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  Farmers ignore shrimp warning

  (10:37:25 AM 15/10/2014)

  Farmers in Bac Lieu Province are expanding their white-legged shrimp ponds in unzoned areas despite warnings from local authorities that it could damage the environment and cause outbreaks of disease.

  Tags: Farmers, ignore, shrimp, warning, whilte-legged shrimp
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  White-leg shrimp hatcheries threaten fresh-water areas

  (15:24:36 PM 05/07/2014)

  Despite warnings by concerned agencies, farmers in the southern provinces have been rushing to convert large areas of rice fields and catfish ponds into shrimp ponds, threatening, some say, the biodiversity of their areas.

  Tags: White-leg shrimp, fresh-water areas,
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  Storks guard shrimp lagoon

  (11:02:58 AM 29/06/2013)

  At night when the owners of fish and shrimp lakes have to keep themselves vigil or hire guards to protect their lakes, Mr. Ninh can sleep until the morning because his shrimp lagoon is protected by storks. Several times, thanks to the cries of storks -- Ninh caught shrimp thieves

  Tags: stork, shrimp lagoon, mangrove forest, nature, environment protection,
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  Japan may stop Vietnamese shrimp import

  (14:00:53 PM 02/05/2014)

  Japanese businesses are planning to import shrimp from India and Indonesia instead of Viet Nam, due to the excessively high levels of oxytetracycline (OTC) in Vietnamese shrimp.

  Tags: Japan, may, stop, Vietnamese shrimp, import
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  Brackish shrimp destroying Truong Giang river

  (21:32:30 PM 23/02/2015)

  The Truong Giang River contains waste water from thousands of shrimp ponds in the coastal districts of Thang Binh and Nui Thanh in the central province of Quang Nam.

  Tags: Vietnam, Truong Giang River, shrimp hatchery,
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  Sea “swallows” hundreds of hectares of forests and shrimp farms

  (10:48:30 AM 19/05/2013)

  Approximately 100 hectares of preventive forests and 20 hectares of shrimp farms in the town of Sam Son of Thanh Hoa Province, central Vietnam, have disappeared due to sea encroachment.

  Tags: sea intrusion, encroachment, landslide, coast, sam son, thanh hoa, environment,
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  Vietnam has the First Shrimp Farm in Asia Certified to Aquaculture Stewardship Council Standard

  (20:54:10 PM 05/11/2014)

  Quoc Viet is partnering with WWF and IDH to work on supporting its farm to reduce its social and environmental impacts becoming the first corporate in Asia to announce Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification following assessment against the ASC Shrimp Standard.

  Tags: Vietnam, Shrimp Farm , Asia Certified, Aquaculture, Stewardship, Council, Standard
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  Australian fined for killing great white shark

  (16:18:33 PM 13/02/2014)

  An Australian man who killed a great white shark by ramming it with his boat and beating it with a pole has been fined A$18,000 ($16,000; £9,000).

  Tags: Australia, killing, great white shark, local ecosystem,
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  Farmers clear rubber plantations as “white gold” no longer glitters

  (10:19:52 AM 27/06/2014)

  Thousands of hectares of rubber trees in the eastern and central regions have been eliminated since the price of latex rubber, once described as “white gold”, has plummeted on the world market.

  Tags: rubber, latex
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  Vietnam to release White Paper on defence this year

  (10:33:39 AM 04/12/2014)

  Vietnam is preparing to publish a White Paper showing a policy of peace, independence, and transparency in military construction, said Minister of Defense Phung Quang Thanh on the sidelines of a workshop celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army in Cao Bang Province on December 2.

  Tags: Vietnam, release, White Paper, defence, this year
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  Black and white photos of old Hanoi by British diplomat

  (11:19:05 AM 03/08/2013)

  John Ramsden is a diplomat but he has a passion for photography. From 1980 to 1983, he was sent to Hanoi as part of the British Diplomatic Service’s mission. Within three years, he traveled around Hanoi and the surrounding areas to explore the life here.

  Tags: hanoi, diplomat, black and white photo, old hanoi,
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  ”Canned hunting” of white lions is despicable – and it must stop

  (17:24:00 PM 11/03/2014)

  South Africa’s president must put an end to this cold-blooded slaughter, says Ripper Street star Jerome Flynn

  Tags: white lions, South Africa, president, Jerome Flynn
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  Shrimp ponds devastate breakwater forests in Quang Nam

  (13:05:17 PM 11/12/2013)

  The coastal pine trees which have been existing for many years in Quang Nam--to protect the houses and villages, have been chopped down to give place to shrimp ponds.

  Tags: shrimp ponds, breakwater forests, Quang Nam
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  Exporters reject US anti-subsidy duties on shrimp

  (09:41:25 AM 01/06/2013)

  Vietnamese exporters have described the US Department of Commerce (DOC)’s recent levy of anti-subsidy duties on frozen shrimp imported from seven countries including Vietnam as absolutely unreasonable.

  Tags: exporters reject, us anti-subsidy, duties on, shrimp
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  Seafood companies eye Australia as potential growth opportunity

  (11:31:18 AM 11/12/2013)

  Australian customers are buying more seafood from Viet Nam, especially shrimp and molluscs.

  Tags: Seafood companies, Australia
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  Shrimp exports expected to soar this year

  (17:21:38 PM 07/07/2014)

  Shrimp exports, having gained a high value in the first half of this year, are expected to continue increasing in the second half of the year and raise the sector’s export value to 3.8 billion USD, the Saigon Times Daily reported.

  Tags: Shrimp, exports, expected, to soar, this year