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  Water resources and river basins in Vietnam

  (19:44:42 PM 06/11/2014)

  Water resources in river basins plays a special important role for developing economy and society, ensuring food security and livelihood of people, protecting environment, stabilizing politics and national security for each nation and for region. The role of river basins in human life has been popularly admitted in the world. The river basins management to use efficiently and sustainably water resources has been concerned as a national, inter- regional and global issue.

  Tags: Water resources, river basins, Vietnam, inter- regional, global issue.
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  Vietnam: Continue to strengthen water management in river basins

  (16:47:40 PM 07/08/2014)

  ​In the morning of July 21, in Hanoi, Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) has a meeting with the delegations of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to make discussion on the implementation of the project on strengthening water management in river basins in Vietnam.

  Tags: strengthen, water, management, river basins
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  Technology helps reduce flood loss

  (11:16:13 AM 16/03/2015)

  Placing remote sensing technology in river basins gave early forecasts to residents, helping to minimise flood related losses, experts said in Ha Noi yesterday.

  Tags: Vietnam, flood, central region,
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  Mekong River among top five river cruises in Asia

  (09:57:36 AM 23/07/2014)

  The UK daily Telegraph has cited the Mekong river cruise from Siem Reap in Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City as one of the top five river cruises in Asia.

  Tags: Mekong River, cruises, Asia, Far Eastern cultures,
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  Water experts and global leaders call for action to cooperate and protect water resources

  (21:26:34 PM 02/04/2014)

  2 April, 2014, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam—The crucial role of water in food security and energy played centre-stage on the first day of the Mekong River Commission’s International Conference on Cooperation for Water, Energy, and Food Security in Transboundary Basins under Changing Climate.

  Tags: Water, experts, and, global, leaders, call , for, action, to , cooperate, protect , water , resources
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  Intact shipwreck to be removed from river and displayed

  (10:41:17 AM 06/01/2014)

  A 19th century shipwreck discovered in 2012 in the Lo River in the northern city of Tuyen Quang is now being removed from the river.

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  To save the Dong Nai River, consensus is needed

  (15:46:43 PM 27/12/2014)

  The Dong Nai river system Environment Protection Committee still cannot reach agreement about its operation, while the river is becoming more seriously polluted.

  Tags: Dong Nai River, pollution
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  Planning for flood prevention in Day river basin

  (20:47:34 PM 10/10/2014)

  The Prime Minister has approved a master plan for flood prevention and dyke system in Day River with the goal of creating flow and handling environmental pollution, water supply for production and daily life, socio-economic development, landscape and improving the ecological environment along the river.

  Tags: Planning, flood, prevention, Day river, basin
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  Hanoi to restore river flows

  (12:02:42 PM 22/04/2015)

  Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on Saturday inspected river systems in the south and west of Ha Noi with a view to initiating measures that will restore water flows and reduce pollution.

  Tags: Ha Noi, restore water flows, reduce pollution,
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  Changing Red River flow brings region challenges

  (09:56:46 AM 03/02/2015)

  As the flow of the Red River changed due to the impacts of climate change and socio-economic development, the Red River Delta region would face problems, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Van Thang warned at a workshop last Friday.

  Tags: red river, Ha Noi, Bac Ninh,
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  Hardy fisherman challenges the River God

  (14:11:03 PM 11/02/2014)

  Many South-east Asians, including Vietnamese, are hesitant about trying to rescue people from drowning in case their efforts displease the River God.

  Tags: Hardy fisherman, challenge, the River God
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  Mekong conqueror plans river clean-up

  (10:51:24 AM 22/01/2015)

  After Remi Camus ended his six-month-long, 4,400-km swim along the Mekong River in Viet Nam's Tien Giang Province last year, he returned six months later to seek partners for his initiative to collect rubbish dumped in the world's 10th-longest river.

  Tags: Mekong River, safe drinking water, serious pollution,
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  Hau River dredging resumes after 2 years

  (10:09:56 AM 14/05/2014)

  Following a two-year delay due to financial difficulties, work to dredge and deepen the Hau River in the Mekong Delta has resumed after the National Assembly approved a VND6 trillion (US$300 million) Government bond issue to fund it.

  Tags: Hau River, dredging, resumes, after, 2 years
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  Master plan to tackle river pollution

  (16:05:32 PM 17/05/2013)

  The Prime Minister has approved a master plan for the building of an extensive drainage and waste water treatment system in residential areas and industrial parks in the Nhue-Day river basin by 2030.

  Tags: river pollution, industrial parks, waste water treatment system, nhue-day river,
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  Probe launched into Dong Nai urban river project

  (11:57:06 AM 04/06/2015)

  The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has recommended that the Government should not lift the ban on the construction of an urban area in Dong Nai Province that involves massive encroachment into a major river.

  Tags: Probe, launched, Dong Nai urban, river , project
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  Dong Nai River pollution affects 11 provinces, cities

  (08:13:46 AM 20/02/2013)

  Twenty million people in 11 provinces and cities in the southern region of the country are being affected by the worsening water pollution in the Dong Nai River, all of who use the river water for some form of daily activity or production.

  Tags: Dong Nai River, pollution, affects 11 provinces, cities,