OTHER NEWS
Wastage plagues timber crafts
05/11/2012|10:55:00
Authorities must tighten management on the use of timber in handicraft furniture villages to avoid waste and the use of illegal or low-quality materials, a conference heard on Tuesday.
US$200 million for rural safe water program
05/11/2012|10:46:00
The World Bank has approved a US$ 200 million IDA credit for the ongoing program to provide safe water for 1.7 million people in eight Red River Delta provinces.
Tigers in captivity: P1 – The large cats’ lair
01/11/2012|09:36:00
Over the past decade, several villages in Do Thanh commune in central Vietnam’s Nghe An province have become thrilling markets for trading tiger parts. In the first part of this two-part series, Tuoi Tre reporters shed light on illegal tiger farms where the large cats are kept in captivity in small, unsanitary cages like those found at pig farms.