ECONOMY-SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGY
Rare turtle rescue station set up in central Vietnam
08/03/2010|11:41:00
The Asian Turtle Preservation programme (ATP) of the US zoo Cleverland Metropark will grant $20,000 to build a turtle rescue station in the central province of Quang Ngai. This station will rescue and preserve the endemic turtle species in central Vietnam - Mauremys anammensis.
Inspectors uncover 27 polluting companies in HCMC
08/03/2010|11:31:00
Twenty-seven companies were found causing serious environmental pollution in 2009, the Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing Zone and Industrial Park Authority (HEPZA) announced March 4.
Mother Nature’s been tough on Vietnam
08/03/2010|11:11:00
(VietNamNet Bridge)- Drought and unusually high temperatures are now pervasive throughout Vietnam. Le Thanh Hai, the deputy director of the national weather service, told Tuoi Tre that the proximate cause is El Ninõ.