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Airport customs officers seized over 5kg rhino hor
22/05/2013, 09:43:53 AM
(VNS)-More than 5kg of rhino horns were seized by customs officers at Tan Son Nhat Airport yesterday while being smuggled into Vietnam.
Air Pollution and Noise Pollution Increase Cardiov
21/05/2013, 07:53:30 AM
(Sciencedaily)-Both fine-particle air pollution and noise pollution may increase a person's risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to German researchers who have conducted a large population study, in which both factors were considered simultaneously.
Is there a multi-billion dong aloewood treasure in
20/05/2013, 01:53:31 PM
(VietNamNet Bridge)-Scientists believe that an aloewood treasure does not exist in nature. Aloewood is very rare in Vietnam, while it is easy to make counterfeit aloewood.VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists believe that an aloewood treasure does not exist in nature. Aloewood is very rare in Vietnam, while it is easy to make counterfeit aloewood.
Climate change meltdown unlikely but human disaste
20/05/2013, 05:38:53 AM
(Guardian)-Some of the most extreme predictions of global warming are unlikely to materialise, new scientific research has suggested, but the world is still likely to be in for a temperature rise of double that regarded as safe.
WB helps central province implement wastewater pr
19/05/2013, 10:16:27 PM
(VNA)-The southern central province of Quang Nam has started a sub-project funded by the World Bank (WB) which will collect, treat and dispose wastewater in Tam Ky city.
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Bauxite projects 'safe'
19/05/2013, 05:37:45 AM
(VietNamNet Bridge)-The Viet Nam Coal and Mineral Group (Vinacomin) claims that bauxite mining plants Tan Rai and Nhan Co in the Central Highland are socio-economically efficient and environmentally safe.
Air Pollution and Noise Pollution Increase Cardiovascular Risk
21/05/2013, 07:53:30 AM
(Sciencedaily)-Both fine-particle air pollution and noise pollution may increase a person's risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to German researchers who have conducted a large population study, in which both factors were considered simultaneously.
WB helps central province implement wastewater project
19/05/2013, 10:16:27 PM
(VNA)-The southern central province of Quang Nam has started a sub-project funded by the World Bank (WB) which will collect, treat and dispose wastewater in Tam Ky city.
Titanium exploitation destroys human ecology
19/05/2013, 10:12:40 PM
(VietNamNet Bridge)-The benefits from the titanium exploitation are much smaller than the loses localities incur. Especially, the local people’s lives have been upset by the exploitation.
Sea “swallows” hundreds of hectares of forests and shrimp farms
19/05/2013, 05:36:47 AM
(VietNamNet Bridge)-Approximately 100 hectares of preventive forests and 20 hectares of shrimp farms in the town of Sam Son of Thanh Hoa Province, central Vietnam, have disappeared due to sea encroachment.