OTHER NEWS
US helps disaster-prone central coastal communities
28/12/2012|11:11:00
The central province of Quang Nam on November 21 launched a US-backed project worth 400,000 USD, to increase disaster-prone coastal communities’ resilience to natural hazards, according to the US Embassy in Vietnam.
Agricultural emissions ‘can be cut by 50%'
28/12/2012|10:56:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam would be able to reduce over 50 per cent of total carbon dioxide emissions from agricultural production by 2020 if the country managed to take full advantage of potential reduction measures.
Give land to farmers, and they will stop deforestation
28/12/2012|10:49:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Local residents who have been living together with the forests, considering the forests as their homes, still devastate the forests. It’s because they need land for agricultural production.
Hydropower plant to swallow national park
16/12/2012|11:30:00
About 60 hectares of forests in the core area of the Yok Don National Park in Dak Lak province would be eliminated when the Drang Phok hydropower plant is built.