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Stinking rubbish being cleared
14/06/2009 05:00
Thousands of tonnes of rotting domestic waste in Ha Noi’s Chuong My, Thach That and Quoc Oai districts that have been left since early this year will be cleared next week. VietNamNet Bridge - More than 10,000 tonnes of rotting domestic waste in Ha...
Dak Lak: elephants hunted for hair
14/06/2009 05:00
Believing that luck will come to people who wear elephant-tail-hair-made jewelry, domesticated and wild elephants in the Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak, which is famous for elephant taming, are in danger. The body of a male elephant which had been...
More businesses join forest protection network
14/06/2009 05:00
The Vietnam Forestry and Trade Network, which aims to preserve natural forests, on June 12 admitted three wood processing companies as members. The Vietnam Forestry and Trade Network’s experts (photo: WWF Vietnam). The Vietnam Forestry and Trade...
Improper infrastructure poses biggest threat to forests, biodiversity
13/06/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Indochina program manager of Bird Life International has warned inappropriate infrastructure development is the biggest threat to special-use forests and biodiversity in Vietnam. The board reads forest destruction is forbidden but many...
Alarm grows over industrial waste
12/06/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Most of the enterprises in Viet Nam’s 219 industrial and processing zones lack wastewater treatment systems, according to the deputy head of the Ministry of Public Security’s Environment Police Department, Phan Huu Vinh. Environmental...
Testing begins to save legendary Vietnam turtle
12/06/2009 05:00
Researchers have begun testing mechanical “SediTurtles” they say will protect a legendary Vietnamese turtle while cleaning the historical lake in which the creature lives. Vietnamese and foreign technicians work at a lake inside the presidential palace...
City engages private sector in environmental protection
11/06/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The HCMC government is engaging the private sector in environmental protection and is also increasing funds for environmental protection. A factory in Tan Binh Industrial Park in HCMC emits black smoke. Nguyen Trung Tin, vice chairman...