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  Airbus and Indonesia partner on aviation environmental programme

  (20:02:44 PM 30/09/2016)

  Airbus and the Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have launched a long-term partnership to reduce the impact of aviation on the environment. The agreement was signed during the ICAO World Aviation Forum on Aviation Partnerships for Sustainable Development in Montreal Canada. This programme will cover a tailored offering of services and expertise.

  Tags: Airbus , Indonesia, partner , aviation, environmental , programme
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  Traffic death toll reduction a success to build on: Deputy PM

  (16:19:32 PM 17/01/2015)

  The number of traffic accident fatalities nationwide fell below 9,000 in 2014 for the first year in a long time, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc noted at an online conference with 62 provinces and cities.

  Tags: Viet Nam, traffic accident, aviation security,
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  Sweet smell of success: human nose discerns giant array of odors

  (10:15:59 AM 21/03/2014)

  What does your nose know? A lot more than you might expect. Scientists studying the breadth of people's sense of smell said on Thursday the human nose can discern far more than the 10,000 different odors long cited as the outer limit of our olfactory abilities.

  Tags: nose, smell, human, odors,
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  Cho Ve chai – where memories are revived

  (10:46:52 AM 30/12/2014)

  Its name sounds low-brow, but Cho Ve chai, or the market of scraps, is getting quite popular among city dwellers, especially those who want to have a quick glimpse of popular home utensils in the past. So, crowds of people rush to the so-called market, opened every Sunday morning at Cao Minh Café, at 255/47bis on No Trang Long Street in HCMC’s Binh Thanh District, either to relive their memories or to learn of the people’s livelihood decades ago. Among them are also antiques collectors.

  Tags: HCM City, Cho Ve chai, antiques collectors
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  Holcim treats 7,000 liters of toxic oil stored near Ha Long

  (11:25:21 AM 16/10/2014)

  Holcim Vietnam, a Swiss cement manufacturer, will treat 7,000 liters of oil containing PCBs taken from the Cai Lan Port in Ha Long City to the company’s plant in Kien Giang province. The 34 barrels were taken to the southern province on two trucks on October 7. Two import containers of transformers and machine parts that had been affected by PCBs remained at Cai Lan Port.

  Tags: Holcim, treats, liters, toxic oil, stored, Ha Long
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  Fisherman catches giant endangered catfish, sells to restaurant

  (16:01:13 PM 06/03/2015)

  A fisherman in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on March 4 caught a 1.7-meter long leo catfish weighing 65 kg. It is considered an endangered species.

  Tags: giant endangered catfish, restaurant , Mekong Delta, Dong Thap
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  700 tons of smuggled coal seized in Quang Ninh

  (15:29:14 PM 06/03/2015)

  The authorities of the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh at a press conference on March 4 said that more than 700 tons of smuggled coal in Ha Long City had been seized.

  Tags: Quang Ninh, smuggled coal, Ha Long City
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  EUR 200 million loan for climate change mitigation projects in India

  (09:39:54 AM 01/04/2014)

  The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a long-term loan of EUR 200 million to India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) to help finance projects that will contribute to the mitigation of climate change in India.

  Tags: EUR 200 million loan, for, climate, change, mitigation, projects, in, India
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  Quang Ninh to crack down on illegal bear bile farms

  (14:21:09 PM 26/02/2014)

  Northern Quang Ninh Province's People's Committee has officially ordered an immediate crackdown on illegal tours to bear farms in Ha Long City – an area well known for its illegal bear bile business.

  Tags: Quang Ninh, Ha Long City, bear bile farms, illegal bear bile business,
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  Shark Dads Lose Babies to Unborn Cannibal Siblings

  (17:06:28 PM 02/05/2013)

  Inside its mother’s womb, an unborn sand tiger shark is busy devouring its brothers and sisters. It’s just 10 centimetres long but it already has well-developed eyes and a set of sharp teeth, which it turns against its smaller siblings. By the time the pregnant female gives birth, it only has two babies left—one from each of its two wombs. These survivors have already eaten all the others. They’re the bloody victors of a pre-birth battle.

  Tags: environment, sand tiger shark, hatchling, sexual competition
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  What’s Ebola? Mumbai takes crash course as virus spreads

  (11:47:59 AM 17/10/2014)

  Not until weeks after the World Health Organization declared Ebola an international emergency on Aug. 6 did doctors in Mumbai start preparing. “Ebola? I heard about it one month back,” said Pramod Nagarkar, superintendent at the city’s Hinduhridyasamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care Centre, which sent two doctors to attend a day-long crash course about the ABCs of the deadly virus. “They give training: what is Ebola, how it happens, what are the treatments, what are the precautions to be taken.”

  Tags: What’s Ebola, Mumbai, takes, crash, course, virus, spreads
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  EUR 12.5 MILLION TO ASSIST VIET NAM IN CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF FORESTS AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS

  (12:05:33 PM 29/07/2015)

  Mr. Tran Kim Long, Director of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), and Mrs. Kirsten Hegener and Mr. Christian Henckes, Deputy Directors of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, signed the Implementation Agreements for two new Technical Cooperation programmes:

  Tags: EUR 12.5 MILLION, TO, ASSIST, VIET NAM, CONSERVATION , SUSTAINABLE, USE, OF, FORESTS, COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
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  For the first time Viet Nam awarded full certificates on sustainable natural forest management

  (16:23:56 PM 20/06/2014)

  Today, the Dakto Plantation Single Member Limited Liability Company (Daktoplanco) and Truong Son Forest Management Enterprise, a member of the Long Dai Forestry Industry Company Limited in Kon Tum and Quang Binh provinces respectively had the honour to be awarded the full FSC/FM/CoC certificate from the Forest Stewardship Council International (FSC).

  Tags: For the first time, Viet Nam, awarded, full certificates, on sustainable, natural forest, management
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  Vietnam travel company accused of abandoning foreign tourists

  (10:53:53 AM 10/02/2014)

  Nearly 100 Chinese tourists have accused a Vietnamese travel company of leaving them out to dry in Ha Long Bay.

  Tags: Vietnam travel company, accused of, abandoning, foreign tourists
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  Saigon & Dong Nai rivers more polluted

  (16:23:50 PM 03/12/2013)

  Long-term planning is needed to cope with worsening pollution in the Sai Gon and Dong Nai rivers, experts have warned.

  Tags: Polluted rivers, HCM City, Dong Nai river, Sai Gon River,
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  Long-term strategy crucial for saving primates

  (11:27:23 AM 24/10/2014)

  Located in a region dominated by a tropical monsoon climate,Vietnamis home to some of the world’s rarest wildlife species, including 26 primate species and sub-species, which play a crucial role in cultural life and scientific research.

  Tags: Long-term, strategy, crucial, saving, primates