanoi.  Assemblywoman Dang Thi My Huong from the central province of Ninh Thuan said that news about a partial meldown at a Japanese nuclear plant and a recent tremor off the province’s [...]
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December 7, 2010
The Ba Ha Power Plant in the central province of Phu Yen discharges water from its reservoir The Ministry of Industry and Trade has ordered two hydropower plants in central Vietnam to take responsibility for violating water discharge regulations and worsening flooding over the last few months. The power plants, Ba Ha in Phu Yen Province [...]
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February 8, 2010
Dong Thap Provinceâs 100-year-old flower village offers travelers history, horticultural wonders, and peace and quiet Farmers in Sa Dec Flower Village take care of their daisies. Driving into Sa Dec, you can see what looks like endless rows of potted flowers on wooden racks nearby the rice fields.As the Tet (Lunar New Year) draws closer, [...]
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December 19, 2009
An ornamental plant market recently opened on Kim Nguu Street in Ha Noi’s Hai Ba Trung District to meet the increasing demand for bonsai and other ornamental plants. LookAtVietnam – An ornamental plant market recently opened on Kim Nguu Street in Ha Noi’s Hai Ba Trung District to meet the increasing demand for bonsai and [...]
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December 7, 2009
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Thuong Kon Tum Hydropower Plant project in Kon Tum Province Agriculture and environment authorities on Friday called for changes in the operation of hydropower dams to ensure better irrigation and flooding management. At a conference in Quang Nam Province which has the largest number of hydropower plants in the nation [...]
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November 27, 2009
The model of the nuclear power plant to be built in Ninh Thuan Province The National Assembly on Thursday approved with a majority of nearly 80 percent plans to build nuclear power plants in the south central Ninh Thuan Province. With 77.48 percent of deputies voting for the project, work on the Ninh Thuan 1 [...]
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