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  Farmers losing ground to sand mining

  (14:22:02 PM 27/04/2014)

  Farmers in a number of provinces are pleading for help as they lose arable land to sand mining operations.

  Tags: Farmers, losing ground, to sand mining
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  An “international dumping ground” in Khoai Village

  (16:16:45 PM 19/02/2015)

  Called the “rubbish metropolis”, the Minh Khai Village in Van Lam District of Hung Yen province receives several tons of garbage every day.

  Tags: Vietnam, Hung Yen province, recycling workshops,
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  Green Technology Park breaks ground in Long An

  (11:20:05 AM 12/11/2014)

  Viet Nam Waste Solutions (VWS) broke ground for construction of a bridge near the Green Technology Park (GTP) in Long An Province's Thu Thua District. In operating, the US$ 500 – million project has a capacity of 40,000 tonnes / day. Located on 1,760ha, the GTP project aims to provide long-term and comprehensive waste management for HCM City and neighbouring provinces by the year 2010.

  Tags: Green Technology Park, breaks, ground, Long An, Environmental, Protection
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  Vietnam’s seaports may turn into world’s dumping ground

  (16:11:40 PM 19/05/2015)

  The urgent task for Vietnam now is to settle 5,000 ownerless containers of goods left at seaports, while over the long term, a measure to prevent the world’s industrial waste from entering the country is needed.

  Tags: Vietnam, scrap material, dumping ground,
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  Fruit safety questionable

  (08:23:01 AM 13/10/2014)

  Public concerns about the safety of products originating in China, especially fruits, are meant to be doused when the top official of the country’s veggies safety agency asserts that there is no ground for suspicions.

  Tags: Fruit, safety, questionable, Chinese pear
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  Millions of USD “incinerated” at HCM’s state-of-the-art waste treatment site

  (14:46:01 PM 02/07/2014)

  The HCM City authorities have decided to close Dumping Ground No 3 at the Hiep Phuoc waste treatment complex, after determining thatit is seriously polluting the environment.

  Tags: Hiep Phuoc, waste treatment complex,
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  Big money spent, but waste not treated

  (10:52:59 AM 14/05/2014)

  Waste treatment remains a big headache for local authorities in the Mekong Delta. While open dumping on the ground pollutes the environment, modern waste treatment plants have been left idle.

  Tags: Big, money, spent, but, waste, not treated
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  At least 175 dead in southwest China quake

  (14:08:13 PM 04/08/2014)

  At least 175 people were killed and 1,400 injured after a strong earthquake hit southwest China's mountainous Yunnan province Sunday, bringing homes crashing to the ground and sparking a massive relief operation.

  Tags: 175, dead, southwest China, quake
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  Ba Na Hills cable car: A world’s most amazing thrill

  (21:19:58 PM 16/02/2015)

  Few thrills rival the sensation of floating through the sky, staring at chasms and valleys thousands of feet below and forgetting that all that stands between you and the ground is a bundle of wires strung between a series of poles.

  Tags: CNN, :Ba Na Hills, cable car
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  Ceramics museum offers trip through local pottery history

  (17:00:30 PM 16/08/2014)

  An old-style tile-roofed house appeared in the middle of a large open public ground next to the headquarters of Kim Lan Commune People's Committee. Hesitation stopped me for a while before I entered the first community museum in Viet Nam.

  Tags: Ceramics museum, local pottery history, Bat Trang Village
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  Green Technology Park project launched

  (11:08:16 AM 12/11/2014)

  A ground-breaking ceremony for the building of a modern waste treatment complex in Thu Thua district in the Mekong Delta province of Long An was held on November 9. The Green Technology Park project implemented by the Vietnam Waste Solutions Inc. (VWS) has a total investment capital of US$500 million in the first phase.

  Tags: Green, Technology Park, project, launched, industrial waste, economic cities, provinces
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  WWF’s ‘Most Wanted’ List Highlights 10 of the Most Widely Traded Endangered Species in the Markets of the Golden Triangle

  (12:31:30 PM 02/11/2017)

  Tigers, elephants, bears and pangolin are four of the most widely traded species in the Golden Triangle -- the border area where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar connect -- according to a report from WWF. Rhinos, serow, helmeted hornbill, gaur, leopards and turtles round out the list of endangered species that are openly sold in a region that is Ground Zero in the illegal wildlife trade.

  Tags: WWF’s , Most Wanted, List Highlights , Traded, Endangered, Species , Markets , Golden Triangl