OTHER NEWS
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.
City flood prevention projects to complete by 2015
23/10/2012|03:01:00
Ho Chi Minh City is targeting to complete all flood prevention projects by 2015, said Do Tan Long, head of the Water Drainage Department under the Steering Committee for the Urban Flood Control Program.
National parks and biosphere reserves in danger
23/10/2012|02:44:00
Environmentalists have expressed their concern about the fates of natural reserves, saying that the reserves have not been preserved for the purpose of biodiversity conservation.
Tra Vinh: Exotic grass variety banned
13/10/2012|04:02:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Many farmers in the southern province of Tra Vinh recently planted a species of grass that had not been tested in Vietnam yet. The local authorities have decided to seize the whole seeds and recommended farmers to not grow it.