• Dam operations need to serve people better: conference

    06/12/2009 05:00

    The groundbreaking ceremony for the Thuong Kon Tum Hydropower Plant project in Kon Tum Province Agriculture and environment authorities on Friday called for changes in the operation of hydropower dams to ensure better...

  • Video contest urges environmental action

    06/12/2009 05:00

    US Consul General Kenneth Fairfax encourages people to make a difference on climate change The US State Department’s “Change Your Climate, Change Our World” video contest aims to help Vietnamese get involved in the...

  • Tighter controls on land use after reports of inefficiency

    Tighter controls on land use after reports of inefficiency

    06/12/2009 05:00

    The People’s Council of northern Vinh Phuc Province has asked local agencies to carry out land-use inspections following reports of misuse and inefficiency. Recently, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DoNRE), in co-operation with industrial...

  • Hanoi youth sport UV tattoos despite cancer risk

    06/12/2009 05:00

    Glowing tattoos that are popular among Hanoi youth use imported ultraviolet ink that can cause cancer, say doctors. Lan Anh, waiting at a tattoo shop on Nguyen Trai Street in Thanh Xuan...

  • Mekong Delta disaster will affect world food security

    06/12/2009 05:00

    Vietnam, the world’s second-biggest rice exporter, said Wednesday that world cooking security depends on curbing global warming. “The rice bowl of Vietnam will be severely affected”...

  • ‘Boy with no face’ uses big heart to help UXO victims

    06/12/2009 05:00

    Nguyen Duc Huynh (L) visits Ho Van Lai, a victim of war-era unexploded ordnance in the central province of Quang Tri last month A boy deformed by a war-era napalm bomb helps the less fortunate....

  • Problems plague labour export plan for disadvantaged workers

    06/12/2009 05:00

    Poor promotion and communication, lack of co-operation by local authorities, and excessive red tape have been blamed for problems in expanding the national labour export scheme . . . Young people seek labour export opportunities at a career fair in the central...

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