OTHER NEWS
Wild water birds dined and poached
06/01/2010|12:07:00
(VietNamNet Bridge)-A large number of adult and young wild birds in the Mekong Delta’s Bac Lieu Province are ending up on dinner tables and uncontrolled poaching is pushing several rare species to extinction, experts warn.
Plan to develop new seeds, breeds
06/01/2010|12:01:00
(VietNamNet Bridge)-Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a broad scheme to develop new breeds for agriculture, forestries, livestock and fisheries until 2020.
Lack of leadership, funds stalls river cleanup
20/12/2009|10:53:00
The Dong Nai River, which provides water for 16 million residents in 12 southern provinces and cities, is slowly dying of pollution. Leaders have failed to enforce protection policies while funding for cleanup efforts was last proposed several years ago
Gov’t apathy takes wind out of power companies’ sails
20/12/2009|10:36:00
(VietNamNet Bridge)-Vietnam’s first wind-power project will be up and running soon but experts say the country cannot exploit the full potential of this green energy until it becomes more investor-friendly.
Golf course housing plans hit the rough
16/12/2009|10:08:00
Golf course projects may lose their attractiveness to developers if the government limits land reserved for accommodation within project areas.