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  When the forests have no more trees

  (15:35:11 PM 20/06/2013)

  Imposing wooden charnel houses are one of the unique architectural traditions of the Central Highlands. However, as the forests in the region grow increasingly depleted, these structures may soon be relegated to the past.

  Tags: Forests, wooden coffin, Central Highlands, trees,
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  People devastate forests, nature gets angry

  (14:01:01 PM 16/12/2013)

  Deforestation is not the story of some specific communes or provinces. Forests have been devastated all over the country for firewood, hydropower and agriculture development.

  Tags: forest devastation, deforestation, nature
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  Special-use forests in Vietnam getting poorer

  (15:25:19 PM 30/10/2012)

  A lot of special-use forests in Vietnam have been eliminated to give place to business projects. The movement of “sacrificing forests for economic development,” surprisingly, has been applauded by management ministries and local authorities.

  Tags: Special-use , forests , Vietnam , getting , poorer
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  Pine forests disappear, Da Lat gets ragged

  (14:30:29 PM 21/05/2013)

  The pine forests in both the inner city and suburbs of the famous tourism land of Da Lat have been killed because people need land areas for their houses.

  Tags: vietnam, environment, pine trees, da lat, tourism site,
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  Plan to protect forests given green light

  (15:04:33 PM 15/12/2014)

  The Prime Minister has approved a scheme to improve management of logging in natural forests for the 2014-2020 period, with the goal of increasing coverage to meet domestic demand for timber.

  Tags: Plan, to, protect, forests, given, green , light
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  Old teak forests poisoned, dying day by day

  (08:20:52 AM 13/01/2013)

  Tens of hectares of teak forests which are tens of years old in Dong Nai province have been killed. Meanwhile, the local authorities still turn a deaf ear to the problem.

  Tags: Vietnam, forest, teak, land, deforestation
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  Dak Lak’s forests ravaged by precious stone hunters

  (14:14:26 PM 02/01/2014)

  Hundreds of people have been flocking to the Cu Klong commune in Krong Nang district of the central province of Dak Lak these days to look for sapphire and quartz crystals they believe are under the earth in the forests.

  Tags: Dak Lak’s forests, precious stone, mining
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  Viper bites up as forests disappear

  (12:01:15 PM 30/11/2014)

  Deforestation and habitat loss as well as climate change impacts explain the increased appearance of viper bite victims in emergency rooms in central Viet Nam.

  Tags: Viper, bites, up, forests, disappear, victims
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  Beach resorts eat into forests on Phu Quoc

  (21:10:00 PM 18/08/2015)

  Investors are making a massive foray into the emerging resort island of Phu Quoc off Kien Giang Province, with more forest and agricultural land replaced by big-ticket resort projects.

  Tags: Phu Quoc, resort, projects, reducing , agricultural land, protective, forests
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  Forests turn bare, exhausted

  (15:45:10 PM 17/05/2013)

  The poor forests should be improved by the afforestation instead of letting them get destroyed for economic projects.

  Tags: Tags:Vietnam, afforestation, national park, forest land, afforestation yard
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  Valuable forests lack protection

  (10:07:26 AM 04/08/2014)

  The illegal use of forest land and deforestation still occur in many provinces despite many attempts in recent years.

  Tags: Valuable, forests, lack, protection
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  Forests devastated because of Vietnamese hobby for woodworks

  (13:14:57 PM 22/06/2015)

  Old forests continue to “bleed” because of the rich’s hobby of collecting wooden furniture items.

  Tags: Vietnam, woodworks, deforestation,
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  Forests devastated as people hunt for medicinal herbs

  (16:17:55 PM 22/12/2014)

  Illegal herb exploitation has gradually eliminated forests in the central region, including national parks and sanctuaries.

  Tags: medicinal herbs, forest devastation, deforestation
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  Nearly 100 hectares of natural forests destroyed in Ha Tinh

  (11:00:51 AM 03/06/2015)

  The natural forests in Huong Lam and Huong Xuan Communes of Huong Khe District in the central province of Ha Tinh have been seriously devastated, turned into bare hills just within one month.

  Tags: Vietnam, Ha Tinh province, natural forest, deforestation,
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  Who has eliminated 130,000 hectares of forests in Central Highlands?

  (10:15:33 AM 14/05/2014)

  The Central Highlands, the largest forest area in Vietnam with 2.84 million hectares of forests, has never seen such a serious deforestation before. Over 130,000 hectares have been cleared just in the last five years.

  Tags: Who, has, eliminated, 130000 hectares, of, forests, in, Central Highlands
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  Investors destroy forests as they lease land in Dak Nong under false pretenses

  (15:14:50 PM 25/08/2014)

  Thousands of hectares of forests in the central province of Dak Nong have been eliminated due to a policy that allows investors to lease forest land.

  Tags: destroy, forest, Dak Lak