January 18, 2012
A bunch of young Hanoi cyclists have apparently mainstreamed the phrase “pain in the ass” by naming their club à Mông, literally meaning “buttock pain.” Buttock Pain was founded in 2008 after a group of cycling lovers met on the web site ttvnol.com and organized a successful trip to Truc Lam Tay Thien Zen [...]
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January 14, 2012
Vietnam aims to raise its coal output to 55-58 million tons in 2015 from an estimated 48.9 million tons this year in an effort to meet demand for fast-growing electricity production, the government said. Output is projected to rise to more than 75 million tons by 2030 thanks to the exploitation of new sites, [...]
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July 7, 2011
The Red River Delta has critical levels of toxic arsenic experts said at a Wednesday conference in Hanoi. Â Research presented at the conference showed arsenic poisoning from naturally occurring arsenic compounds in underground water in many places around the country, especially the Red River Delta provinces of Ha Nam, Hung Yen, Nam Dinh, [...]
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June 27, 2011
Coal mining in the northern province of Quang Ninh. Vietnam, a major coal exporter, imported its first load of the fuel this month. Vietnam imported its first load of coal this month even as it continues exporting large quantities of the fuel. This is irrational and the country should have stopped exporting it years ago, [...]
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March 19, 2011
A man fishes from an exposed mud flat on the Red River in Hanoi. Riparian communities have complained that the shrinking waterway has become increasingly shallow and polluted in recent years. For thousands of years, poor subsistence-level communities have survived on the bounty of the Red River. In the past year or so, their [...]
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January 25, 2011
 The Goethe Institute in Hanoi will launch an exhibition showing photos and films on scenes around Long Bien District in Hanoi.  “Long Bien Picture Show” will feature more than 140 photos and films aimed at making the best use of free artistic creativity.  The exhibition aims to explore the capitol’s Long [...]
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January 23, 2011
The water level on the Red River are dangerously low State power utility EVN said it would open its reservoirs to supply 2.72 billion cubic meters of water to irrigate rice fields during January and February as water levels in the Northern region are expected to dip drastically. Water levels on the Red River and the Thai Binh River could [...]
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January 23, 2011
Scientists urge for urgent action as more than one-fourth of water wells in the Red River Delta are contaminated with the carcinogenic chemicals A resident in Vietnam’s Red River Delta shows skin lesions caused by arsenic poisoning. Scientists have warned against an “alarming” contamination of arsenic and other toxic chemicals in the Delta’s groundwater. [...]
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November 22, 2010
Amidst serene beauty, a national park is losing its treasures Taking flight: White storks at the Xuan Thuy National Park in Nam Dinh Province, 150 kilometers southwest of Hanoi. Many flora and fauna species at the park are said to be on the verge of extinction. Squawk The tranquility of a world at repose [...]
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January 30, 2010
White fog covers Hanoi in the early mornings of these early spring days. It transforms the city’s landmarks. The Hoan Kiem Lake in the morning of January 28. Foreign visitors walk on the bank of Hoan Kiem Lake. At 11.30am, dewdrops are still on flowers on the road. A man fishes at the West Lake. Truc Bach Lake in [...]
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