ECONOMY-SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGY
Farmers seek US$31.5 mil compensation from Vedan for river pollution
21/09/2009|06:27:00
Farmers in Ho Chi Minh City’s Can Gio District have demanded VND567 billion (US$31.5 million) from Vedan Vietnam, a Taiwanese producer of monosodium glutamate based in Dong Nai Province, as compensation for damaging aquaculture farms and crops by discharging untreated waste into a local river.
Province releases endangered turtles back into sea
20/09/2009|10:03:00
(VietNamNet Bridge)-The Phong Nha – Ke Bang Center for Scientific Research and Rescue, Bo Trach District, Quang Binh Province, released nine endangered sea turtles back into the sea on Friday.
Vietnam has 70 caged tigers
17/09/2009|08:16:00
(VietNamNet Bridge)-There are around 70 caged tigers and held in captivity for many reasons in Vietnam, the Government’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) office announced September 14.
Eleven out of 21 IZ lack proper sewage
17/09/2009|07:40:00
(VietNamNet Bridge)-Only 10 out of 21 industrial zones in the southern province of Dong Nai have proper waste water treatment systems, according to the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DoNRE).