OTHER NEWS
Wind energy project gets the green light
05/09/2014|11:16:00
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given his stamp of approval for an unprecedented renewable energy project utilising wind power, with funds mainly provided by the German Government.
Vietnam faces pressing need for saving wild tigers
25/08/2014|08:37:00
Vietnam is one of the 13 countries that have tigers in the wild, yet it is facing an urgent challenge in protecting the species, which is being pushed to the brink of extinction due to economic and social pressures.
High salinity triggers water shortage in Da Nang
18/08/2014|02:41:00
Residents in seven districts of the central city have lacked clean water since last week as the salinity in Cau Do water plant –Da Nang's major water supply –reached an alarming high of 9.950mg per litre.
Hydropower-plant officials offered false promises, say lowlands residents
31/07/2014|09:59:00
“We should not expect that hydropower plants can prevent floods for the lowlands. They can never do this. Floods will still come. We have to accept to live together with floods,” said Nguyen Tai Anh, deputy general director of the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), the largest power group, the investor of many power plants and the only electricity retailer in Vietnam.