Sci-Tech

HCM City gets tough on polluters
04/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The city plans to cut electricity and clean water supply to enterprises that discharge untreated wastewater deemed unsafe for daily use of residents. Slum houses beside Tran Xuan Soan Road along the Sai Gon River in HCM City. Wasted water...
Red River driest in 107 years
04/12/2009 05:00
Since November the water level in the Red River has reduced to a record low level for the last 107 years, said a senior official from the National Hydrometeorologic Forecast Centre. The lowest level that experts measured is 0.76m on November 18. The...
Vietnam gears up to cope with climate change
04/12/2009 05:00
PM Nguyen Tan Dung will lead the Vietnamese delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference in Denmark to show the country’s determination to work with the world to cope with climate change. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will lead the Vietnamese...
How Vietnam find cash to cope with climate change
03/12/2009 05:00
Finance to cope with climate change will be a big challenge for developing countries, which are in the vulnerable group like Vietnam, experts said in a seminar on December 2. Climate change can cause severe floods. According to delegates at the...
Sucking sludge from the lake
03/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Hoan Kiem Lake, a symbol of Ha Noi, will be restored in the next two weeks by low-impact environmental German technology . . . Green German technology is being used to clean up Hoan Kiem Lake in Ha Noi. The US$2.4 million project to remove...
Firms urged to aid risk areas
02/12/2009 05:00
The impacts of natural disasters could be mitigated if people living in vulnerable areas get support from businesses for taking advance safety measures. Residents of Hung Ha Commune in Tan Hung District in the southern province of Long An evacuate during a...
Binh Thuan limits wind power projects due to titanium
02/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The government of Binh Thuan Province has decided to suspend the licensing of new wind power development projects . . . A wind power turbine tower under construction in Binh Thuan Province. Dinh Huy Hiep, vice director of the...