ECONOMY-SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGY
5-percent GDP growth rate within reach: cabinet meeting
07/08/2009|02:37:00
(VietNamNet Bridge) - Vietnam is likely to achieve a GDP growth rate of 5 percent, keep the inflation rate less than 7 percent and maintain a budget deficit of below 7 percent of the GDP, according to a cabinet meeting on August 5.
Can national parks be saved from global warming?
07/08/2009|02:04:00
(LosAngelesTimes) - The federal government must take decisive action to avoid "a potentially catastrophic loss of animal and plant life," in the national parks, according to a new report that details the effect of global warming on the country's most treasured public lands.
Ascott plants trees for environmental conservation
07/08/2009|10:23:00
Singaporean serviced residence operator Ascott will start tomorrow planting 20,000 mangrove trees on a two-hectare site in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, some 300 km from HCMC.