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  Global Environment Facility funded 7 ideas

  (09:40:58 AM 16/10/2014)

  The Vietnam Global Environment Facility (GEF) National Dialogue with the 6-cycle period from 2014 to 2018 recently concluded with successful results. GEF has chosen 7 out of 15 ideas proposed for GEF’s funded projects in Vietnam. They are: Sustainable Urban Development; Wildlife conservation; Reducing carbon emissions; Controlling persistent organic pollutants; Strengthening cooperation to protect the international water resources; Biodiversity mechanisms and Ensuring sustainable financing mechanisms. In 7 ideas, Sustainable Urban Development and Wildlife Conservation are two particularly interested ideas.

  Tags: Global, Environment, Facility, funded , 7 ideas,
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  Loans for fishermen a big priority

  (15:37:54 PM 27/06/2015)

  National Assembly (NA) deputy and member of the NA Economic Committee Le Nam spoke to Hai Quan (Custom) newspaper about helping fishermen build the country's fleet of modern fishing boats.

  Tags: fishermen, assistance policies for fishermen,
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  Mang Den is what Da Lat was

  (09:57:14 AM 19/11/2013)

  When I visited Kon Tum the other day, my friends there asked me to accompany them to Mang Den, which is about 50 kilometers from the province’s capital town and is being developed into a national eco-tourism area.

  Tags: Mang Den, Da Lat
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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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  Dark Matter Matters - When You Can”t Find It

  (16:37:35 PM 22/02/2013)

  What’s frustrating is, that whatever it is, dark matter is a lynchpin in modern astrophysics. It is the ghostly link between the infinitely small and infinitely large: particle physics and cosmology.

  Tags: environment, space, dark matter, Hubble, invisible
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  HCM City speeds up investment to modernise schools

  (13:53:48 PM 22/11/2013)

  The HCM City Department of Education and Training will invest in more modern school equipment, including interactive whiteboards for primary schools and kindergartens by 2015.

  Tags: HCM City, investment, modernise schools, kindergartens, primary schools
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  Leadership sought in pollution battle

  (10:07:38 AM 20/05/2013)

  Viet Nam needs a better monitoring and reporting system of water pollution in rural and urban areas, according to experts who spoke at a recent seminar on environmental management held in HCM City.

  Tags: leadership sought, in pollution, battle
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  Leadership sought in pollution battle

  (08:47:50 AM 27/05/2013)

  Viet Nam needs a better monitoring and reporting system of water pollution in rural and urban areas, according to experts who spoke at a recent seminar on environmental management held in HCM City.

  Tags: viet nam, hcm city, pollution sources, water-pollution, oda,
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  Rubbish clogging up countryside, cities, islands

  (20:51:12 PM 17/07/2014)

  Household garbage that pollutes the environment has become a serious problem everywhere, from urban to rural areas, from remote provinces to islands.

  Tags: Household garbage, Con Quan rubbish dump,
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  Bus depot developers suffer at the hands of two-faced officials

  (10:49:44 AM 01/07/2014)

  Hundreds of billions dong have been wasted as a series of bus stations, modern and well-serviced, have been left idle because of the local authorities breaking their promises.

  Tags: Bus depot, bus stations,
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  Vietnamese engineer makes second helicopter

  (15:13:25 PM 08/01/2015)

  Bui Hien, the engineer famous for his self-made helicopter, has successfully made a second helicopter which he says is safer and more modern in design.

  Tags: Tags:Vietnam, Bui Hien, helicopter,
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  Environmental laws necessary

  (16:03:21 PM 16/04/2014)

  Viet Nam needs to support efforts to protect the environment with forceful laws, Colonel Doan Huu Chau, head of Ha Noi's environment police, told newspaper Kinh te & Do thi (Economic and Urban Affairs).

  Tags: Environmental laws, necessary
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  Urban flooding unavoidable

  (16:31:38 PM 03/11/2014)

  Urban flooding in HCMC is approaching the irrecoverable threshold and is seen unavoidable in the next several years, according to facts and figures at a meeting convened by the HCMC government this week.

  Tags: Urban, flooding, unavoidable, HCMC, government, heavy rain, vision
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  Calculator 2050 helps Vietnam respond to climate change

  (11:27:38 AM 08/04/2014)

  Vietnam will have a modern tool to measure its greenhouse gas emissions, helping it to effectively respond to climate change, according to the Vietnam Investment Review.

  Tags: 2050, Vietnam, climate change
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  Experts discuss climate change

  (15:11:34 PM 27/09/2014)

  With around 75 per cent of Viet Nam's urban population living in low elevation coastal zones, many people will be affected by rising sea levels, experts have warned.

  Tags: Viet Nam, urban population, climate change, rising sea levels, saltwater
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  Fascinating Cu Lao Cham

  (08:29:02 AM 22/03/2014)

  Cu Lao Cham (Cham Islands), a World Biosphere Reserve in Quang Nam Province is famous not only for its wild beauty but also for being an area which has drawn the special attention of scientists because it possesses species of corals first found in Viet Nam.

  Tags: Cu Lao Cham, island, Quang Nam, natural,