Sci-Tech

Building site waste dumped by roadsides poses hazards
10/03/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Concrete waste from building sites is being dumped along the Lang-Hoa Lac highway, west of Ha Noi, causing accidents on the expressway which is still under construction. “Many drivers picked up for violations admitted they dumped their waste on...
State-owned clinics lack funds for waste treatment Â projects
10/03/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – A total 18 waste treatment projects at State-owned hospital in HCMC cannot be executed to schedule due to a severe shortage of investment capital, said the HCMC Department of Health. The city give priority to medical wastewater treatment...
Biological pools to aid water quality
10/03/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Enterprises in the city will soon have to build a bio-logical pool to take in effluents that have been treated and have a qualified independent company monitor its quality before discharging into a water source. Each enterprise will also have to...
Polluting brick kilns kill crops
10/03/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Farmers outside Ha Noi complain that smoke belching from brick kilns still ruin their paddy and threaten their health despite the persistent effort of district and commune officials to have them closed. Smoke from brick kilns in many communes in...
Herd of gaurs discovered in Quang Tri
09/03/2009 05:00
A herd of about ten gaurs, a rare kind of wild cattle typical of South Asia and Southeast Asia, have been discovered living on Mount Voi Mep at a height of 1,700m in Huong Hoa district in Quang Tri. A herd of about ten gaurs, a rare kind of wild cattle...
Cat Tien attracts preservation funding
09/03/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Cat Tien national park has signed a 500,000 USD project to develop eco-tourism with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Vietnam and Denmark. Cat Tien national park. (Photo: www.venuevietnam.com) The project aims to improve the park’s...
Many incentives for bi-fuel projects
09/03/2009 05:00
Presiding over a meeting this afternoon with the competent ministries, sectors and enterprises, Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai confirmed the policies to encourage and grant tax and loan incentives for bio-fuel projects. Developing bio-fuels is a necessary step of...