Sci-Tech

Urgent action needed to tackle forest fires
20/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Do Thanh Hai, head of the Forestry Management and Protection Division under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) talked with Viet Nam News about ways to combat forest fires. In the first six months of this year, as many as...
Power to the people
18/07/2009 05:00
Dang Huu Xuong and his cylindrical wind turbine. A local scientist has created cheap wind turbine technology that could help families and businesses become more self-sufficient. Scientist Dang Huu Xuong has become an inventor not out of want for fame...
Vietnam’s CO2 emission increase highest in the world
17/07/2009 05:00
Vietnam’s carbon dioxide emissions increased from about 6.7 percent in 1995-2000 to 10.6 percent in 2000-2005, the highest in the world. Vietnam’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increased from about 6.7 percent in 1995-2000 to 10.6 percent in...
HCM City starts programme to retrofit energy-saving buildings
16/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) and HCM City authorities yesterday kicked off a programme to retrofit buildings to make them energy-efficient. Retrofitting buildings with modern products, technologies and systems will help reduce...
City plans for climate change adaptation
15/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The country’s largest economic hub has been identified as one of the 10 cities in the world most likely to be severely affected by climate change, and the need to deploy an adaptation plan is urgent, officials have said. Workers build dikes...
Scores of brick kilns shutdown
14/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Hundreds of polluting brick kilns in the northern province of Bac Ninh have been shut down and will be demolished by the end of September. Hundreds of polluting brick kilns have been shut down in Bac Ninh province. According to a report...
VN’s douc face risk of extinction due to deforestation
13/07/2009 05:00
Hundreds of hectares of protected forest in Quang Nam Province in central Vietnam are being cut down. The alarming deforestation is not only posing a threat to water sources, but also the existence of the gray-shanked douc. A large tree illegally cut down by...