Sci-Tech

Gov’t apathy takes wind out of power companies’ sails
18/12/2009 05:00
Vietnam’s first wind-power project will be up and running soon but experts say the country cannot exploit the full potential of this green energy until it becomes more investor-friendly. Nguyen Tien Long, deputy general director of Hanoi-based Vietnam...
Lack of leadership, funds stalls river cleanup
17/12/2009 05:00
The polluted Dong Nai River which supplies water to more than 16 million residents in Southern Vietnam. A proposed project to clean up the waterway has failed to get off the ground. (Photo: SGGP) The Dong Nai River, which provides water for 16 million...
Dak Lak sets up elephant sanctuary
17/12/2009 05:00
The Tay Nguyen province of Dac Lac will set up a 200-hectare elephant sanctuary at the Yok Don National Park under a project to preserve wild and domestic elephants. Riding elephants is a special feature of central highlands tourism. The province is planning to...
New information system to help better manage forests
17/12/2009 05:00
The Government aims to boost the effectiveness of management over the nation’s forest by establishing a forestry information network with the help . . . An agreement on setting up the information system for the forestry sector was signed between the...
Quang Ninh: 12 years of coal company pollution
17/12/2009 05:00
Within 12 years, a coal mining company in Quang Ninh province has filled a valley and nearly buried a whole stream. Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Quoc Trung from the Environmental Agency of the Ministry of Public Security told Dan Tri online newspaper...
Earth Hour 2010 scheduled on March 27
17/12/2009 05:00
Vietnam and many other countries will participate in the Earth Hour 2010, from 8.30.30pm of March 17th 2010 by switching off unnecessary lamps to prevent climate change. Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake in the Earth Hour 2009. At 7pm, December 17, the special...
HCM City’s power plant buries waste
16/12/2009 05:00
HCM City’s environmental police on December 14 caught workers of the Hiep Phuoc power plant in Nha Be district pouring solid waste and cinders into a hole. The workers declared that this was the fourth batch of waste they had buried in the morning...