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Global project helps protect vast swathe of central region’s forest
17/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – A highly diverse and ecologically important forest area stretching from Hue city to the Laos border has been protected thanks to a 4.5-year project. Thua Thien-Hue Province’s Bach Ma National Park has been extended to increase...
WWF helps to protect thousands of ha of forest
16/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – A protective belt surrounding approximately 134,000 ha of primary forests has been established in the central province of Thua Thien- Hue city under a World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-backed scheme. A conference took place in Thua...
Surgery to separate conjoined twins set for today in Ha Noi
16/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – A 20-strong surgical team will attempt to separate two-week-old conjoined twins a week ahead of schedule at the National Paediatrics Hospital, Ha Noi, today. “This will be more difficult than the surgery for the other conjoined twins...
Students ’journey to save the tiger’
16/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Animal loving students in Viet Nam have been given the opportunity to win a once in a lifetime trip to Safari Singapore by the WWF. The organisation’s Greater Mekong project is calling on contestants to craft a fund-raising proposal...
Farmers reluctant to give up old techniques, embrace new technology
16/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Vo Tong Xuan, the first Southeast Asian scientist to win the Dioscoro L Umali Achievement Award for Agricultural Development, voices concerns with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. Vietnamese farmers fumble in their choices between...
High speed railway engineers to be trained in Japan
15/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VRC) has signed a deal with the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tokai), regarding the training of engineers in the use of Japanese high-speed rail technology. The railway project is one of Vietnam’s...
Four rivers supplying Hai Phong heavily polluted
15/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Four of the rivers that provide Hai Phong’s 2 million people with water are heavily polluted, warns Hai Phong Water Supply Limited Company deputy director Vu Hong Duong. A polluted river in Hai Phong. VietNamNet Bridge - Four of the...